284 CATALOGUE OT 



3. Phallaria? ochripennata. 



Fcem. Ochracea ; -palpi subangalati, articulo 3o longo ; abdomen 

 roseo-ochraceum ; alee linea saturatiore obliqua subrecta, sub- 

 tus apud marginem exteriorem rosece ; anticce acutissime fal- 

 catce ; posticce linea rosea. 



Female. Ochraceous, paler beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 cylindrical, much more than half the length of the second, with 

 which it forms a slight angle. Abdomen rosy ochraceous. Wings 

 with a deeper ochraceous nearly straight oblique line, which extends 

 from the tips of the fore wings to a little beyond half the length of 

 the interior border of the hind wings; this line is rosy on the hind 

 Wings and beneath, where the wings are tinged with rosy towards 

 the exterior border. Fore wings very acutely falcate. Length of 

 the body 9 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



Genus 5. GASTROPHOBA. 



Corpus valde incrassatum. Caput parvum, retractura. Vertex 

 discolor. Frons plana. Palpi compressi, brevissimi, subascendentes ; 

 articulus 3us minimus. Pedes breves, crassi, striatae ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor parvis approximatis ; tarsi monilifortnes, non 

 spinosi. Alse amplae, integral ; anticae acutae, falcatae, non lineatae, 

 costa convexa. Mas. — Antennae latissime pectinate. Fcem. — An- 

 tennae simplices. Abdomen maximum, alas posticas superans. 



Gastrophora, Guen. Phal. i. 187. 



Body very thick. Head small, retracted. Vertex discoloured. 

 Front flat. Palpi compressed, very short, slightly ascending, not 

 extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Legs short, 

 thick, striated ; hind tibiae as long as the femora ; spurs short, ap- 

 proximate ; tarsi moniliform, without spines ; claws very robust. 

 Wings ample, entire. Fore wings acute, falcate, without lines ; 

 costa convex. Male. — Antennae very broadly pectinated. Female. 

 — Antennae simple. Abdomen very large, extending beyond the 

 hind wings. 



1, Gastrophora Henricaria. 



Cervino-albida ; alee anticce nigro conspersa, subtus ex parte lutece 

 plaga maxima atra purpureo signatee ; posticce lutece, margine 

 albido, basi fascia guttisque exterioribus atris. Mas. — Alee 

 anticce linea recta subobliqua nigra. 



