80 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of vridescribcd Lepidnptera 



Female. — Luteous. Head and forepart of tlie thorax wilh 

 black and whitish hairs ; the rest of the thorax with a dense red- 

 dish-black tipped crest ; head slightly crested. Antennae cine- 

 reous, luteous beneaih. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind-wings. Legs densely tufted. Fore-wings squamous, 

 cinereous white, irregularly varied with reddish, with black, and 

 with slaty cinereous ; interior and exterior lines black, the former 

 partly obsolete, the latter deeply dentate in front ; much of the 

 space along the interior border black ; a broad black streak di- 

 verging hindward from the hind pait of the exterior border; a 

 Uiinute silvery white discal streak. Hind-wings cinereous-red- 

 dish, luteous towards the base and along the interior border. 



Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 40 lines. 



New South Wales. 



Genus Phalkra, Hubn. 



Phalera cossoides. 



Mas. — Cinerea, capite supra albo antice rufescente, thorace 

 antico cervino, a'odomine longissimo nigricante fusco, segmen- 

 torum marginibus apiceque albidis, alis anticis nigro-lineatis, 

 plaga apicali cervina, linea sub-marginali e lunulis fuscis, 

 orbiculari et reniformi fuscescentibus albido-marginatis, alis 

 posticis cinereo-fuscis fusco late marginatis. 



il/aZe. — Cinereous. Head white about the base of the antennae ; 

 forepart and palpi reddish. Antennae serrated. Thorax fawn- 

 coloured in front ; tegulae black bordered. Abdomen blackish 

 brown, extending very far beyond the hind-wings ; hind borders of 

 the segments and tip whitish. Fore-wings minutely black speckled ; 

 basal, interior and exterior lines black ; some less distinct den- 

 tate black lines between the interior line and the exterior line, 

 which is slightly undulating, and borders the large oblong apical 

 fawn-coloured patch ; sub-marginal line composed of brown lu- 

 nules ; fringe yellowish, with reddish marks opposite the veins ; 

 orbicular and reniform marks brownish, whitish bordered. Hind- 

 wings cinereous brown, broadly brown bordered. 



Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



The close resemblance of this species to /-*. Javuna, Moore (Cat. 

 Lep. Mus. E. Ind. House, vol. ii. 43'2, pi. 13 a, f. 6), indicates 

 that they both had one common origin, 



Silhet. 



