712 CATALOGUE OF 



Tetrapyrgia GRAPHIPHORIDES. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; caput et thorax anticus saturatiora ; aim 

 anticce orbiculari et reniformi nigricantibus, fascia submar- 

 ginali indeterminata e strigulis transversis nigris ; postiea 

 cinerece, fusco marginatae, 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. Head, 

 palpi and fore tegulae of the thorax deep fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 with the orbicular and reniform marks blackish, complete ; the 

 latter elongate-conical, broadest at its hind end ; a sub marginal 

 very incomplete band composed of transverse black streaklets ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Hind wings cinereous, brown towards the ex- 

 terior border. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 18 

 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Genus ELEGARDA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis tnediocris. Palpi vix 

 ascendentes, caput superantes ; articulus 2us latus, subtus pilosus; 

 3us linearis, 2i dimidio longior. Antennae peetinatae, apice simplices. 

 Abdomen alas posticas longe superans; fasciculus apicalis parvus. 

 Pedes validi, dense pilosi. AJae anticae latae, apice rolundatae, mar- 

 gine exteriore convexo vix obliquo. 



Male. Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi hardly 

 ascending, extending somewhat beyond the head, but much shorter 

 than its breadth ; second joint broad, pilose beneath; third linear, 

 rounded at the tip, more than half the length of the second. An- 

 tenna? moderately pectinated to six-sevenths of the length. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings ; decreasing in 

 breadth from the base to the tips; apical tuft small. Legs stout; 

 femora and tibise densely pilose ; spurs long. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. 



Agrotis dorsicinis (C. L. H. xv. 1701) belongs to this genus. 



Elegarda orthosioides. 



Mas. Saturate lateritia ; palpi pallide cinerei, extus nigro 

 signati; alee anticce nigro conspersce, lineis tribus dentatis 

 interruptis, striga lata transversa punctuque marginalibus 

 nigris ; postica? cinereo-fusca?, subtus albidoB. 



