CATALOGUE 



OF 



LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 



THIRD SERIES. 



Fam. 8. HADENIDiE. 



Palpi pilosi, saepissime vobusti et ascendentes. Antennae sim- 

 plices, maris raro pectinatae. Abdomen sat crassum, saepissime 

 cristatum. Pedes validi ; tibia? posticae calcaribus longis. Alae 

 anticae coloribus variis, linea submarginali fracta. 



Hadenidi, p., Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. 201. 

 Hadenidae, Guen. Noct. ii. 14. 



Palpi pilose, very generally robust and ascending. Antennae 

 simple, rarely pectinated in the male. Abdomen rather stout, most 

 often crested. Legs stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. Fore 

 wings with various colours, very generally of moderate breadth. 

 The characters of this family are somewhat various, and especially 

 those of the genus Hadena, in which some of the species have the 

 third joint of the palpi very minute ; but they may be easily 

 distinguished from the other genera with palpi of the above 

 structure. 



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