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coarsely streaked, without distinct lines ; fringe short. Fore wings 

 subfalcate ; costa slightly concave ; interior angle rounded. Hind 

 wings triangular, well-developed ; exterior border wholly rounded. 

 Male. — Antennae long, pectinated; branches decumbent, long, 

 slender, serried. Female.— Antennae with pubescent teeth. Abdo- 

 men tumid hindward. 



1. Onycodes traumataria. 



Saturate ochracea ; aim roseo suffusce ; anticce linea exteriore recta 

 obliqua guttulari, lituris costalibus maculaque apud angulum 

 interiorem nigris ; posticce linea exteriore Integra , lituris adhuc 

 exterioribus lineaque submarginali. 



Onycodes traumataria, Guen. PhaL i. 143, 229, pi. 9, f. 8. 



Australia ? 



Genus 31. PRIONIA. 



'Corpus sat gracile. Frons plana, non producta. Palpi breves, 

 tenues, porrecti, cylindrici, fere glabri ; articuli bene determinati. 

 Antennae in utroque sexu pectinatas, apice filiformes. Pedes gra- 

 ciles, nudi ; tibiae posticae non incrassatae; calcaria gracillima, ap- 

 proximata, inaequalia ; tarsi inermes. Alae oblongae, iutegrae, lineis 

 nullis distinctis ; anticae acutae, marginis exterioris angulo valde 

 obtuso ; posticae breves. 



Prionia, H'ubn. Zutr. Exot. Schm. Guen. PhaL i. 143. 



Body rather slender. Front flat, not tufted. Palpi short, 

 slender, porrect, cylindrical, almost bare ; joints very distinct. 

 Antennae of both sexes pectinated, with filiform tips. Legs slen- 

 der, bare; hind tibiae not incrassated; spurs very slender, approxi- 

 mate, unequal ; tarsi smooth. Wings oblong, entire, without dis- 

 tinct lines. Fore wings acute ; exterior border very obtusely angu- 

 lar. Hind wings short. 



1. Prionia squalidaria. 



Nigricante-fusca ; alee margine exteriore subflexo ; anticae costam 

 versus obscure cervince, lineis duabus nigris parallelis angulatis 

 non obliquis ; posticus cervince, plaga apud angulum interi- 

 orem nigra. 



