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Female. Testaceous-cinereous, moderately stout. Face, ex- 

 cept the fore border, fore border of the thorax and legs, reddish, the 

 latter with testaceous-cinereous bands. AntennaB minutely ser- 

 rated. Wings elongate, not broad, minutely and irregularly black- 

 speckled ; exterior border very slightly dentated. Fore wings 

 acute ; costa very slightly convex along the interior part, and 

 equally concave exteriorly ; exterior border bent at one-third of the 

 length, concave between the bend and the tip of the wing, ex- 

 tremely oblique hindward ; under side with a large black discal 

 patch. Hind wings somewhat truncated along the hind part of the 

 exterior border. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



4. MONECTENIA EXCUSATA. 



Mas. Testaceo-cinerea, sat gracilis, subtus lutescens ; caput an- 

 tice ferrugineum, testaceo fasciatum; palpi pedesque rufes- 

 cente fasciati ; alcefusco consper see, purpuras cente subtinctce, 

 lineis duabus undulatis maculisque fuscis ; anticce subfalcatce, 

 margine exteriore vixflexo antice subexcavato, linea interiore 

 fusca arcuata interrupta ; posticce plaga elongata purpuras- 

 cente-fusca, margine exteriore medio subexcavato. 



Male. Testaceous-cinereous, comparatively slender, mostly lu- 

 teous tinged on the under side. Head in front ferruginous, with a 

 testaceous band. Palpi and legs with reddish bands. Wings am- 

 ple, brown-speckled, with a slight pale purplish bloom, and with two 

 undulating brown lines, which are diffuse and indistinct in the fore 

 wings; these lines are accompanied by irregularly placed brown 

 spots. Fore wings subfalcate ; costa straight, exterior border hardly 

 hent, slightly excavated in front, straight hindward ; an interior 

 curved interrupted brown line. Hind wings with an elongated pur- 

 plish brown patch near the outer side of the second line ; exterior 

 border slightly excavated in the middle; interior angle rounded. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



This species differs much from the typical form of Monoctenia. 

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



Genus 2. (ENOCHROMIA. 



Corpus incrassatum. Frons unicolor, fasciculo conico. Palpi 

 robusti, ascendentes, subangulati ; articulus 3us longus, cylindricus. 

 Antennae validae. Thorax latus, villosus. Abdomen crassum, sub- 





