292 CATALOGUE OF 



tibiae with four spurs, the apical pair much shorter than the first 

 pair. Wings ample ; fringe short. Fore wings subfalcate ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings 

 with the interior angle rounded. 



1. FlSERA PERPLEXATA. 



Mas. Ochracea ; caput et thorax rufescente-ferruginea, subpur- 

 purascentia ; abdomen testaceum, alee anticce nigro conspersa, 

 guttis duabus discalibus nigris ; postiece fuscescente-cervina, 

 subtus albida, margine guttaque discali fuscescente-cervinis. 



Male. Ochraceous. Head and thorax reddish ferruginous, 

 with a purplish tinge. Abdomen and legs testaceous. Fore wings 

 irregularly black-speckled, somewhat darker towards the interior 

 and exterior borders, with a black discal dot and with a smaller dot 

 hindward and nearer the base. Hind wings brownish fawn-colour, 

 whitish in front ; under side whitish, with a brownish fawn-coloured 

 border and with a discal dot of the same hue. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Tasmania. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 14. MERGANA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Palpi 

 angulati, validi, pilosi, oblique ascendentes; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antennae glabrae, sat graciles. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Pedes robusti ; femora pilosa ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus lon- 

 giusculis. Alae amplae ; anticae falcatae, costa recta, margine exte- 

 riore subconvexo valde obliquo ; posticae angulo interiore producto. 



Female. Body thick. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis ro- 

 bust. Palpi stout, pilose, obliquely ascending, not rising higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint fusiform, about one-fourth the length 

 of the second, with which it forms a distinct angle. Antennae 

 smooth, rather long and slender. Abdomen not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout ; femora pilose ; hind tibiae with two 

 rather long apical spurs. Win^s ample. Fore wings falcate ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings 

 with the interior angle prominent, rectangular. 



1. Mergana as qui line aria. 



Fcem. Alba, robusta, fusco eonspersa, subtus purpurascens ; caput 

 et thorax anticus rufescente-cinerea ; fasciculus frontalis por- 

 rectus ; palpi ascendentes, angulati, articulo *So porrecto ; 



