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CATALOGUE OF 
Male . Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately stout. Palpi 
slender, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex ; 
third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. An- 
tennae slender, smooth ; first joint stout. Abdomen linear, extending 
some distance beyond the hind wings, bordered along each side, 
with a short appendage on each side of the tip, which is obtuse. 
Legs stout, smooth ; spurs moderately long. Fore legs broadly 
fringed from the base of the coxae to the tips of the tibiae. Wings 
elongate, not broad. Fore wings clouded and dotted, hardly con- 
vex along the costa, rounded at the tips ; exterior border very 
oblique. Hind wings semihyaline, without markings ; exterior 
border undulating. 
The four preceding genera may be distinguished from each 
other by the structure of the palpi, and though they seem to 
be most allied to the Scoparidce , have also some affinity to the 
Phycidce. 
1. Motya Abseuzalis. 
Mas. Cinerea ; abdomen subcervinum , nigro bivittatum , punctis 
subtus later alibus nigr is ; tarsi inter me dii supra nigri , pallido 
annulati ; alee anticce lineis obliquis denticulatis pallide fus- 
cescentibus valde diffusis et indistinctis , linea tenui nigra an - 
gulosa , linea submarginali e guttis nigris , linea marginali e 
punctis nigris ; posticce albce , iridescentes , margine diffuse 
fusco . 
Male . Cinereous, whitish beneath. Abdomen slightly fawn- 
coloured, with two black stripes ; under side with black points along 
each side. Middle tarsi black above, except the tips of the joints. 
Fore wings with three or four oblique very diffuse and indistinct 
denticulated pale brownish lines ; the exterior one accompanied by 
a slender black zigzag line; a submarginal line of black dots, and 
a marginal line of black points; a few other black points in the 
disk. Hind wings white, iridescent, with a diffuse brown border, 
which does not extend to the interior angle. Length of the body 6 
lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry’s collection. 
Page 915. 
For “ Pyralis Helvialis,” read “ Pyralis Altusalis.’ 
