290 CATALOGUE OF 



3us brevissimus. Antennae glabrae. Abdomen alas posticas vix 

 superans. Pedes sat graciles, non pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor sat longis. Alae elongatae, margine exteriore vix flexo ; 

 anticae longae, falcatae, costa recta, margine exteriore postico valde 

 obliquo ; posticae angulo interiore subproducto. 



Female. Body thick. Front with a prominent tuft. Proboscis 

 stout. Palpi thick, obliquely ascending, densely pilose ; third joint 

 conical, not more than one-fourth the length of the second, with 

 which it forms an angle. Antennae simple. Abdomen hardly ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender, not pilose ; 

 hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings elongate ; ex- 

 terior border hardly bent. Fore wings long, very acutely falcate ; 

 costa straight; exterior border very oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 with the interior angle slightly prominent. 



1. Balliace vetustaria. 



Foem. Rufeseente-einerea ; alee rufescentes, nigro subconspersa, 

 linea recta pallide cinerea, fimbria saturate rufa ; anticae sub- 

 tus plaga postica nigricante purpurea antice diffusa et rufes- 

 cente lituraque discali oblonga rufescente. 



Female. Reddish cinereous, paler beneath. Wings mostly 

 reddish, with minute black speckles, which are most distinct on the 

 under side, and with a straight pale cinereous line, which extends 

 from near the tips of the fore wings to two-thirds of the interior 

 border of the hind wings ; fringe dark red. Fore wings beneath 

 with a blackish purple patch, which is diffuse and reddish in front, 

 and there approaches an oblong reddish discal mark. Length of 

 the body 9 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Australia. 



Genus 12. CHOARA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi sub- 

 ascendentes, subangulati ; articulus 3us brevissimus. Antennae 

 validae, simplices. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes 

 robusti ; tibiae posticae valde incrassatae, calcaribus quatuor parvis 

 remotis. Alae elongatae ; anticae falcatae, costa recta, margine exte- 

 riore convexo valde obliquo ; posticae margine exteriore subrecto, 

 angulo interiore producto. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis not long. Palpi 

 slightly ascending, not rising above the head ; third joint conical, 

 somewhat porrect, about one-fourth the length of the second, with 



