386 CATALOGUE OF 



Cynosarga ORNATA. 



Mas. Obscure ochracea ; caput antice pectusque fusca ; abdomen 

 fuscum, basi apiceque cinereum ; pedes fusco pilosis tarsis 

 ochraceis ; alee antics purpurascente-cinerea, nigro conspersce, 

 lineis tribus rufis transversis angulosis albido nigroque mar- 

 ginatis, striga dlscali rufa transversa albido marginata, strigis 

 exterioribus lanceolatis nigricantibus, lunulis submarginali- 

 bus albidis rufo nigroque marginatis, fimbria albida fusco 

 strigata. 



Male. Dark ochraceous. Head in front and pectus dark 

 brown. Abdomen brown, cinereous at the base and at the tip. Legs 

 clothed with dark brown hairs ; tarsi ochraceous. Fore wings cine- 

 reous, purplish-tinged, with black speckles, which are here and 

 there confluent; three transverse zigzag red lines, which are bor- 

 dered wiih whitish and with black; first line near the base; second 

 before the middle; third beyond the middle; a more exterior row 

 of lanceolate blackish streaks, beyond which there are whitish 

 lunules bordered with red and with black ; a transverse red whitish- 

 bordered streak between the second and third lines ; fringe whitish, 

 with brown streaks. Hind wings cinereous-brown ; fringe whitish. 

 Length of the body 1\ lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus ECHLIDA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput et thorax pilis erectis 

 vestita. Proboscis nulla. Palpi porrecti, pilosi, caput paullo 

 superantes ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae 

 longiusculae, sat late pectinatae. Abdomen breviusculum. Pedes 

 laeves, breves; tibiae anticae dilatatae, subtus sulcatae et cornu 

 munitae ; posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alae 

 elongatae, subhyalinae ; anticae apice subrotundatae; posticae abdo- 

 men superantes. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Head and thorax clothed with 

 short erect hairs. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, pilose, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the head; third joint lanceolate, acute, more 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae somewhat long, rather 

 broadly pectinated. Abdomen rather short ; apical appendages and 

 tuft very small. Legs smooih, short ; fore tibiae dilated, furrowed 

 beneath for the reception of a large lanceolate horny appendage ; 



