﻿LEPTDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 1217 



Size large. Body stout. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis 

 robust. Palpi stout, ascending; third joint most often long and 

 clavate. Antennae long, robust. Thorax thick, villose. Abdomen 

 villose at the base. Legs rather long ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings ample, robust. Hind wings very generally differing in 

 colour from the fore wings. ^ 



A. Palpi spatulati aut clavati. 



A. Alae posticae luteae. - . - 1. Ophideres, J?owc^. 



B. AlcB posticae cyaoeae. - - 5. Potamophora, Guen, 



B. Palpi non clavati. 



A. Palpi articulo 3o brevissimo. - 4. Phyllodes, Boisd. 



B. Palpi articulo 3o longo. 



A. Palporum ariiculus 3us apice non obtusus. 



6. Lygniodes, Guen, 



B. Palporum articulus 3us obtusus. 2. Graphigona, MSS, 



C. Palpi articulo 3o maris \o iv^o , foem. brevi. 



3. MiNiODES, Guen, 



Subfam. 1. OPHIDERID.E PRO PR, Guen. 



Genus 1. OPHIDERES. 



Corpus robustura. Oculi magui, extantes. Proboscis medio- 

 cris. Palpi longi, ascendentes, compressi ; articulus 3us clavatus, 

 2o multo brevior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Thorax cristatus. Abdomen cristatum, dense vestitum, alas posticas 

 non aut vix superans. Pedes validi, longiusculi, densissime vestiti ; 

 tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Alae amplae ; anticae plus minusve 

 acutae, nonnunquam subhamatae, costae apicem versus subarcuatae ; 

 margo exterior rectus aut convexus, plus minusve obliquus, non- 

 nunquam denticulatus. 



Ophideres, Boisd. Faune Ent. Mad. Bourb. et Maur. Lep. 99. 



Guen. NocL iii. 109. 

 Corycia, Acacallis, Othreis, Rhytia, Moenas et Trissophaes, Hkhn. 



Verz. Sckinett. 264, 265. 



Body stout. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi long, ascending; third joint compressed, clavate, 

 much shorter than the second. Antennae simple, more than half 

 the length of the body. Thorax crested. Abdomen crested, densely 

 clothed, not or hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 



