Excerpt from List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 19: Pyralides
Male. Body slender. Ocelli widely apart. Proboscis slender. Palpi long, porrect, rostriform, pilose; third joint ovate, very distinct, almost bare. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae short, pubescent. Thorax broad, squamous. Abdomen attenuated, extending far he yond the hind wings. Wings clouded, with no lines except the submarginal one. Fore wings with the exterior border slightly bent; orbicular and reniform marks very large and full.
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