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Genus SYNYRIAS, nov. 
Type, S. diff lindens, Walk. ( Celcena ) xv. 1688 (1858). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to about middle of fro ns and moderately scaled, 
the 3rd long and naked but not dilated at extremity ; frons 
smooth with slight ridge of scales above ; eyes large, round ; 
antennae of male with long fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed 
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; fore coxae 
of male with tuft of long hair, the tibiae fringed with long hair, 
the mid tibiae dilated with a groove and tuft of hair, the 
hind tibiae smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at 
base only and lateral series of small tufts of hair. Fore wing 
with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenu- 
late ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 
cell. Hind wing with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 
3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 
6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 
base only. 
Genus PARALECTRA , nov. 
Type, P. exaggerata, Schaus ( Ypsia), Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
xlvi. p. 505 (1914). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head and rather broadly scaled, the 
3rd long, fringed with hair in front and somewhat dilated at 
extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennae of 
male typically with cilia and bristles ; thorax clothed with 
scales and hair mixed, the metathorax with spreading crest ; 
tibiae typically moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with 
dorsal series of divided crests. Fore wing with the apex 
rounded, the termen evenly curved and crenulate ; veins 3 
and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 
anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind 
wing with the cell about one-third length of wing ; veins 3, 
4 from angle ; 5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 
from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 
only. 
Genus PSEUDYRIAS. nov. 
Type, P. lineata, Druce (Ypsia), Biol. Centr.-Am., Hot. i. 
p. 346 (1890). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head and smoothly scaled, the 3rd long ; 
frons narrow, with small pointed conical prominence and tuft 
