242 CATALOGUE OF 



4. Dasygaster punctivena. 



Cinereo-nigra ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce lineis transversis 

 angulosis strigisque exterioribus nigris, lituris basalibus fas- 

 ciaque exteriore guttulari testaceis, maculis reniformi et orbi- 

 culari indistinctis, ilia ex parte testacea ; postica fusca?, 

 antice cinerea?, ciliis ex parte albidce. 



Cinereous-black. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with 

 black zigzag transverse lines, and with exterior black streaks ; some 

 testaceous marks towards the base, and an exterior band of testa- 

 ceous dots ; reniform spot and orbicular spot indistinct, the former 

 partly testaceous. Hind wings brown, cinereous in front; cilia? 

 partly whitish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Genus 8. EEIOPYGA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Frons rotundata. Proboscis 

 breviuscula. Palpi ascendentes ; articulus 2us subrectus ; 3us bre- 

 vissimus. Antennae sat longae, pubescentes. Thorax hirsutus. 

 Abdomen alas posticas sat superans, apice densissime lanuginoso- 

 pilosum. Alae sat angustae. 



Eriopyga, Guen. Noct. i. 203. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Front rounded. Proboscis rather 

 short. Palpi ascending; second joint almost straight; third very 

 small. Thorax hirsute. Abdomen extending some distance beyond 

 the hind wings, with a large mass of woolly hairs at the tip. Legs 

 of moderate thickness, not very pilose; spurs of hind tibiae mode- 

 rately long. Wings rather narrow. 



1. Eriopyga punctulum. 



Fulvo-rufescens ; ala anticce lituris indistinciis, dimidio basalt 

 margineque exteriore nigricantibus, maculis reniformi et orbi- 

 culari nigro marginatis, ilia puncto albo ; posticce nigro- 

 cinerea?, subtus jlavescentes. 



Eriopyga punctulum, Guen. Noct. i. 203. 



Brazil. 



