1740 CATALOGUE OF 



alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes graciles ; calcaria longa, gra- 

 cilia. Ala3 anticae elongate, acuta, margine exteriore recto per- 

 obliquo. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis of the usual length. Palpi 

 porrect, smooth, slender, much longer than the breadth of the head; 

 third joint lanceolate, nearly half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 slender; spurs long, slender. Wings elongate, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings acute ; exterior border straight, very oblique. 



Epiecia externella. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea ; alee anticce vilto subcostali pallidiore, 

 vitta media fuscescenle ; posticus subhyalince, pallide ceneo- 

 cinerece. 



Female. Pale ochraceous, paler beneath. Fore wings with a 

 paler subcostal stripe, which has a broader brownish stripe along its 

 hind side. Hind wings pale aeneous-cinereous, slightly hyaline. 

 Length of the body (> lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Genus GABARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Fasciculus frontalis porrectus, 

 acutus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi vix ascendentes, capitis latitudine 

 paullo longiores ; articulus 2U8 supra dense limbriatus ; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus, parvus. Antennae robust®, Betosae. Pedes validi, glabri ; 

 calcaria longa, gracilia. Alffi latissiime j antic® apice reetangulata 5 , 

 margine exteriore rotundato. 



Male. Body rather stout. Frontal tuft porrect, acute. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi very slightly ascending, a little longer than the 

 breadth of the head; second joint densely fringed above; third 

 lanceolate, about one-fourth of the length oi' the second. Antennae 

 stout, setose. Legs stout, smooth ; spurs long, slender. Wings very 

 broad; discal fold very distinct; fringe long, full. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 



G ABABA. SUBNIVOSELLA. 



Mas. Alba, subtus ochracea ; palpi cervini ; pedes antici fusci ; 

 alee posticce pallide ochracea. 



Male. White, dull ochraceous beneath. Palpi fawn-colour. 

 Fore legs brown. Hind wings pale ochraceous, with a slight aeneous 



