610 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus SINA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi erecti, graciles, 

 laeves, veriicem superantes ; articulus 3us lauceolatus, 2i dimidio 

 brevior. Antennae longae, graciles, setis longis munitas. Abdomen 

 alas posticas longe superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus, lsevis, sub- 

 compressus. Pedes laeves, graciles ; tibia? posticae calcaribus 

 quatuor elongatis. Alae longae, margine exteriore flexo ; anticae 

 apice subrotundatae. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis sbort. Palpi slender, smooth, 

 erect, rising rather higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae long, slender, 

 with a double row of long slender seta? which decrease in length to 

 the tips. Abdomen extending much beyond the hindwings ; apical 

 tuft small, smooth, slightly compressed. Legs smooth, slender; 

 hind tibiae with four long slender spurs. Wings long, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 somewhat bent in the middle, oblique along the hind half. Hind 

 wings with the exterior border bent at a little in front of half the 

 length. 



The long erect palpi of this genus distinguish it from the 

 other Bryophilidce. 



SlNA TENERA. 



Mas. Cinerea; palpi supra nigricantes ; abdomen cervinum ; 

 aim antica exparte obscuriores, nigro vix conspersce^ lineis 

 tribus angulatis apud costam dilatatis, litura basali, lituris 

 submarginalibus punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce apud 

 marginem exteriorem fuscescentes. 



Male. Cinereous, whitish beneath. Palpi blackish above. 

 Abdomen fawn-colour except at the base. Joints of the tarsi 

 black at tbe base. Fore wings here and there darker cinereous, 

 with a few minute black speckles; three black angular transverse 

 lines which are dilated on the costa ; a black basal mark connected 

 with another mark which is near the base of the costa; some ir- 

 regular black submarginal marks, of which one near the interior 

 angle is much larger than the others ; marginal points black. 

 Hind wings difTusedly brown towards the exterior border; under 

 side white, with a blackish marginal band which does not extend to 

 the exterior band. Length of the body 7 lines; of tbe wings 16 

 lines. 



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



