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16. Genus Telemiades. 



Telemiades, Hiibner, Verz. p. 106(1816). T-s[\iQ^ avitus, Cramer. 



Antennse : 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 v\ing : 

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

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

 cell ; upper discocehular minute ; middle and lower discocellular 

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

 three times as far iVom base of wing as from end of cell ; vein 2 

 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 ; discocellulara and vein .0 

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

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

 of spurs, upper pair minute. 



avitus, Cramer 1. 



Aphasias, Hew 2. 



*peni(Jas, Hew 3. 



*a^incs, Hew 4. 



am'phion, Hiibn ;'). 



Confined to South America. 



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



Byscophus, 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 wing : male with a costal fold ; cell 

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

 inner margin ; outer end ol' cell oval ; u|)per 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 S ; 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 

 subinedian 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 ; 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 

 roll. Flind tibiae densely fringed and with two pairs of spurs. 



I sebaldux, Ci'ain I. 



[ crameri, T;f\tr. 



j *doriscu!i, I lew 2. 



\ cacuiiens, U.-tS. 



Confined to South America. 



