310 CATALOGUE OF 



jf, Jc. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



/. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



m — q. Australia. 



r. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



Fam.5. BOARMID^E. 



Corpus gracile. Frons non producta, nee fasciculata. Palpi 

 squamosi, porrecti aut subascendentes, nonnunquam hirsuti, caput 

 vix aut perpaullo superantes. Antennae maris pectinate aut ciliatae, 

 fcem. filiformes aut dentatas aut rarissime pectinatae. Thorax ob- 

 longus. Abdomen maris longum, gracile. Pedes longiusculi ; tibiae 

 posticae saepe incrassatae et longissimae. Alae ampla?, cinereae, con- 

 spersae, saepissime dentatae, non angulatae, concolores, lituris non 

 diversis ; anticae non acutae nee falcatae; posticae rotundatae. 



Boarmida?, Guen. Phal. i. 213. 



Body slender. Front not prominent nor tufted. Palpi porrect 

 or slightly ascending, squamous, occasionally hirsute, extending 

 hardly or but little beyond the front. Antennas almost always pec- 

 tinated or strongly ciliated in the male, filiform or dentated or 

 rarely pectinated in the female. Thorax somewhat oblong. Abdo- 

 men of the male long and slender. Legs rather long ; hind tibiae 

 often incrassated and very long. Wings ample, alike in colour and 

 with like markings, most often dentated, not angular, cinereous, 

 speckled. Fore wings not acute nor falcate. Hind wings rounded. 



A. Palpi non filiformes. 

 A. Tarsi non breves. 



a. Antennae maris ramis non spatulatis. Abdomen fcemine 

 alas posticas non aut vix superans. 

 a. Palpi pilis non occulti. 

 i Palpi non rostriformes. 

 * Frons non globosa. 

 f Tarsi non spinosi. 

 % Palpi non disjuncti. 



§ Alae basi non vesiculosae. 

 h- Palpi non gracillimi. 

 ++ Antennae non incisae. 



«?* Palpi articulo 3o non filiform i. 

 -j- Alae non atrae. 



Alae non viridescentes. 

 || Abdomen nou ciista- 

 tum. 



