LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 573 



GeDiis TACTLLIA, C. X. H. vi. 1490. 



Tacillia rufocinerea. 



Mas. Albida ; palpi ochracei, nigro varii ; antenna nigra; 

 thorax et abdomen rufescente vittata ; pedes nigri, ochraceo 

 fasciati ; ala fimbria fusco guttata ; antica subacute, plaga 

 costali fasciaque postmedia obliqua dentata interrupta fuscis, 

 lineis tribus obliquis nigris, la angulosa, 2a denticulata, 3a 

 punctulari, puncto discali albo ; postica rufescente-cinerea. 



Male. Whitish. Palpi ochraceous, partly black. Antennae 

 black. Thorax and abdomen with a slight reddish stripe. 

 Tibiae and tarsi black, with ochraceous bands. Wings with brown 

 dots on the fringe. Fore wings slightly acute, with a brown patch 

 on the costa, and with an exterior oblique dentate brown band, 

 which is interrupted by a broad reddish cinereous streak, and is 

 mostly black on the interior border ; three oblique black lines ; first 

 deeply zigzag ; second denticulate ; third composed of points ; a 

 white point in the disk between the first and second lines ; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique. Hind wings reddish cinereous. 

 Length of the body 1 1 lines; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus OCHA, C. L. H. vi. 1493. 



OCHA DIMIDIATA. 



Mas. Fusca, pilosissima ; palpi brevissimi ; antenna breves, late 

 pectinata ; abdomen basi nigricante fasciculatnm, apice albi- 

 dum ; ala antica striga costali nigricante, dimidio apicali 

 pallide cervino lineam albidam dentatam guttamque nigri- 

 cantem elongatam includente, gutiis marginalibus cervinis; 

 postica albida. 



Male. Fawn-colour, stout, very pilose. Palpi extremely short. 

 Antennae short, broadly pectinated. Abdomen densely tufted with 

 blackish hairs towards the base, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft whitish. Legs densely clothed. Fore wings 

 blackish along the costa for more than half the length from the 

 base ; apical half pale fawn-colour, with a whitish deeply and 

 acutely dentate line, and with an elongated blackish dot near the 



