1564 CATALOGUE OF 



dark brown. Length of the body 6—7 lines ; of the wings 1 5 — 18 

 lines. 



a. Australia. From M. Becker's collection. 



b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus PLEURONA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus. 

 Proboscis mediocris. Palpi robusti, squamosi, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. Abdomen alas 

 posticas non superans. Pedes robusti ; femora subpilosa ; calcaria 

 sat longa. Alee latae ; anticae elongatae, valde falcatee, margine 

 exteriore recto sat obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Frontal tuft porrect. Proboscis of the 

 usual length. Palpi stout, squamous, obliquely ascending, rising as 

 high as the vertex; third joint very minute. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; femora slightly pilose ; 

 spurs rather long and stout. Wings broad. Fore wings elongate, 

 very falcate ; exterior border convex, rather oblique. 



Most allied to Fascellina. 



Pleurona falcata. 



Fcem. Cinereo-subochracea ; corpus subtus ochraceum ; alee linea 

 fusca vix antemedia, linea postmedia fasciaque marginali 

 ferrugineis, punctis marginalibus nigricanlibus ; anticce lineis 

 duabus antemediis fuscis angulosis. 



Female. Dull ochraceous, cinereous-tinged. Body and hind 

 legs bright ochraceous beneath. Wings with two irregular lines; 

 first line brown, hardly antemedial ; second postmedial, ferruginous ; 

 marginal band ferruginous; marginal points blackish. Fore wings 

 with two brown zigzag lines near the base ; under side whitish 

 along the costa, with two transverse whitish streaks in the disk, and 

 at a little beyond three-fourths of the length with a nearly straight 

 blackish line, which is whitish-bordered on the outer side. Hind 

 wings beneath with a whitish blackish-bordered streak, and with 

 three exterior denticulated blackish lines. Length of the body 

 7 lines ; of the wings 19 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



