470 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



29. Gnophos destinataria. 



Mas. Ockrareo-flava ; antenna pectinatce ; tibia postiea sub- 

 in crassatcc ; alee dentatce cinereo-fusco conspersa?, lineis nigro- 

 fuscis indistinctis, maculis costalibus bene determinates, linea 

 subrnarginali interrupta maculari, litura discali distincta. 



Gnophos destinataria, Guen. Phal. i. 297, 471. 



Tasmania. 



Genus 26. DASYDIA. 



Corpus gracile. Palpi remoti, subascendentes, villoso-squa- 

 mosi, frontem superantes. Tegulae remotae. Tibiae posticae femori- 

 bus plus duplo longiores, calcaribus remotis ; tarsi subspinosi. 

 Mas. — Antennae saspissime pectinatae, ramis subclavatis. Alae 

 amplae, sericeae, nitentes ; anticae apice productae. Fcem. — Minor. 

 Abdomen crassum, latum, depressum, lateribus fimbiiatis. Alae 

 breviores, magis rotundatae. 



Scotopterix, Catascia et Orphne, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 313, 314. 

 Dasydia, Guen, Cat. Dup. 281 ; Phal i. 310; Lederer. 

 Psodos, p., Treit. ; Herr.-Sch. 

 Cleogene et Elophos, Boisd. 

 Charissa, p., Steph, 



Body slender. Palpi slightly ascending, villose-squamous, 

 extending beyond the front, apart from each other. Tegulae of the 

 thorax remote from each other. Hind tibiae more than twice the 

 length of the femora, with the spurs far apart ; tarsi with minute 

 spines. Male. — Antennae pectinated, with subclavate branches, 

 rarely simple. Wings ample, silky, shining, entire or nearly so. 

 Fore wings elongate at the tips. Female. — Smaller. Abdomen 

 thick, broad, depressed, fringed on each side. Wings shorter and 

 more rounded than those of the male. 



1. Dasydia obfuscata. 



Fusees cente-cinerea ; ala? albido conspersa?, linea exteriore dentata 

 annuloque discali nigro-fuscis, linea subrnarginali punciulari 

 albida ; antica linea interiore dentata nigro-fusca. 



Geometra obfuscata? Wien. Verz. 108, 4. ///. N. Ausg. dess. i. 

 431,4. 



