LEPIDOFI'ERA HEtffiROCERA. 283 



amplae, unilineatae ; anticae acutae, valde falcatae ; posticse angulo 

 interiore producto. 

 Phallaria, Guen. Phal. i. 186. 



Body very thick. Vertex discoloured. Front villose. Palpi 

 robust, obliquely ascending, rostriforrn ; third joint cylindrical, 

 half the length of the second. Thorax subquadrate, villose., Ab- 

 domen ample, depressed, acute at the tip in both sexes. Legs 

 stout, black-sprinkled ; hind tibiae with two very approximate pairs 

 of spurs ; tarsi spinose. Wings thick, smooth, very ample, with one 

 line. Fore wings acute, very falcate; exterior border convex. Hind 

 wiugs with the interior angle prominent. 



Male. Antennae moderately pectinated on both sides. 

 Female. Antennae simple. 



1. Phallaria Ophiusaria. 



Murina (mas) aut cervina (foem.) ; vertex niveus ; alee linea recta 

 obliqua ferruginea intus pallidiore extus obscuriore ; anticce 

 litura discali transversa fusca albo signata. 



Phallaria Ophiusaria, Guen. Phal. i. 186, 289. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection. 

 6, c. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 d—f. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 

 g. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



2. Phallaria subustakia. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem non super- 

 antes, articulo So longo lanceolato ; pedes graciles, nigro con- 

 spersi, ala fusco subconspersa, linea subrecta e punctis nigris, 

 fimbria brevi nigricante ; anticce falcata, costa subtus nigro 

 punctata. 



Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 not rising higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half 

 the length of the second. Legs slender, speckled with black. Wings 

 minutely and indistinctly speckled with brown ; a nearly straight 

 line of black points, extending from the tips of the fore wings to 

 two-thirds of the length of the interior border of the hind wings ; 

 under side tinged with brown towards the exterior border ; fringe 

 short, mostly blackish. Fore wings falcate ; costa with black points 

 beneath. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines, 



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



