Genera of Pyralidae. 
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SdORISTA. 
Allied to Stenophyes, Led., and Sameodes , Snell. 
Fore wings elongate ; costa decidedly convex before apex, 
which is slightly produced : labial palpi large, porrect hori- 
zontally, third joint undistinguishable ; maxillary small, 
visible above the base of the labial : antennae filiform, slightly 
pubescent in the male. Distinguished superficially by the 
possession of all three stigmata, often metallic scaled, and a 
complete dark marginal band. 
Type 8. signatcdis , Wlk. ( Botys ). 
Leucocraspeda. 
Fore wings pointed, subfalcate ; costa slightly concave 
before apex ; hind margin bowed ; scaling fine, silky ; fringes 
of both wings silky white. 
Markings : two dark transverse lines, the second peculiarly 
rounded externally ; two stigmata ill-defined, the reniform 
crescent-shaped. 
In neuration and structure of palpi identical with Opsibotys . 
Type Leucocraspeda illectalis y Wlk. [Botys). 
Protonoceras. 
Distinguished by the form of the labial palpi ; these are 
unusually long, obliquely porrected upwards ; the second 
joint feathered beneath, three times as long as the head ter- 
minal joint about one third of the second, inclined forwards 
and bluntly pointed, longer in the male than in the female. 
Maxillary palpi large, erect; tongue and ocelli present. 
Characterized additionally in the male, (1) by the antennae, 
of which the basal joint is inflated, and the shaft itself, at one 
third from the base, slightly angulated and flattened ; (2) by 
the presence on the head of three pointed tufts of scales, one 
in the centre of the forehead in front between the antennae 
and one behind each antenna. 
Type P. tropicalisj Wlk. [Botys). 
Hemiscopis. 
Labial palpi large, stout, porrect, much pointed in front ; 
maxillary porrect above the labial ; forehead with scales pro- 
duced into a point ; ocelli and tongue present ; antennae lami- 
nated. Fore wings with apex produced, but not acutely; 
hind margins of both wings rounded, rather bulging in the 
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