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CATALOGUE OF 
** Antenna? fcemin® pectinat®. 
Fam. 25. HYPOCHRosiDiE. Gn. 
ii. Abdomen bicolor. - Fam. 24. EMPLOCiDiE, Gn. 
b. Al® antic® litura semihyalina. 
Fam. 23. Erateinid*:, Gn. 
b. Proboscis nulla aut vix conspicua. 
Fam. 18. Hybernid.*:, Gn. 
Fam. 1. URAPTERYD.E. 
Frons plana, non fasciculata. Proboscis longa, robusta, basi 
non squamosa. Palpi breves, validi, ascendentes, sqtiamoso-hir- 
suti, apice contigui ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antenn® mediocres, 
cylindricae, supra squamos®, subtus pubescentes. Thorax robustus, 
subvillosus. Abdomen glabrum, sat validum. Pedes robusti, non 
longissimi; tarsi subspinosi. Al® ampl®, velutinae, concolores, 
lituris non diversis, fimbria brevi ; antic® trigon®, acut® ; postic® 
breviores, s®pe caudat®. Mas . — Abdomen fasciculo apicali trun- 
cato. Tibi® postic® incrassat®. Fcem . — Abdomen apice acutum, 
abruptum. 
Urapteryd®, Gnen. Plial . i. 26. 
Ourapteryd®, Staint. Man. ii. 4. 
Front flat, without a tuft. Proboscis long, robust, not squa- 
mous at the base. Palpi short, stout, ascending, squamous-hirsute, 
conniving at the tips; third joint very short, button-shaped. An- 
tenn® moderately long, cylindrical, squamous above, villose or 
pubescent beneath. Thorax robust, slightly villose. Abdomen 
rather stout, smooth, terminated by a truncated tuft in the male, 
and by an abrupt and acute tip in the female. Legs robust, mode- 
rately long ; hind tibi® always thickened in the male; tarsi armed 
with small spines. Wings ample, velvety, alike in colour and with 
like markings ; fringe short. Fore wings triangular, acute; sub- 
costal veinlets approximate to the costa; costal and subcostal veins 
anchylosed ; areolet very long, very narrow, in some cases open at 
the tip; first superior vein or independent vein inserted in the 
middle of the discal areolet. Hind wings shorter, often furnished 
with a tail-like angle in the middle of the hind border; costal vein 
free, extending alongside of the subcostal vein, but never beyond the 
fork; independent vein wanting; internal vein short, very near 
the border. Larva living on trees, much elongated, furnished with 
protuberances, especially on the eighth segment. Pupa oblong, 
with the fore part cylindrical, in a loose net-like cocoon suspended 
to leaves. 
