454 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Brown, mostly cinereous beneath. Head whitish 

 hindward. Thorax with three slender whitish bands, of which the 

 third is arched. Abdomen brownish cinereous ; hind borders of the 

 segments pale cinereous. Tarsi brown ; tips of the joints pale cine- 

 reous. Fore wings glaucous-cinereous ; a. large blackish ringlet 

 near the base, open on the costa, near which it is notched on both 

 sides, enclosing a blackish spot, which is traversed by a deep black 

 streak; two indeterminate ferruginous bands; first band accom- 

 panied by two zigzag black lines; second indistinct, except towards 

 the costa, where it is blackish bordered and includes three longi- 

 tudinal black streaks; marginal line black, festooned. Hind wings 

 cinereous, with a ferruginous tin^e towards the exterior border. 

 Length of the body 6^ lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



Genus TURNACA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi pilosi, 

 sat graciles, vix ascendentes, capitis latitudine mnlto breviores 

 articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae subpectin- 

 atae, apices versus setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas superans ; fas- 

 ciculus apicalis parvus, quadratus. Pedes breviusculi, sat graciles, 

 dense fimbriati. Alas anticae lanceolatae, valde acutae ; posticae sub- 

 acute?, margine exteriore subflexo. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi 

 pilose, rather slender, very slightly ascending, much shorter than 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint linear, rounded at the tip, full 

 half the length of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated, 

 minutely setulose for one-third of the length from the tips. Abdo- 

 men linear, quadrate at the tip, extending rather beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft short. Legs rather short and slender ; femora 

 and tibiae densely fringed. Wings long. Fore wings narrow, lan- 

 ceolate, very acute ; exterior border hardly convex, extremely 

 oblique. Hind wings slightly acute; exterior border slightly bent 

 in the middle. 



TuRNACA ACUTA. 



Mas. Pallidissime cervina ; alee lituris nullis ; anticce pilis plu- 

 rimis albis. 



