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CATALOGUE OF 
W ings narrow, with vitreous spots. Fore wings straight in front 
rounded at the tips, very oblique along the exterior border. Hind 
wings not denticulated. Male . — Abdomen with a tuft at the tip. 
This genus connects the AEgeriida with the Pyralites , and 
much resembles Besmza (Westw. Mag. Zool. 1831), which seems to 
be very nearly allied to the AEgeriida. See Botys bicolor , Swainson, 
Zool. Illustr. 11 . pi. 77 and Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. 9, pi. 6, f. 1. 
1. Arna extrema. 
Mas et fcem. Cupreo -nigra ; caput apud oculos album; palpi 
subtusalbi ; antenna apice alba; abdomen albo bifasciaturn ; 
pedes albo fascia ti ; ala maculis duabus vitreis guttvque am - 
cali alba. r 
Male and female. Cupreous-black. Head white about the 
eyes. Palpi white beneath. Antenna? with white tips. Abdomen 
with a white band at the base, and another a little beyond the 
middle. Legs with white bands. Each wing with two white hya- 
line discal spots and a white apical dot. Length of the body 
3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. J 
a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Tribe SPHINGII. 
See p. 2, 1st Series. 
Fam. SPHINGIDiE. 
A. Abdomen apice fasciculatum. 
A. Alae anticae margine exteriore integro. 
a. Al® hyalin®. - - - . - 1. Sesia, Fair. 
b. Alae opac®, vestil®. - - 2. Macroglossa, Ochs. 
B. Alas anticae margine exteriore extfiso. 
a. Thorax non crista tus. 
a. Antennae clavatae. 3. Proserpinus, Hilbn . 
b. Antennae non clavatae. 
i. Alae anticae argenteo non signatae. 
* Caput non conicum. - 4. Thyreus, Swains. 
** Caput conicum. 
f Alae anticae margine interiore vix exciso. 
+ Alae margine vix indentato. 5. Perigonia, Boisd. 
U A1 * margine sat indentato. 6. Temnora, Walk. 
