﻿CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



THIRD SERIES. 



Tribe 8. PSEUDO-DELTOIDiE. 



Stiuctura pyraliformis. Corpus gracile, Iseve. Fasciculus 

 frontalis promiueus. Palpi ascendentes, saepissime longissimi ; 

 articulus 3us lougus, linearis. Antennae saepe ciliatse. Abdomen 

 conicum. Pedes longi, saepe vix pilosi. Aiae ample, tenues, con- 

 colores, lituris non diversis. 



Pseudo-deltoidae, Guen, Noct. iii. 328. 



Structure resembling that of the Pyralites. Body slender, 

 smooth. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi ascending, generally very 

 long ; third joint most often long, linear. Antennae often ciliated. 

 Abdomen conical. Legs long, not often very pilose. Wings ample, 

 delicate, generally alike in colour, and with like markings. 



A. Alas angulosae. 



A. Palporum articulus 3us longus, filiformis. Abdomen supra 



villosum. - - - . Fam. 1. Focillid^, Guen. 



B. Palpi securiformes, aut supra caput lecurvi. Abdomen fere 



glabrum. - - - Fam. 2. Amphigonid^, Guen. 



B. Alae integrae, aut denticulatae. - Fam. 3. Thermesid.e, Guen, 



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