﻿LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 1545 



and denticulated hindvvard, but less distinct than that of the bind 

 wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Eo-a. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Fam. 3. THERMESID^. 



Corpus plus niinusve gracile, laeve, parce pilosum. Proboscis 

 mediocris aut brevis. Palpi longi, graciles, ascendentes, antice 

 exlensi; articulus 3iis saepissirae lonu:us et linearis. Antennuj 

 maris plus minusve setosee, fcem, vix setosa?. Fasciculus frontalis 

 inter oculos acuminatus. Thorax rotundatus. Alae amplae, Sccpis- 

 sime integrag, noununquam subintegrae. 



Thermesidae, Guen, Noct, iii. 343. 



Body smooth, hardly pilose, more or less slender. Frontal tuft 

 extending between the eyes and acuminated. Proboscis short or of 

 moderate lenjrth. Palpi long, slender, ascending, advanced in 

 Trent; third joint most generally long and linear. Antennae with 

 the setae more or less conspicuous in the male, those of the female 

 extremely minute. Wings large, not angular or notched, rarely 

 denticulated. 



A. Alae non parvae. 



A. Palporura articulus 3us non longissimus. 

 A. Ala? anticae non valde elongatae. 

 a. Abdomen non depressum. 



i. Palporum articulus 3us non cristatu«!. 



* Palporum articulus 3us non spatulatus. 

 f Alas integrae. 



X Structura Ophiusiformis. 1. Symphis, Guen, 

 XI Structura non Ophiusiformis. 



§ Palporura articulus 3us brevissimus. 



-h Palporum articulus 2us supra 

 convexus. 37. Chadaca, Walk. 

 H — h Palporum articulus 3us supra non 

 convexus. 



+-i- Alae anticffi subfalcatae. 



2. Argtdia, Gue7i. 

 ++++ AlaB aniicae falcatas. 



3. CoTUZA, Walk, 



6 S 



