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Genus ARGlDAVA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis robusta. Palpi breves, 

 porrecti, pilosi, articulus 3us minimus. Antennae pectinatae. Ab- 

 domen subcompressurn, alas posticas non superans ; fasciculus api- 

 calis parvus, elongatus. Pedes lasves, graciles. Alae latiusculae, 

 margine exteriore vix inciso ; anticae aeutaa. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout. Palpi porrect, 

 pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely 

 short. Antennas moderately pectinated. Abdomen sligtly com- 

 pressed, not extending beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft small, 

 elongate. Legs smooth, slender. Wings rather broad ; exterior 

 border hardly festooned. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; exte- 

 rior border slightly convex and oblique. 



Argidava subviduata. 



Mas. Pallide schistaceo-cinerea ; caput antice nigro-fuscum ; 

 alee nigro subconspers/ce ; antica lineis interiore et submar- 

 ginali e guttis nigris, gutta basali, macula discaii elongata 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris. 



Male. Pale slaty cinereous. Head blackish brown in front. 

 Wings very thinly and minutely black-speckled. Fore wings with 

 the interior and submarginal lines composed of black dots ; a black 

 dot near the base, and a black elongated discal spot ; marginal 

 points black. Hind wings with some trace of the submarginal line 

 of dots. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus BUTOA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis valida. Palpi laeves, 

 porrecti, caput superantes, articulo 3o couico. Antennas valida?, 

 laeves. Abdomen alas posticas non superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 minimus. Pedes laeves, sat robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus qua- 

 tuor breviusculis. Alae amplae, parce pilosae ; anticae subacutae, 

 margine exteriore perobliquo, angulo interiore valde rotundato. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis stout, moderately long. 

 Palpi smooth, porrect, extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 conical, less thau one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae 



