BOARMID^—PHIGALIA. I35 



Genus 29. PHIGALIA. 



Antennoo of the male strongly pectinated ; palpi shaggy ; 

 head rough ; thorax rounded, densely scaled; abdomen short 

 and small, tapering rapidly ; fore wings broadly trigonate, 

 with rounded apex; thinly scaled; hind wings very broad and 

 ample. Female apterous. 



We have but one species. 



1. P. pilosaria, ^SrA y/. ; pedaria, >S'/«HrL Cat. — Expanse 

 of male \\ to 2 inches. Antennas of the male broadly pec- 

 tinated ; thorax densely scaled ; abdomen small ; fore wings 

 broad, olive-grey, with obscure darker transverse stripes ; 

 hind wings similar but paler. Female without wings. 



Antennfe of the male strongly pectinated with slender 

 thickly ciliated teeth which are broadest in the middle, 

 tapering off to the base and the apex, blackish-brown, shaft 

 whiter ; palpi small, much concealed by masses of black- 

 brown scales ; head rough from abundance of erect olive- 

 brown scales ; thorax rounded, appearing wider than it really 

 is from a covering of very thick, widespread, long scales, olive- 

 brown dusted with black-brown ; abdomen proportionately 

 small, short and tapering, rough, reddish-olive, each segment 

 provided with a slightly raised ridge of black scales on its 

 hinder margin ; lateral and anal tufts very small Fore wings 

 ample, broadly trigonate, thinly scaled ; costa long and 

 straight ; apex rather suddenly rounded ; hind margin very 

 long, smoothly and gently rounded, as also is the dorsal 

 margin, the latter strongly ciliated ; colour olive-grey dusted 

 with brown and with white ; costa tinged with reddish- 

 brown, interrupted by three or four black costal clouds ; from 

 the first of these arises an obscure cloudy first line, forming 

 black streaks on the principal nervures ; from the second an 

 angulated very irregular central shade ; and from the third 

 the obscure and very devious second line, both formed of 

 faint black clouding with black spots or streaks on the 



