LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 547 



Genus 1. POLYGRAM MODES. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi crassi, 

 incumbentes, contigui, rostriformes, bicolores, squamoso-hirsuti. 

 Palpi maxillares obsoleti. Antennae robustae, brerissime ciliatas. 

 Thorax subquadratus, pilosus. Abdomen cylindrico-conicum, alas 

 posticas superans, apice obtusum. Pedes antici robusti, valde 

 squamosi, tibiis villosis. Alae amplae, robustae, squamosae. 



Polygrammodes, Guen. Delt. et Pyrah 318. 



Male. Body thick. Proboscis very short. Palpi stout, in- 

 cumbent, contiguous, rostriform, of two colours, squamous-hirsute. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae robust, with very short bristles. 

 Thorax villose, somewhat quadrate. Abdomen cylindric-conical, 

 extending beyond the hind wings, obtuse at the tip. Fore legs 

 robust, very squamous, with villose tibiae. Spurs short. Wings 

 ample, robust, squamous. 



This genus is nearly allied to GueneVs second group of 

 Botys. 



1. Polygrammodes runicalis. 



Mas. Croceo-Jlava, nigro guttata ; palpi nigro-cyanei, subtus 

 albi ; femora antica intus saturate purpurea ; alee apud dis- 

 own straminea, costa venisque albidis, lituris basalibus, strigis 

 exterioribus, guttisque submarginalibus et marginalibus nigris. 



Polygrammodes runicalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 318, 344. 



Brazil. 



Genus 2. ASTUPvA. 



Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi breves, 

 lati, squamosi, obtusi ; articulus 3us minimus. Palpi maxillares 

 obsoleti. Antennae graciles, cylindrical. Abdomen subcarinatum, 

 saepe maculatum, alas posticas superans, apice subelevatum. Pedes 

 glabri, calcaribus inaequalibus. Alae oblongae, pallida?, guttis plu~ 

 rimis obscuris, linea marginali saepe aurata ; anticae apice sub- 

 rotundatae. 



Astura, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 318. 



Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi short, 

 broad, squamous, obtuse, extending very little beyond the head ; 



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