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joint broad ; third joint very minute. Antennae" of the male crenu- 

 lated, of the female smooth. Legs smooth ; hind tibiae not iucras- 

 sated ; spurs long. > Wings ample, black, regularly dentate. Fore 

 wings hardly acute, with deep black lines and bands ; exterior bor- 

 der moderately oblique. 



1. Melanodes anthracitaria. 



Nigra ; alee venis alhido subnotatis ; anticce lineis duabus atris, la 

 angulosa, Qa sinvata, punclo costali jlavescente, umbra inter- 

 media nigra jlexa ; posticce umbra integra, linea inter ior e ob- 

 soleta. 



Melanodes anthracitaria, Guen. Phal. i. 222, 333, pi. 9, f. 7. 



Australia. 



2. Melanodes ? atriplen a. 



Foem. Nigra, sat gracilis, subtus obscure cinerea ; pedes graciles ; 

 alee anticce lineis plwrimis undulatis, nonnullis latioribus con- 

 spicuis, lunula discali lunulisque marginalibus atris ; posticce 

 nigricante-cinerece, lineis obscurioribus indistinctis. 



Female. Black, dark cinereous beneath, except towards the 

 exterior border of the wings. Body hardly stout. Legs slender. 

 Fore wings with numerous undulating deep black lines,- three or 

 four of which are broader and more conspicuous than the others ; 

 marginal lunules deep black, elongated ; discal lunule deep black. 

 Hind wings blackish cinereous, with indistinct darker lines. Length 

 of the body 4J — 5^ lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

 c. Tasmania. Presented by the Rev. Augustus Beaufort. 



Genus 7. SMYRIODES. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis robusta. Palpi lati, 

 compressi, squamoso-hirsuti, frontem superantes ; articulus 3us fili- 

 formis, bene determinate. Antennas pectinatae. Thorax brevis, 

 latus, convexus. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis elongatus. Pedes 

 breves, glabri ; tibiae posticae non dilatatae. Alae integrae, robustae, 

 sat latae ; anticae acuta?, lineis bene determinatis, margine exteriore 

 subobliquo ; posticae vix lineatae. 



Smyriodes, Guen. PhaL i. 223. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis robust. Palpi broad, 

 compressed, squamous-hirsute, extending beyond the front ; third 



