804 CATALOGUE OF 



fulvo-flavis ; posticce costa margineque interiore late stramineo- 

 albis, margine exterior e fimbriaque fulvis. 



Agraramia iridalis, Guen. Belt, et PyraL 406, 529. 



Cayenne. 



Genus 19. MECYNA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Oculi globosi. Palpi longi, rostri- 

 formes, porrecti aut incumbentes; articulus 3us 2o vix brevior. 

 Palpi maxillares distincti. Antennas breviusculae, maris sub- 

 pubescentes. Abdomen conicum, carinatum, alas posticas longe 

 superans. Pedes longi, glabri. Ala; longaa, sat angustse, dense 

 vestitae ; anticae acuta? ; postica? luteal, nigro marginatae. 



Epischnia, p. ? Hubn. Verz. Schm. 370. 

 Uresiphita, p., Hubn. Verz. Schm. 353. 

 Botys, p., Treit. ; Dup. ; Herr.-Sch. 

 Mecyna, p., Guen. Belt, et PyraL 406. 



Body moderately stout. Head and eyes prominent. Proboscis 

 distinct, ratber sbort. Palpi porrect or incumbent, thick, squamous, 

 contiguous at their tips, forming a very acute rostrum, much longer 

 than the breadth of the head; third joint nearly as long as the 

 second. Maxillary palpi short, distinct, squamous, with contiguous 

 tips. Antenna? rather short, minut ly pubescent in the male. 

 Abdomen keeled, very conical, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout, long, bare; spurs rather short. Wings long, 

 rather narrow, thickly clothed. Fore wings acute; exterior border 

 very oblique. Hind wings luteous, with black borders. 



Type, M. polygonalis. 



Europe. 



1. Mecyna polygonalis. 



Nigro-fusca aut ferruginea, subtus pallida; abdomen fuscescens ; 

 alee anticce fascia lata exteriore cinerea aut subcervina, puncto 

 interiore discali albo ; posticce lutece, margine fascia marginali 

 undulata nigricante. 



Phalsena gilvata, Fabr. EnU Syst. iii. 2, 208, 296. 

 Pyralis polygonalis, Hubn. PyraL 25, 2, pi. 10, f. 67; f. 204, 205. 

 Uresiphita villicalis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 353, 3373. 

 Botys polygonalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 112, 24. Dup. Lep % viii. 150, 

 pi. 220, f. I, 2. Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iv. 32, 92. 



