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tibiae with two spurs ; hind tarsi bristly, not spinose. Wings ample, 

 thick, entire. Fore wings triangular, acute, not falcate ; costa 

 slightly convex. Male, — Antennae very broadly pectinated. Fe- 

 male. — Antennae with dentiform and very short laminae on one side. 

 Abdomen obtuse at the tip ; oviduct prominent. 



1. Arhodia lasiocamparia. 



Pallidissime cervina, roseo vix suffusa ; alee anticce linea exteriore 

 obliqua e punctis purpureis, plaga subtus discali maxima atro 

 purpurea ; postica gutta discali lineaque exteriore purpureis, 



Arhodia lasiocamparia, Guen. Phal. i. 186, 288. 



a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



2. Akhodia retractaria. 



Fcem. Roseo -cervina ; antennae serratce ; alee sat angustce, lineis 

 duabus nigricantibus obliquis indistinctis subdenticulatis sub- 

 undulatis, angulo interiore rotundato ; anticce elongates, nigro 

 subconspsersce, apice rotundatce, costa subconvexa, plaga subtus 

 discali magna nigricante-purpurea ; posticee rosece, fimbria 

 alba. 



Female. Rosy fawn-colour. Antennae serrated. Wings rather 

 narrow, with two oblique indistinct blackish slightly denticulated 

 and undulating lines ; interior angle much rounded. Fore wings 

 elongate, rounded at the tips, minutely speckled with black ; costa 

 slightly convex ; exterior border extremely oblique, not convex ; 

 under side with a large discal blackish purple patch. Hind wings 

 rosy ; fringe white. Length of the body 7 — 9 lines ; of the wings 

 20—26 lines. 



This species is very nearly allied to A. lasiocamparia, but may 

 be distinguished by the difference of colour, by the lines of the 

 wings, and by the more convex costa of the fore wings. 



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



Genus 4. PHALLARIA. 



Corpus incrassatum. Vertex discolor. Frons villosa. Palpi 

 robusti, rostriformes, oblique ascendentes ; articulus 3us longus, 

 cylindricus. Thorax villosus, subquadratus. Abdomen depressum, 

 apice acutum. Pedes validi, nigro conspersi ; tibiae posticae calca- 

 ribus quatuor approxiraatis ; tarsi spinosi. Alae spissae, glabrae, 



