﻿1466 catalogue of 



1. Lyssia Orthosioides. 



Fusco-cinerea ; antennce rufescentes ; alee anticcB suhincarnata^ 

 suhrectangulatCB^ squamis pallidioribus consperscB^ lineis dua- 

 bus ferrugineis undiilatis valde remoiis non ohliquis fiavo 

 lineads, punciis marginalihus nigris ; posticce fuscescente- 

 cinerecB. 



Lyssia Orthosioides, Guen. Nod. iii. 296, 1745. 



North America. 



a, b, Georgia ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



Genus 3. PHYTOMETRA. 



Statura parva. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 rnediocres, ascendentes, pilosi ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2o dimidio 

 non longior. Antennae simplices, corporis dimidio pauUo longiores. 

 Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes graciles, longiusculi, 

 vix pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longissimis. Alae latiusculae^ 

 ciliis latis ; anticae reclangulatae, margine exteriore vix convex© 

 perparum obliquo. Mas. — Abdomen subcylindricum. Fcem. — 

 Abdomen longi-conicum. 



Phytometra, p., Haw.,- Steph.; Guen. Ann. Soc, Ent, Fr, x. 229 ; 



Noct. iii. 297. 

 Prothymia, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 282. 

 Anthophila, p., Treiis. ; Boisd. 



Size very small. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 ascending, pilose, moderalely long; third joint lanceolate, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennae simple, little more than 

 half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending beyond the 

 hind wings, almost cylindrical in the male, elongate-conical in the 

 female. Legs slender, rather long, hardly pilose; hind tibiae with 

 very long spurs. Wings rather broad, with broad ciliae. Fore 

 wings straight along the costa, rectangular at the tips, hardly con- 

 vex and very slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Phytometra Sanctiflorentis. 



Olivaceo-cinerea ; alee costa margineque exteriore roseis^ fascia 

 rufo-fnscescente ; anticce reniformi e punctis duobus obscuris, 

 ciliis apice roseis. 



