Br A. JEFFKRIS TUIJN'ER. 



477 



before angle. 4 and 5 connate from angle, C irom upper angle nearly connate 

 with 7, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. 11 from shortly before angle; discoeellulars strongly 

 angled inwards, hlndwiugs nearly as broad as forewings Imt much shorter; cell 

 very long (1), discoeellulars strongly oblique. 2 from % 3 and 4 stalked from 

 angle, 5 curved at base and somewhat apiiroximated to 4, 6 and 7 stalked from 

 upper angle, 8 anastomosing or connected with cell about middle . 



An isolated genus with curiously elongate forewings and alibreviated hind- 

 wings, almost zygaeniform. 



Head orange fulviceps. 



Head blackish tanaopis. 



1. ICTA FULVICEPS. 



Ida fulviceps Wlk.. List Leji. Brit. Mus.. iv.. p. 922. 



c?. 28-29 mm Head brownish-orange. Palpi i; brownish-orange. An- 

 tennae bro-miish-orange: pectinations in c? 9. Thorax dark-fuscous; tegnlae and 

 extreme bases of patagia brownish-orange. Abdomen dark-fuscous; tuft brown- 

 ish-orange. Legs ochreous; middle and posterior femora and tibiae mostly 

 fuscous. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa straight to near apex, there gently 

 arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded; fuscous; costal edge nar- 

 rowly ochreous; cilia fuscous. Hindwings about * length of forewings. termen 

 rounded ; fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Two examples in the British Museum, one labelled "Australasia," the other 

 "New Holland." The locality requires confirmation, but probably like the fol- 

 lowing, it comes from the north of the continent. 



2. TCTA TANAOPIS, n . Sp . 



TavacoTTic;, elongate. 



c?. 30 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish. Antennae blackish; pectina- 

 tions in c? 10. Abdomen reddish-orange; basal segment, a median dorsal line, 

 and underside blackish. Legs blackish. Forewing's elongate, spathulate. costa 

 sinuate, slightly concave to J, then arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely 

 rounded, termen as long as dorsum; blackish; cilia blackish. Hindwings short. 

 about 4 length of dorsum of forewing. tennen rounded, tornus somewhat pro- 

 jecting; thinly sealed; fuscous; on dorsum pale-ochreous ; cilia fuscous. 



Type in National Museum. Melbourne. 



N.Q. : riaudie River, in Febmary; one specimen taken by ^Mr. .T. A. Ker- 

 shaw. 



Gen. 2. P o n Tii k s i a. 



Porthesia. Stph.. 111. Brit. Ent.. ii., 1829. p. 65. 



Palpi moderate, porreet; second .ioint sometimes hairy beneath; terminal 

 .ioint very short. Thoi-ax and abdomen without crests; tuft lai'ge. especially in 

 9. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Forewing-s without areole ; 7. 8. 9, 

 10 stalked, 7 arising from before 10, 6 connate or short-stalked with the pre- 

 ceding veins. Hindwings with discoeellulars angled. 3 and 4 coincident. 5 ap- 

 proximated or connate. 6 and 7 stalked. 8 closely approximated to cell near or 

 beyond middle, and connected with it . 



Type. P. simili.s Fuesl. from Europe. 



