1736 catalogue of 



CkKTONIA PL n YPH/IUXLA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; alee anticce lineu duabm nigru a 



Costs, spatio intermedio obscure fusco; posticce fu 



cinerece. 



t Male. Ferruginous-brown. Under side, abdomen an J hind 

 wings brownish cinereous. Fore wings with two 

 one antemedjal, the other postmedialj space between the 

 brown. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings <J I in 



a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the ftev. D. F. Mu.. 



Genus PHIALIA. 



Mas. Corpus rODUSttim. Caput supra fisciculo d 



moso reflexo. Pr< boscia me iris. Palpi a 



erecti, verticera Buperantes; articuias ."Jus Ian limns. 



Palpi maxillares 1 Antenna- pubescenl 



posticus superans; fasciculus apiealis parvus. P 

 mosi ; calcaria longa, sat gracilia. Ala? antics apice . 

 margins exteriore sat obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis of the usual length. Head with 

 a thick squamous tuit, which is recurved over the fore part of the 

 thorax. Palpi slender, squamous, erect, verv slightly curved. I 

 somewhat higher than the rertex ; third joint ! | more 



than one-sixth of the length of the second. Maxillarv palpi about 

 one-third of the length of the labial palpi. Antenna | 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind win \\ tuft 



small. Legs stout, squamous j spurs long, rather slen : er. °\ 

 moderately broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior I 

 slightly convex, rather oblique* 



Phialia gelechiella. 

 Mas. Nigra, cinereo eonspersa ; abdomen cinereum; ala antica 

 linen postmedia cinerea denticulate ; postic* 

 Male. Black, with cinereous speckles. Abdomen, hind wings 

 and under side cinereous. Fore wings with a denticulated cinereous 

 line at two-thirds of the length. Length ot^ the bodv o lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



tf, b. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport Esq. 



