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16. Genus Telemiades. 



Telemiades, Hiibner, Verz. p. 106(1816). Type, ai>i7MS, Cramer. 



Antennae : club moderate, strongly hooked, terminal portion very 

 slender and slightly shorter than remainder of the club. Palpi : 

 second joint densely scaled, third joint short and obtuse. Fore wing : 

 inner and outer margins subequal ; male with a costal fold; cell 

 two-thirds length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of 

 cell ; upper discocellular minute ; middle and lower discocellular 

 inwardly oblique, the lower the longer ; vein 3 close to end of cell, 

 three times as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; vein U 

 nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing evenly rounded, 

 rather produced at anal angle ; vein 7 about three times as far 

 from base of wing as from end of cell ; discocellular^ and vein f) 

 barely traceable ; vein 3 from end of cell ; vein 2 about twice as far 

 from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs 

 of spurs, upper pair minute. 



avitus, Cramer 1. 



*phasias, Hew 2. 



*peni(la.<, Hew 3. 



*asines, Hew 4. 



amphion, Hiibn 5. 



Confined to South America. 



17. Genus Dyscophus. (Plate III. fig. 8.) 



Dyscophus, Burmeister, Descr. Rep. Arg. v. p. 291 (1878). 



Type, sehaldus, Cramer. 



Antennae : club moderate, hooked, terminal portion very fine, as 

 long as rest of club. Fore Aving ; male with a costal fold ; cell 

 more than two-thirds length of costa ; outer margin longer than 

 inner margin ; outer end of cell oval ; upper discocellular short but 

 distinct, outwardly oblique ; middle discocellular erect : lower disco- 

 cellular inwardly oblique, longer than the middle one ; veinlet just 

 before vein 4 ; vein 4 opposite vein 8 ; vein 12 reaching costa before 

 end of cell ; vein 3 about half as far again from 2 as from 4 ; vein 

 2 nearer to base of wing than to vein 3. Hind wing produced in 

 submedian area ; outer margin angled at vein 2 and again at vein 

 1 b ; vein 7 well before end of cell, more than twice as far from 

 vein 8 as from 6 j upper discocellular straight, lower slightly 

 outwardly oblique; vein 5 wanting ; vein 3 just before end of cell ; 

 vein 2 more than twice as far from base of wing as from end of 

 cell. Hind tibiae densely fringed and with two pairs of spurs. 



J sebaldiis, Cram 1. 



[ crameri, Latr. 



I *doriscus, Hew 2. 



\ ccecutiens, H.-S, 



Confined to South America. 



