858 CATALOGUE OF 



A. Palpovum articulus 3us minimus. 



A. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. - 2, Cosmodes, Guen. 



B. Abdomen alas posticas sat superans. - I. Emarginea, Guen. 



B. Palporum articulus 3tis 2i dimidio longior. 



4. Callopistria, Guen. 



C. Palporum articulus 3us 2o non brevior. 



A. Alae vix lata?. - - - -3. Lineopalpa, Guen. 



B. Ala? lata?. - 5. Coxina, Guen. 



The affinities between these five genera are hardly sufficient to 

 include them in one family. 



Genus 1. EMARGINEA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontis squamosus, 

 laevis, rotundatus, cristatus. Proboscis brevis, robusta. Palpi bre- 

 vissimi, graciles, cylindrici, non villosi, caput non superantes; arti- 

 culus 3us brevissimus. Antennas graciles, apices versus pubescentes, 

 corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus lus squamosus, dilata- 

 tus. Thorax brevis, squamosus, hirsutus, tegulis angustis. Abdomen 

 cristatura, supra squamosum, lateribus villosis, abdomen dimidio 

 superans. Pedes brevissimi, squamosi ; tarsi breves. Alae breves, 

 vix lata? ; anticae apud costam recta?, apice subrotundatae, margine 

 exteriore vix obliquo. 



Emarginea, Guen. Noct. ii. 288. 



Male. Body rather stout. Tuft of the front squamose, smooth, 

 rounded, crested. Proboscis short, stout. Palpi slender, cylindri- 

 cal, very short, not villose, not extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint very short. Antenna? slender, pubescent towards the tips, 

 a little more than half the length of the body ; first joint squamose, 

 dilated. Thorax short, squamose, hirsute, with narrow lappets. 

 Abdomen crested, squamose above, extending for half its length 

 beyond the hind wings ; sides villose. Legs squamose, very short ; 

 hind tibia? with slender spurs ; tarsi short. Wings short, rather 

 narrow. Fore wings straight in front, slightly rounded at the tips, 

 hardly oblique along the exterior border. 



