18 Lord Walsiiigham's monograph of the [/enera 



presso ; venae apicali furcata, ceteris singulis. Alae posticae lanceo- 

 latae, margine costali in medio arcuato apice obtuso, diniidio dor- 

 sali subhyalinis ; venis tertia et quavta a pedicillo comniuni, sexta 

 et septima simillimis. Tibiae posteriores supra calcaria floccatae. 



AntenncB thickly clothed with erect scales from near the base, 

 arranged in groups of unequal length, giving a strongly serrated 

 appearance. Palpi recurved, 2nd and apical joints about equal in 

 length, the former evenly clothed throughout, the latter slender, 

 erect, acuminate. Head and thorax smooth. Fore wings elon- 

 gate, margins pai*allel, apex depressed ; neuration, 12 veins, 7 and 

 8 from a common stem, the rest separate, 3 and 4 approximate at 

 base, 3 from or near angle of cell. Hind ivings lanceolate, abdo-' 

 minal angle rather abrupt, costal margin slightly arched in the 

 middle, somewhat widened at the anal angle ; somewhat trans- 

 parent about the dorsal and abdominal area ; neuration, 8 veins, 

 3 and 4 from a short stem, 6 and 7 from a common point, 2 from 

 outer third of cell. Abdomen somewhat flattened, fringed pos- 

 teriorly with projecting lateral scales. Legs strongly tufted above 

 the spurs. 



[PI. iii.] 



sqiKiiiiicornis, F. & E. 



2 , Oclisciihciiitcrid ! >iqtu(i)iicor)i>s, F. & R., Reis. Nov., 

 pi. cxxxix., (j (1875). 



" $ , ins. vitianffi, Australia ? (M. C.)." 



Capite uigro. Thorace nigro, sparse aurantiaco squamato, pata- 

 giis rufo-aurantiacis. Palpis nigris. Antennis nigris, dentate 

 squamatis. Alis anticis elongatis, dimidio costali rufo-aurantiaco, 

 dorsali nigro, margine apicali usque ad apicem anguste nigro ; 

 ciliis brunneis. Alis posticis apud marginem abdominalem albide 

 subhyalinis, apud costam dilute aurantiaco suffusis, margine 

 dorsali late brunneo ; ciliis brunneis. Abdomine antice brunneo, 

 postice nigro, linea transversa angustissime post medium albida. 

 Tibiis nigris, calcaribus albidis. 



Antenncs thickly fringed near the base with unequal tufts of long 

 glossy black scales with a purplish tinge, having a dentated 

 ai^pearance. Palpi black, recurved, reaching well above the head ; 

 2nd joint evenly clothed throughout, apical joint about equal to it 

 in length, very slender and erect. Head and thorax glossy black, 

 the latter streaked with reddish orange, a collar of smooth blackish 

 purple scales extending over the anterior margin of the thorax ; 

 patagia reddish orange. Fore wings reddish orange on the costal 

 half, glossy black on the dorsal half, a naiTow semi-detached black 



