﻿CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA, 



THIRD SERIES. 



Tribe 6. PATUL^. 



Statura ssBpissime magna. Oculi magni, extantes. Proboscis 

 robusta. Palpi longi, ascendentes ; articulus 2iis compressus ; 3us 

 longus. AnteiiDae Tonga?, saepissime simplices. Abdomen conicum, 

 nunquam depressum. Tibiae calcaribus longis. Alae amplae, con- 

 colores, lituris rarissime diversis. 



PatulaB, Gum, NocL iii. 126. 



Size very generally large. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis 

 robust. Palpi long, ascending ; second joint compressed ; third 

 long, generally slender and linear. Antennae long, very generally 

 simple. Abdomen conical, never depressed. Tibiae with long 

 spurs. Wings ample ; the hind pair very rarely dififerent from the 

 fore pair in colour or markings. 



A. AlsB lineis transversis ; anticae maculis duabus ordinariis, inter- 



dum obsoletis. - - - Fam. 1. EREBioiE, Guen. 



B. AlaB anticae macula reniformi oculum magnum fingente. 



Fam. 2. Ommatophoridje, Guen, 



C. Alae supra rufae aut fulvae, lineis aut fasciis nigris. 



Fam. 3. Hypopyrid^, Guen. 



D. Maris pedes antici villosissimi. Alae anticae arcuatae aut fal- 



calae, linea submarginali saepissime recta. 



Fam. 4. Bendid^, Guen, 



6p 



