198 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



16. PRODENIA TASMANICA. 



Alee anticce opalino-cinerea, venis maculisque discalibus fiavo-albo 

 roseis, maculis lineisque marginalibus cinereo-albis vix 

 roseis, macula fusca submarginali longa e strigis lanceolatis 

 plurimis divisa et producta ; posticce albce, margine nigri- 

 cante. 



Prodenia Tasmanica, Guen. Noct. i. 163, 277. 

 Tasmania. 



Genus 11. CALOGEAMMA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi breves, porrecti, 

 caput non superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, 2i quadrante non lon- 

 gior. Antennae corporis dimidio non longiores. Thorax pilosissi- 

 mus. Abdomen alas posticas triente superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae 

 apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore sat 

 obliquo. Mas. — Antennae subserratae. 



Polia, p., Boisd. 



Calogramma, Guen. Noct. i. 165. 



Body stout. Proboscis short. Palpi short, porrect, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae about half the length 

 of the body. Thorax thickly clothed. Abdomen extending for 

 one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 straight in front, slightly rounded at the tips, moderately oblique 

 along the exterior border ; first, second and third inferior veins 

 nearly contiguous at the base ; fourth moderately remote. Male. — 

 Antennas minutely serrated. 



1. Calogramma festiva. 



Testacea; thorax rufo varius ; alee anticae albido-testacea nigro- 

 rufoque varice ; posticce albce, opalince. 



Noctua festiva, Donov. Epit. Ins. New Holl. 



