636 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Black. Head and fore part of the thorax thinly 

 whitish-speckled. Palpi porrect, extending rather beyond the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennas 

 serrated. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings, with 

 a short broad ochraceous stripe on each side. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips, irregularly whitish-speckled ; disk ir- 

 regularly dark fawn-colour, containing a mark which is composed 

 of white streaks; a white blackish-speckled line along the exterior 

 border dilated towards the tip, where it is pure white. Hind wings 

 with a pure white fringe. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 24 lines. 



Limas. In Mr. Norris' collection. 



Genus CHASMINA, t\ L. H. ix. 146. 



Chasmina glabra. 



Fcem. Argenteo-albo ; caput ferrugineo bifasciatum ; palpi 

 ochracei, erecti, articulo So longuconico ; abdomen lanceolatum , 

 alas posticas longe superans ; pedes antici tibiis nigro bipunc- 

 tatis tarsisque ochraceis. 



Female. Silvery white, smooth, shining. Head with two fer- 

 ruginous bands in front. Palpi smooth, erect, mostly ochraceous, 

 hardly rising higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, 

 about one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen tapering 

 from the base to the tip, extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs smooth ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi ochraceous, the former with 

 two black points ; hind tibiae with two very long and slender spurs. 

 Wings without any markings. Length of the body 1 1 lines ; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



a. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



Genus GISCALA, C. L. H. xv. 1671. 



GlSCALA SEMIVIRIDIS. 



Mas. Cervina ; palpi arcuati^ pilosissimi, articulo So lanceolato ; 

 antennce sat late pectin atce ; pedes graciles, femoribus fim- 

 briates ; ala? antic<s virides, basi nigricantes, spatio marginali 

 pallide cervina?, reniformi albido marginata, fascia exteriore 

 fusca nigro marginata valde deniata ; postica nigricantes. 



