﻿1464 CATALOGUE OF 



Size small or moderate. Body slender. Proboscis not long. 

 Palpi ascending; second joint densely pilose ; third most often very 

 short. Antennae filiform, crenulate, pubescent or with remote and 

 very minute seta? in the male. Legs very generally bare or hardly 

 pilose. Wings entire, stout, pulverulent beneath, with dense ciliae. 

 Hind wings with markings unlike those of the fore wings. 



A. Palporum articulus 3us brevis. 



A. Alarum ciliae longae. 



A, Palpi bicolores. - - - - 1. B ocvi. a, Guen. 



B. Palpi unicolores. - - - - 2. Lyssia, Guen, 



B. Alarum ciliae breves. 



A. Antennae non pectinatae. - - - 4. Poaphila, Guen, 



B. Antennae mavis pectinatae. - - 8. C^nurgia, Walk. 



B. Palporum articulus 3us mediocris. - - 5. Phukys, Guen. 

 G. Palporum articulus 3us longus. 



A, Antennae breviusculae. - - - 3. Phytometra, Haw, 



B. Antennae longse. 



A. Alae posticffi rotundatae. - - 6. Celiptera, Guen, 



B. Alae posticae angulatae. - - - 7. Mocis, Hubn, 



Genus 1. BOCULA. 



Mas. Corpus validum, laeve. Palpi validi, arcuati, breves, 

 pilosi, bicolores, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us acuius, brevissi- 

 mus. Antennas puhescentes, ciliis longiusculis. Thorax brevis, 

 tegulis distinclissimis. Abdomen conicuni, fissura apicali iaterali, 

 alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes sat validi, vix pilosi; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus lon^issimis. Alae vix laiae, ciliis longis densis; 

 anticae a pud costam rectae, apice reciangulatae, margine exteriore 

 vix obliquo. 



Bocula, Guen, Noct. iii. 295. ^ 



Male, Body stout, smooth. Proboscis short. Palpi short, 

 curved, stout, pilose, of two colours, obliquely ascending ; third joint 

 small, acute, not one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 

 pubescent, with rather long ciliae. Thorax short ; fore part and 

 tegulae very distinct. Abdomen conical, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings, with a lateral apical fissure. Le^s rather stout, 

 hardly pilose ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad; ciliae long, thick. Fore wings straight along the cosia, 



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