1022 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately stout. Palpi 

 slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. An 

 tennae slender, smooth ; first joint stout. Abdomen linear, extendin: 

 some distance beyond the hind wings, bordered along each side, 

 with a short appendage on each side of the tip, which is obtuse. 

 Legs stout, smooth ; spurs moderately long. Fore legs broadly 

 fringed from the base of the coxae to the tips of the tibia?. Wings 

 elongate, not broad. Fore wings clouded and dotted, hardly con- 

 vex along the costa, rounded at the tips ; exterior border very 

 oblique. Hind wings semihyaline, without markings ; exterior 

 border undulating. 



The four preceding genera may be distinguished from each 

 other by the structure of the palpi, and though they seem to 

 be most allied to the Scoparidce, have also some affinity to the 

 Phycidce. 



1. Motva Abseuzalis. 



Mas. Cinerea ; abdomen subcervinum, nigra bivittatum, punctis 

 subtus la teralibus nigris ; tarsi intermedii supra nigri, pallido 

 annulati ; ala? anticce lineis obliquis denticulatis pallide fus~ 

 cescentibus valde diffusis el indistinctis, tinea tenui nigra an- 

 gulosa, linea submarginali e guttis nigris, linea marginali e 

 punctis nigris ; posticce albce, iridescentes, margine diffusa 

 fusco . 



Male. Cinereous, whitish beneath. Abdomen slightly fawn- 

 coloured, with two black stripes ; under side with black points along 

 each side. Middle tarsi black above, except the tips of the joints. 

 Fore wings with three or four oblique very diffuse and indistinct 

 denticulated pale brownish lines j the exterior one accompanied by 

 a slender black zigzag line; a submarginal line of black dots, and 

 a marginal line of black points; a few other black points in the 

 disk. Hind wings white, iridescent, with a diffuse brown border, 

 which does not extend to the interior angle. Length of the body 6 

 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



Page 915. 

 For " Pvralis Helvialis,'' read " Pyralis Altusalis." 



