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45. Genus Phanus. (Plate I. fig. 7.) 

 F/umus, Hiibner, Yerz. p. 114 (1816). Type, vitreus, Cramer. 

 Aiitennse : club very gradually curved into a crescent, short, 

 rather flattened, considerably thicker than shaft, tapering to a fine 

 point. Palpi : second joint upturned, densely scaled ; third joint 

 naked, rather conspicuous. Fore wing: inner and outer margins 

 subequal ; male with a costal Ibid ; cell more than two-thirds the 

 length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; upper 

 discocellular short but distinct, outwardly oblique ; middle and lower 

 discocellulars almost erect, the middle the longer ; vein 3 rather more 

 than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; vein 2 

 rather more than twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. 

 Hind wing prominently lobed at vein 1 h ; vein 7 rather more than 

 twice as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars very faint, erect ; vein 5 

 wanting ; vein 3 from end of cell ; vein 2 more than twice as far 

 from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibise fringed and with 

 two pairs of spurs. 



f I'ifrcus, Cram 1 . 



\ momus, Fabr. 

 marskalli, Kivhy 2. 



And one unidentified species. 

 Confined to tropical America. 



46. Genus Hyalothyrus. 



Hyulothyrus, ]Mabille, Ann. Ent. Belg. \ul. xxi. p. 23 (1878). 



Type, nitocris, Cramer. 



Antennae rather long ; club very slender, hardly thicker than shaft, 

 bent into a slight curve. Palpi porrect, divergent ; third joint 

 long, slender, and naked. Pore wing : inner and outer margins sub- 

 equal : male with a costal fold ; cell more than two-thirds the length 

 of costa; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of the cell ; disco- 

 cellulars inwardly oblique, subequal ; vein 3 shortly before the end 

 of cell, about three times as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 three times 

 as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind wing well before 

 the end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 barely traceable; vein 3 

 immediately before end of cell ; vein 2 considerably nearer to end of 

 cell than to base of wing. Hind tibia; with onh' a terminal pair of 

 spurs and without a brush. Closely allied to Entheus. 



mfemalis, Mosch 1 . 



j veleus, Linn 2. 



\priscus, Felcl. 



Confined to South America. 



47. Genus Entheus. (Plate III. fig. 9.) 



Entheus, W'\\hn. \q\z. \^. 114(1816). Type, ^e/e»*, Linn. 



Phareas, Westw. Gen. D. L. p. .515 (1852). Types, gentius. Or., 



and peleus, Linn. 

 Antennte : club slender, evenly curved into a crescent. Palpi 



