766 CATALOGUE OF 



Fam. 1. HjEMEROSIDjE. 



Heliothidas, p., Boisd. 



Noctuo-Phalasnidi, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Ft. x. 220. 



Hasmerosidas, Guen. Noct. ii. 200. 



A. Proboscis brevis. 



A. Palporum articulus 3us brevissimus. / 



a. Palpi caput non superantes. 3. Eugoa, Walk. 



b. Palpi caput sat superantes. 4. Ariola, Walk. 



B. Palporum articulus 3us longus - - 5. Aphusia, Walk. 



B. Proboscis brevissima. 



A. Palpi caput superantes. 



a. Palporum articulus 3us brevissimus. 1. HiEMEROsTA, Boisd. 



b. Palporum articulus 3us longiusculus. 2. Lepidomys, Guen. 



B. Palpi caput non superantes. 6. Derrima, Walk. 



C. Proboscis obsoleta. 7. Gavara, Walk. 



Genus 1. HJEMEROSIA. 





Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi validi, porrecti? 

 caput sat superantes ; articulus 3us minutus, conicus, brevissimus- 

 Antennas corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 non superans. Pedes mediocriter validi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus 

 longis. Alas latiusculas, late ciliatas ; antica? apud costam recta?, 

 apice rotundatas, margine exteriore perparum obliquo. Mas. — An- 

 tennas subpeetinatas. 



Hasmerosia. Boisd. ; Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 230 ; Noct. ii 



200. 

 Synaphe, p., H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. 347. 



Body slender. Proboscis very sbort. Palpi stout, porrect, ex- 

 tending some distance beyond tbe head ; third joint minute, conical, 

 not more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennas not 

 more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs moderately stout ; hind tibia? 

 with four long spurs. Wings rather broad, deeply ciliated. Fore 

 wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, very slightly oblique 

 along the exterior border. Male. — Antennas slightly pectinated. 



