LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1927 



Crexa ANTHRAXOIDES. 



Mas. Nigricans ; caput album ; abdomen saturate rufum, apice 

 nigricans, vitta ventrali alba apicem versus dilatata ; alee, 

 cinerece, semihyalince, guttis submarginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 basi apiceque nigricantes, lineis duabus angulosis, puncto basali 

 punctoque medio albis, guttis duabus mediis albis, guttis sub- 

 marginalibus. albo marginatis ; posticce fimbria alba. 



Male. Blackish. Head and fore border of the thorax white. Ab- 

 domen deep red, blackish towards the tip; under side with a white 

 stripe, which is dilated near the tip. Wings cinereous, semihyaline, 

 with a submarginal line of black dots. Fore wings blackish at the 

 base and at the tips, with two white zigzag lines ; first line ante- 

 medial ; second postmedial, oblique ; a white point near the base 

 and another in the disk between two black dots ; submarginal dots 

 bordered with white on the outer side. Hind wings with a shining 

 white fringe. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by Dr. Milligan. 



I Genus EUPALIA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Frons rotundata. Proboscis nuila. 

 i Palpi crassi, pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, verticem non super- 

 antes. Antennae breves, serratae, basi pectinatae. Abdomen lanceo- 

 latum, alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis longus, 

 'oblique ascendens. Pedes breves, robusti, tibiis tarsisque squamoso 

 ■ fimbriatis, calcaribus nullis. Alae spissae, breviusculae, latiusculse; 

 anticae apice rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo, margine interiore 

 J angulato. 



Male. Body stout. Front prominent. Proboscis obsolete. 



' Palpi thick, pubescent, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than 

 the vertex. Antennae short, moderately pectinated for one-third of 



i the length from the base, serrated from thence to the tips. Abdomen 

 tapering from the base to the tip, extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft narrow, elongate, obliquely ascending. Legs 

 short, stout; tibiae and tarsi densely fringed with squamous hairs; 



I spurs obsolete. Wings dense, rather broad and short. Fore wings 

 rounded at the tips; exterior border convex, moderately oblique ; 

 interior border angular in the middle. 



