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joint filiform, distinct. Antennae pectinated to the tips ; branches 

 robust, regular, moderately long. Thorax short, broad, convex. 

 Pectus villose. Abdomen with a long apical tuft. Legs short, 

 smooth ; hind tibiae not dilated'. Wings entire, stout, rather broad. 

 Fore wings acute, with distinct lines ; exterior border slightly con- 

 vex and oblique. Hind wings not like the fore wings in colour 

 and markings. 



1. Smyriodes aplectaeia. 



Mas. Glaaco'cinereu ; abdomen albidum^ nigro fasciatum ; aim 

 anticce nigro conspersce, cervino varice, Uriels interiore et exte- 

 riore nigris sinuatis subparallelis apud costam dilatatis, lined 

 submarginali albida indistincta maculari, fimbria nigro 

 notata ; posticus sordide cinerascentes, linea margineqne exte- 

 rior e nigricantibus, 



Smyriodes aplectaria, Guen. Phal. i. 223, 334, pi. 20, f. 1. 



Tasmania. 



Genus 8. GASTRINA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis distincta. Palpi corapressi, 

 squamosi, frontem paullo superantes ; articulus 3us brevissimus, 

 indistinctus. Thorax latus, quadratus. Abdomen crasstim, cris- 

 tatum. Pedes breves, subaequales, subpilosi ; tibiae posticae breves, 

 incrassatae. Alae robustae, dentatae, sat latas, lituris variis ; antics 

 subacutae, margine exteriore subobliquo. Mas, — Antennae pectinata?. 

 Fcem, — Antennae filiformes, subtus pubescentes. 



Gastrina, Guen, Phal, i. 224. 



Body stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi compressed, squamous, 

 extending a little beyond the front ; third joint indistinct and very 

 short. Thorax broad, quadrate, with two convex lobes in front; 

 •lappets short, far apart. Abdomen thick, crested along nearly the 

 whole length. Legs short, slightly pilose, nearly equal ; hind tibiae 

 short, incrassated. Wings robust, dentate, rather broad, with various 

 colours. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior border slightly oblique. 

 Male. — Antennae pectinated; branches regular. Female, — Antennae 

 filiform, pubescent beneath. 



1. Gastrina crista ria. 



Cinerascens ; corpus nigro fasciatum ; ala nigro et rufescente stri- 

 gata ; antic<B lineis interiore et exteriore nigris distinctis, hac 

 Jlexa, spatio intermedio saturatiore ; posticce pallidiores, basi 

 non strigatce. 



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