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which it forms a slight angle. Antennae stout, simple. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae 

 much incrassated, with four short spurs, the pairs remote from each 

 other. Wings elongate. Fofe wings falcate ; costa straight ; ex- 

 terior border convex, very oblique. Hind wings with the exterior 

 border nearly straight ; interior angle very prominent. 



1. Choara sictjloides. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; caput albido fascia turn ; pedes nigricante 

 conapersi ; alee nigra aut fused subconspersce, tinea exterior e 

 recta obliqua e punctis nigris, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 anticce tinea interiore e punctis nigris, plagis duabus submar- 

 ginalibus atbo notatis ; posticm subtus plaga discali nigricante. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour. Head with a whitish band 

 between the antenna). Legs thickly blackish-speckled. Wings 

 minutely black- or brown-speckled, with a straight oblique exterior 

 line of black points, and with black marginal points ; the exterior 

 points are accompanied by a pale faint line, which is only distinct 

 where it touches these points. Fore wings with an interior line of 

 points and with two submarginal patches, which are composed of 

 black speckles and contain some white speckles. Hind wings be- 

 neath with a blackish spot in each disk. Length of the body 6—8 

 lines ; of the wings 14 — 18 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presented by E. Bakewell, Esq. 



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



c. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



Genus 13. FISERA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Pro- 

 boscis brevis. Palpi validi, porrecti, caput non superantes; articu- 

 lus 3us minimus. Antennae late pectinatae. Thorax et abdomen 

 cristata, hoc subcompressum. Pedes robusti ; femora pilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor inaequalibus. Alas amplae fimbria brevi ; 

 anticae subfalcatae, costa recta, margine exteriore subconvexo sub- 

 obliquo ; posticae angulo interiore rotundato. 



Male. Body stout. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis short. 

 Palpi stout, porrect, not extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 conical, less than one-fourth the length of the second. Antennae 

 broadly pectinated to the tips. Thorax and abdomen crested ; the 

 latter somewhat compressed. Legs stout ; femora pilose ; hind 



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