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CATALOGUE OF 



5. Idiodes INTRODUCTA. 



Foem. Rufescente-cervina ; alee nigro conspersa?, linea recta dn- 

 plicata obscure fusca, fascia exteriore fuscescente-cinerea valde 

 dentata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; antica falcata?, linea 

 costam versus subflexa non duplici, puncto discali nigro, linea 

 interiore fusca undulata diffusa; postica? macula subtus fusca 

 discali. Var. — Alee linea pallida simplici ; antica linea inte- 

 riore obsoleta ; posticce macula subtus magna nigricante. 



Female. Reddish fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi not rising 

 higher than the front. Wings minutely speckled with black ; line 

 dark brown, straight, double, bordered on the outer side by a deeply 

 denlated brownish cinereous band ; marginal points black. Fore 

 wings falcate ; line single and slightly bent on approaching the 

 costa, extending to the tip of the wing ; discal point black ; interior 

 line brown, undulating, diffuse. Hind wings with a brown discal 

 spot beneath. Var. P — Line pale, single. Fore wings with the inte- 

 rior line obsolete. Hind wings with the spot beneath large, blackish. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



This may be the female of T. rinata. 



a, b. Tasmania. 



Country unknown. 



6. Idiodes privata. 



Mas. Testacea ; alee antica? falcata, spatio basali, fascia exte- 

 riore undulata margineque rufescentibus, puncto discali nigro, 

 litura subtus subapicali nigra, margine exteriore convexo ; 

 posticce ochracea, basi luteal, disco subtus albido. 



Idiodes privata, Gnen. PhaL i. 41, 29, pi. 14, f. 4. 



It differs much in character from the preceding species, which 

 are typical of the genus. 



Genus 5. CIRSODES. 



Corpus valde robustum. Frons globosa, non fasciculata. Palpi 

 recti, caput paullo snperantes; articulus 3us distinctus, nudus. An- 

 tenna? cylindrical, filiformes. Thorax amplus, subquadratus, villo- 

 sus. Abdomen carinatum, subdepressum, maris apice planum ssepe 

 dehiscens. Pedes robusti ; tibiae lumidae, calcaribus parvis. Alae 

 oblongae, integrae, velutinae ; antica? valde acuta?, margine exteriore 



