68 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



of eye); second joint very long, somewhat ascending, rough-haired 

 above and beneath; terminal joint well developed, loose-haired, 

 porrect. Antennse in both sexes bipectinated to apex. Thorax 

 smooth; l3iit patagia long, dense-scaled, projecting upwards and 

 backwards as far as posterior edge of thorax. Abdomen with a 

 small basal crest on dorsum of first segment. Anterior tibise in 

 both sexes with a naked groove overlapped by a dense tuft of 

 hairs on posterior surface; posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 

 Forewings w^ith vein 2 from t or from near angle, 3 from angle, 



5 from slightly below middle of cell, 6 from areole, 7 from areole 

 near apex, 10 from areole. Hind wings with 3 and 4 separate, 



6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated to near end of cell. 

 Type, GaUaha dujMcata, Wlk. 



A very distinct genus easily recognised by the peculiar palpi 

 and patagia, 



1. Forewings dark brown duplicata. 



Forewings grey oclt ropepla . 



24. GaLLABA DUPLICATA. 



[Duplicatus, doubled; perhaps in allusion to the patagia.] 

 GaUaha duplicata., Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. xxxii. 458. 



(J 9. 3740 mm. Head and palpi fuscous-brown mixed with 

 whitish. Antennae ochreous-whitish, near base fuscous-brown 

 mixed with white ; bases of pectinations blackish. Thorax 

 fuscous-brown with a few whitish scales; apices of patagia darker. 

 Abdomen pale fuscous or whitish; basal crest dark fuscous-brown. 

 Legs whitish; anterior pair fuscous, tarsi annulated with whitish. 

 Forewings oblong, costa strongly arched at base, thence nearly 

 straight, apex rounded-rectangular, termen rounded, slightly 

 oblique ; fuscous-brown mixed with whitish and a few reddish- 

 brown scales ; anterior and posterior lines faintly indicated; a 

 blackish dot margined with whitish in costal part of disc before 

 middle, with sometimes two or three similar smaller dots in a 

 transverse line between it and dorsum : an elongate transverse 

 black dot margined with whitish on mid-disc, sometimes obsolete; 



