446 INSECTA SAUNDERSTAXA. 



Genus PTILOGYNA, IVestw. 



Ptilogyna par, Mas et Foeiu. 



Fulva ; caput pvstice, thorax et pectus cano tomentosa ; antennce fusca, 

 fascia fulva ; thorax fasciis quatuor schistaceis fusco marginatis ; 

 abdomen lutescens, nigro varium, cano hivittatum ; pedes ferruginei, 

 longi, graciles, snhptibescentes, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque 

 fuscis ; alee subcinerete, apud costam subluridce, stigmate fusco. 



Tawnj'. Head behind, thorax and pectus with hoary tomentum. 

 Antennae brown, not half the length of the thorax ; second and third 

 joints tawny. Thorax with four slate-coloured brown-bordered stripes, 

 which are dilated and interrupted hindward. Abdomen somewhat 

 luteous, with blackish marks, and with a hoary stripe along each side. 

 Legs ferruginous, long, slender, very minutely pubescent ; tarsi and tips 

 of the femora and of the tibiae brown. Wings grayish, slightly lurid 

 along the costa; veins brown, testaceous at the base ; stigma pale brown, 

 with an adjoining white mark. Halteres testaceous, with brown knobs. 

 Length of the body 9 — 12 lines ; of the wings 18 — 20 lines. 



New South Wales. 



Ptilogyna simplex, Foem. 



Testacea, nitens ; antenna; bast subramosce, thorace multo breviores ; 

 thorax antice fuscus, flavo quadrimltalus ; abdomen supra fulvum ; 

 pedes longi, graciles, subpubescentes, tarsis fuscescentibus ; alee lim- 

 pidcB, apud costam testacea, stigmate fusco. 



Testaceous, shining. Antenus much shorter than the thorax, with 

 five short branches on the inner side near the base. Thorax brown in 

 front, adorned with four pale yellow stripes ; the outer pair curved, and 

 connected in front with the inner pair. Abdomen tawny above, and at 

 the tip. Legs long, slender ; tibiee and tarsi minutely pubescent; tarsi 

 brownish. Wings nearly limpid, testaceous along the costa as far as the 

 stigma, which is brown ; veins black, testaceous at the base and along 

 the costa. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



South America. 



