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band which is abbreviated hindward ; fringe whitish. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Punjaub. Presented by Gen. Hearsay. 



Genus 5. TEGOSTOMA. 



Corpus gracile. Frons trigona, porrecta, apice incisa. Pro- 

 boscis bene determinata. Palpi longi, recti, squamosi, rostriformes. 

 Antenna? sat validae, setis aequalibus. Abdomen fere cylindricum, 

 apice subquadratum, alas posticas paullo superans. Alae densse, 

 obscurae, fimbria longa ; anticae apice rotundatae. 



Tegostoma, Zell. Isis, 1847 ; Herr.-Schceff; Guen. Delt. et PyraL 

 180. 



Body slender. Front triangular, projecting: beyond the head, 

 notched at the tip. Proboscis developed. Palpi long, straight, 

 squamous, rostriform, slightly parted at the tips; joints indistinct. 

 Antennae rather stout, with equal setae. Abdomen almost cylin- 

 drical, subquadrate at the tip, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Wings stout ; fringe long. Fore wings rounded at the 

 tips. 



1. Tegostoma comparalis. 



Flavescente-testacea, lineis interiore et exteriore fuscis non bene 

 determinatis, hac late sinuata,illa costam versus valde arctata, 

 spatio discali ex parte cinerascente consperso, spatio marginali 

 subfuscescente, guttis marginalibus fuscis subcontiguis, punctis 

 duobus discalibus bene determinatis ; posticce obscuriores. 



Pyralis comparalis, Hiibn. Pyral. pi. 19, f. 127. 

 Pyrausta comparalis, TreiL Schm. vii. 89, 7. 

 Botys comparalis, Dup. Lep. 142, pi. 219, f. 2. 



^Tegostoma comparalis, Zdl. Isis. 147. Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schm . 

 iv. 9, 4, pi. 1, f. 5. Guen. Delt. et PyraL 180, 107. 



South France. Italy. Sicily. Dalmatia. 



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Genus 6. ANTHOPHILODES. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Frons producta, bidentata. 

 Palpi subascendentes, squamosi ; articulus 3us incumbens, cylin- 

 dricus, truncatus, valde distinctus. Palpi maxillares conici, acuti. 



