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C. Abdomen depressura. Al;e nebulosoe ; posticoe discolores ; 

 vena la inferior semper debilior et remotior. 



Tribe 3. Intrust. 

 B. Alae plansB aut extensae, Vena la inferior sequentibus aequalis, 

 non remota. 



A. Statura mediocris. Alae concolores, lituris non diversis, aut 



subtus valde notatae. - Tribe 4. Extens/E. 



B. Statura magna aut mediocris. Alae posticae discolores et 



bicolores. Tribe 5. LiMBATiE. 



C. Statura magna. Palporum articulus 3us longus, linearis. 



Aloe latae, concolores, lineis non diversis. Tribe 6. PatuL;E. 



D. Palporum articulus 3us mediocriter longus, non spatulatus. 



Abdomen laeve. - Tribe 7. Serpentina. 



E. Nocture pyraliformes. Palpi longissimi. Pedes longi. Alae 



tenues, concolores, subtus bene notatae. 



Tribe 8. Pseu do- Deltoids. 



Tribe 1. SERICE^l. 



Statura parva aut mediocris. Fasciculus frontalis non promi- 

 nens. Palpi breves, arcuati, ad frontein applicati, articulis non 

 bene determinatis. Antennae vix pubescentes. Alae sericeae, 

 nitentes, iutegrae, concolores ; anticae lineis distinctis ; posticae ina- 

 culis ocellatis ornatae, aut maculis, vel lineis vel squamarum plagis 

 micantibus notalae; vena la inferior sequentibus aequalis, paullo 

 supra inserta ; venae costalis et subcostalis basi connexae, prope 

 ad alarum insertionem ramosae. 



Quadrifidae Sericeae, Guen. Nod. ii. 273. 



Size small or moderate. Tuft of the front not prominent. 

 Palpi short, curved, applied to the front ; joints somewhat indistinct. 

 Antennae hardly pubescent. Wings silky, shining, entire, alike in 

 colour. Fore wings with distinct lines. Hind wings adorned with 

 ocellated spots, or marked with metallic and more or less shining 

 spots, lines, or patches of scales ; first inferior vein as stout as the 

 others, inserted a little in front; costal and subcostal veins united 

 at the base, ramified not far from the root of the wing. 



A. Corpus gracile. Alae latae, semper fere angulosae, non ocellatae, 

 lineis determinatis. - Fam. 1. Palindid^e, Guen. 



B. Corpus sat robustura. Alae rotundatae, crassae, maculis ocel- 

 latis ornatae. - Fam. 2. DvopsiDjE, Guen. 



