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Fam. 3. PLACODID.E. 



Statura minor. Corpus sat gracile Frons rotunda ta. Pro- 

 boscis sat longa. Palpi non longi, articulis distiuctis. Antennas 

 simplices. Thorax brevis, tegulis non bene determinatis. Abdo- 

 men vix villosum. Pedes non elongati, vix pilosi. Alas anticae 

 integras. 



Placodidas, Guen. Noct. ii. 315. 



Size rather small. Body somewhat slender. Front rounded. 

 Proboscis moderately long. Palpi not long, with distinct joints. 

 Antennae simple. Thorax short; lappets not much developed. 

 Abdomen hardly villose. Legs not long, slightly pilose. Fore 

 wings entire. 



A. Palporum articulus 3ns 2i diraidio aequalis. 



1. Placodes, Boisd. 



B. Palporum articulis 2us 3o quadruplo longior. 



2. Diastema, Guen. 



Genus 1. PLACODES. 



Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi por- 

 recti, sat validi ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i dimidio non longior. 

 Antennas simplices, corporis dimidio valde longiores. Abdomen 

 alas posticas vix superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus longis. Alas latiusculae ; anticas apud costam rectas, apice 

 subrotundatas, margine interiore subconvexo perparum obliquo. 



Placodes, Boisd. Lid. Meth. 129; Dup. ; Guen. Noct. ii. 315. 



Trigonophora, p., Hubn. 



Hadena, p., Ochs. 



Plusia aut Abrostola, Treit. 



Body rather slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi por- 

 rect, rather stout ; third joint cylindrical, about half the length of 

 the second. Antennas simple, much more than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs moderately stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings rather 

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

 slightly convex and very slightly oblique along the exterior border. 



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