800 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 16. LEMIODES. 



Corpus gracile. Caput minimum. Oculi exigui. Proboscis 

 gracilis. Palpi longi, porrecti, rostriformes, acuti, articulis indis- 

 tinctis. Palpi maxillares breves, snbsecuriformes. Antennae gra- 

 ciles. Thorax brevis. Abdomen cylindricum. Pedes glabri,graciles, 

 breves. Alae lata3, pulverulentae, concolores, lituris non diversis, 

 margine exteriore subsinuato. Mas. — Antennae subpubescentes. 



Seopula, p., Treit. ; Dup. 

 Psamotis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 350. 

 Lemia, Guen. Cat. Dup. 205. 

 Lemiodes, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 401. 

 Botys, p., Herr.-Sch. 



Body slender. Head and eyes very small. Proboscis slender. 

 Palpi long, porrect, rostriform, acute, squamous-hirsute; joints in- 

 distinct. Maxillary palpi short, nearly securiform. Antennas slender. 

 Thorax short. Abdomen cylindrical. Legs smooth, slender, short. 

 Wings broad, pulverulent, alike in colour and with like markings ; 

 exterior border slightly sinuated. Male. — Antennae finely pu- 

 bescent. 



Note. Psamotis is the earliest name of this genus, and should 

 be restored to it. 



1. Lemiodes pulveralis. 



Flavescente-iestacea ; alee fusco conspersa?, linea exteriore e atomis 

 confluentibus, umbra submarginali vaga ; antica linea exte-* 

 riore subsinuata, litvra discali ; posttca? linea exteriore ar- 

 cuata. 



Pyralis pulveralis, Hubn. Pyral. 29, 22, pi. 17, f. 109. 



Psamotis pulveralis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 350, 3353. 



Seopula pulveralis, Treit. Schm. vii. 63, 8. Dup. Lep. viii. 94, pi. 



215, f. 4. 

 Botys pulveralis, Herr.-Sch. Eur. Schm. iv. 27, 73, pi. 3, f. 17. 18. 

 Lemiodes pulveralis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 401, 522. 



France. Germany. 



Genus 17. NYMPHULA. 



Corpus gracile. Proboscis robusta. Palpi rhomboidei, rostri- 

 formes, incumbenles. Palpi maxillares distincti, breves, truncati. 



