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Genus 10. PHASELIA. 

 Corpus robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi vix conspicui? 

 incumbentes, contigui. Antennae maris et foem.pectinatae. Thorax 

 brevissimus, gibbus. Abdomen glabrum, apice obtusum, alas posticas 

 superans. Pedes breves, graciles; tibia? posticas gracillimae, bical- 

 carataD. Ala3 lituris paucis, fimbria notata ; anticae acuta?, subfal- 

 catae, costa convexa, margine exteriore concavo. 



Phaselia, Guen. Phal. i. 228. 

 Synopsia, p. Lederer. 



Body robust. Proboscis none. Palpi rudimentary, incumbent, 

 conniving, hardly visible. Antennae rather short, pectinated to the 

 tips in both sexes. Thorax elevated, very short. Abdomen smooth, 

 extending beyond the hind wings, obtuse at the tip in both sexes. 

 Legs short, slender; hind tibiae very slender, with only one pair of 

 spurs. Wings with few markings ; fringe long. Fore wings acute, 

 subfalcate ; costa concave ; exterior border very convex. 



1. Phaselia ph^oleucaria. 



Mas. Alba; thorax nigro-cinereo varius ; alee, anticce nicjricante 

 conspersm, lineis duabus nigrls dentatis remotis,fasciis duabus 

 olivaceo-cinereis, atomis marginalibus olivaceis ; posticce tinea 

 • cinerea duplicata subobsoleta. 



Synopsia phaeoleucaria, Lederer, Lep. Siber. ZooL Bot. Ver. 1855, 18, 



pi. 2, f. 3. 

 Phaselia phaeoleucaria, Guen. PhaL i. 228, 343. 



Altai. 



2. Phaselia deltciosaria. 



Mas et foem. Alba ; alee vix dentatce ; anticai spatio basali 

 ligno-fuscescente, lineis duabus nigris, la biangulata, 2a bi- 

 sinuata valde remota, lineis duabus exterioribus fuscis ; posticce 

 linea ana duplicata, striga tenui discali. 



Synopsia deliciosaria, Lederer, Lep. Syrisch. ZooL Bot. Ver. 1855, 



35, pi. 3, f. 4. 

 Phaselia deliciosaria, Guen. Phal. i. 229, 344. 



Beyrout. 



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