76 GELECHID!®. 
perfect state. Harpelia, some of the Weophore, and Gelechia 
fly in the early morning, but most of the species fly in the even- 
ing dusk. 
The twenty-five genera represented in this country, may be ar- 
yanged in the following table :— 
a. Posterior wings broad, or emarginate before the apex. 
b. Second joint of the palpi not very long. 
c. Second joint of the palpi thin. 
d. Anterior wings truncate. 
e. Antenne shorter than the anterior wings. 1. OntHoraLia. 
ee. Antenne longer than the anterior wings. 4. Purpa- 
LOCERA. 
dd. Auterior wings ovate. 2. SEMIOSCOPIS. 
cc. Second joint of the palpi considerably thickened beneath with 
scales. 
/. Anterior wings ovate, with raised tufts. 3. ENtcostoma. 
Jf. Anterior wings emarginate below the apex. 5. Exmretia. 
J /f. Anterior wings ovate, smooth. 6, Dnpressarta. 
c ec. Second joint of the palpi slightly thickened beneath with 
scales. « 
g- Terminal joint of the palpi thin. 8. Grrronta. 
g g. Terminal joint thickened above with scales. 
h. Posterior wings deeply emarginate before the apex. 9. Pa- 
RASIA. 
hh. Posterior wings slightly emarginate before the apex. 
i. Anterior wings smooth, 11. CuEnarra. 
ii, Anterior wings rough. 7. PHoricoprEera. 
cece. Second joint of the palpi with loose projecting scales. 
10. CLEoporA. 
ceece. Second joint of the palpi with a projecting tuft. 
k. Anterior wings not emarginate below the apex. 
2, Anterior wings rather acute. 12. ANARSIA. 
77. Anterior wings rounded. 13. YpsoLopnus. 
k k. Anterior wings emarginate below the apex. 
m. Terminal joint of the palpi concealed in the scales of the 
second joint, 14, ApLova. 
mm. Terminal joint of the palpi projecting beyond the scales 
of the second joint. 
n. Cilia of the anterior wings without markings. 15. No- 
THRIS. 
nn. Cilia of the anterior wings with markings. 16. So- 
PHRONTIA. 
} b. Second joint of the palpi very long. 
o. Second joint of the palpi very much thickened with ‘scales. 
p. Anterior wings elongate. 17. PLmurota. 
pp. Anterioy wings oblong. 18, Harprnia. 
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