1638 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi broad, 

 subclavate, porrect, obtuse, extending somewhat beyond the head, 

 but shorter than the breadth of the latter; third joint extremely 

 short. Antennae slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs short, stout, smooth ; hind tibiae with a long 

 penicillate tuft; spurs long-, slender. Wings broad ; exterior border 

 convex. Fore wings acute ; exterior border slightly oblique. 



Zagira acidaltaria. 



Foem. Fuscescenle-cinerea ; caput nigro-fuscum ; alee lineis non- 

 nullis fuscis dentatis indistinctis, linea exferiore albo sub- 

 marginata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce puncto medio 

 nigro. 



Female. Brownish cinereous. Head and palpi blackish brown. 

 Wings with several indistinct slender dentate brown lines : exterior 

 line slightly bordered with white ; this hue is indistinct, except 

 towards the interior border, where it is especially conspicuous in the 

 hind wings ; marginal points black. Fore wings with a black 

 discal point. Length of* the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus PHALACRA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. Palpi 

 porrecti, laeves, caput non superantes ; articulus 3us minimus. An- 

 tennae glabrae, crassae. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans, apice 

 quadratum ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes lasves, sat graciles. 

 Alas elongatae, acutae; anticae margine exteriore subconvexo subob- 

 liquo; posticae costa apicem versus subtruncata, margine exteriore 

 recto. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi smooth, 

 porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely 

 small. Antennae smooth, very stout. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings, quadrate at the tip ; apical tuft very small. 

 Legs smooth, rather slender. Wings acute, elongate, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings with the exterior border slightly convex, rather 

 oblique. Hind wings with the costa slightly truncate towards the 

 tip ; exterior border straight. 



The acute hind wings of this genus distinguish it from the 

 other AcidalidcE. 



