198 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



16. Prodenia Tasmanica. 



Alee anticce opalino-cinerecB, venis maculisque discaiibus Jlavo-albo 

 roseis, maculis lineisque marginalibus cinereo-albis vix 

 roseis, macula fusca submarginali longa e strigis lanceolatis 

 plurimis divisa et producta ; posticce albcB^ margine nigri- 

 cante. 



Prodenia Tasmanica, Gum. Noct. i. 163, 277. 



Tasmania. 



Genus 11. CALOGRAMMA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, porrecti, 

 caput non superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 2i quadrante non lon- 

 gior. AnteniiEB corporis dimidio non longiores. Thorax pilosissi- 

 mus. Abdomen alas posticas trienle superans. Pedes validi ; tibise 

 posticcB calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticEB 

 apud costara rectae, apice subrotundatse, margine exteriore sat 

 obliquo. 3Ias. — Antennae subserratae. 



Polia, p., Boisd. 



Calogramma, Guen. Noct. i. 165. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi short, porrect, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae about half the length 

 of the body. Thorax thickly clothed. Abdomen extending for 

 one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, slightly rounded at the tips, moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border ; first, second and third inferior veins 

 nearly contiguous at the base ; fourth moderately remote. Male. — 

 Antennee minutely serrated. 



1. Calogeamma festiva. 



Testacea ; thorax rufo varius ; alee anticce albido-testacea nigro' 

 rufoque varice ; posticce alba, opalince. 



Noctua festiva, Donov. Epit. Ins. New Holl. 



