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2. POLYTELA FLORIGERA. 



Cyaneo-nigra ; proboscis testacea ; thorax croceo higuttatus ; ab- 

 do}nen apice croceum; alceanticce hasi croceo uniguttatce, fas- 

 ciis denticulatis atris lineisque transversis undulatis albido- 

 ferrugineis, macula apicali aibida croceo marginata ; posticcB 

 nigrO'cinerecE . 



Polytela florigera, Guen. Noct. i. 114, 180. 



Hindostau. 



Genus 2. GLOTTULA. 



Corpus validum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, pilosi, 

 caput perpaullo superantes ; articulus 3us brevissiraus. Antennae 

 bveves, simplices, submoniliformes. Abdomen alas posticas Iriente 

 superaus. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor par- 

 vis. Als niediocriier latoe ; auticae apud coslam rectse, apice rotun- 

 datfe, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 



Glottula, Guenhj Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. vi. 359 ; Noct. i. 114. Dup. 



Cat. 

 Cocytia, Treits. 

 Nociua et Hadena, JBoisd. 

 Brithys, p., H'dbn. 

 Britbya, Meig. ; Boisd. Ind. Meth. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi pilose, short, extending 

 very little beyond the head; third joint very short. Antennae short, 

 simple, submoniliform. Abdomen extending for one-third of its 

 length beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout; hind tibiae with 

 four short spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings straight in 

 front, rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior 

 border; first, second and third inferior veins approximate at the 

 base ; fourth not very remote from the third. 



Europe. 



1. Glottula Pancratii. 



Nigro-fusca ; antenna fusees ; abdomen albidum ; alee antica 

 fusccBy albo co7ispersce, lineis duabus transversis denticulatis 

 guttisfjue marginalibns nigricantibus^ litura discali fasciaque 

 fix determinata exteriore testaceis ; posiiae alba, margine ex 

 parte fuscescente. 



