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CATALOGUE OF 
fulvo-flavis ; posticce costa margineque interiore late stramineo- 
albis , margine exterior e jimbriaque fulvis. 
Agrammia iridalis, Guen. Delt. et PyraL 406, 529. 
Cayenne. 
Genus 19. MECYNA. 
Corpus vix robustum. Oculi globosi. Palpi longi, rostri- 
formes, porrecti aut incumbentes; articulus 3us 2o yix brevior. 
Palpi maxillares distincti. Antennae breviusculae, maris sub- 
pubescentes. Abdomen conicum, carinatum, alas posticas longe 
superans. Pedes longi, glabri. Alae longae, sat angustae, dense 
vestitae ; anticae acutae ; posticae luteae, nigro marginatae. 
Episcbnia, p. ? Hubn. Verz. Schm. 370. 
Uresiphita, p., Hubn . Verz. Schm. 353. 
Botys, p., Treit. ; Dup . ; Herr.-Sch. 
Mecyna, p., Guen. Delt. et Pyral . 406. 
Body moderately stout. Head and eyes prominent. Proboscis 
distinct, rather short. Palpi porrect or incumbent, thick, squamous, 
contiguous at their tips, forming a very acute rostrum, much longer 
than the breadth of the head ; third joint nearly as long as the 
second. Maxillary palpi short, distinct, squamous, with contiguous 
tips. Antennae rather short, minut ly pubescent in the male. 
Abdomen keeled, very conical, extending much beyond the hind 
wings. Legs stout, long, bare; spurs rather short. Wings long, 
rather narrow, thickly clothed. Fore wings acute; exterior border 
very oblique. Hind wings luteous, with black borders. 
Type, M. polygonalis. 
Europe. 
1. Mecyna polygonalis. 
Nigro- fusca aut ferruginea , subtus pallida ; abdomen fuscescens ; 
alee anticce fascia lata exteriore cinerea aut subcervina , puncto 
interiore discali albo ; posticae lutece , margine fascia marginali 
undulata nigricante. 
Phalaena gilvata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 2, 208, 296. 
Pyralis polygonalis, Hubn. Pyral. 25, 2, pi. 10, f. 67 ; f. 204, 205. 
IJresiphita villicalis, Hubn. Verz. Sclun. 353, 3373. 
Botys polygonalis, Treit. Schm. vii. 112, 24. Dup. Lep . viii. 150, 
pi. 220, f. 1,2. Herr.-Sch. Eur . Schm. iv. 32, 92. 
