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ACTIAS. 
PHALANA, Linnei. 
Bomgyx, Fabricii, &c. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Alz horizontales fenestratz cellulis discoidalibus imperfec- 
tis; antice obscur€ subfalcatze ; postice ad angulum ana- 
lem in caudam longissimam productee. 
Antenne articulo singulo utrinque biramoso. 
Corpus pube densa villosum. 
ACTIAS. 
Wings horizontal and fenestrated, with imperfect discoidal 
cells ; anterior ones obscurely sickle-shaped ; hinder ones 
with their anal angle produced into a very long tail-like 
process. | 
Antenne of the male with every joint on each side doubly 
branched. 
Body covered with a thick down. 
In the following page will be given descriptions of two 
species hitherto confounded together, the characters of 
which were communicated by my worthy friend A. Macleay, 
Esq. 
