LEPIDOPTEEA HETEKOCEKA. 1211 



a chalybeous tinge along the basal part of the costa, and with three 

 darker lines ; first and second lines ferruginous ; first nearly straight ; 

 second slightly bent outward ; third brownish, undulating ; exterior 

 border slightly convex. Hind wings luteous towards the base. 

 Length oi the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Genus PHANASPA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, sat 

 graciles, corporis latitudine paullo longiores ; articulus 2us dense 

 fimbriatus ; 3us longi-conicus, 2i dimidio brevior. Antennae gra- 

 ciles. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes glabri, graciles ; 

 calcaria longissima, gracillima. Alae lata?, margine exteriore vix 

 dentato; auticse acutae. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis short. "Palpi porrect, rather 

 slender, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint 

 thickly fringed above and beneath ; third elongate-conical, less than 

 half the length oi the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen not ex- 

 tending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender; spurs 

 very long and slender. Wings broad ; exterior border slightly fes- 

 tooned. Fore wings acute ; exterior border convex, moderately 

 oblique; second interior vein much nearer to the first than to the 

 third ; fourth very remote from the third. 



Phanaspa thermesialis. 



Fcem. Cervina ; alee lineis tribus obliquis nigricantibus, la 2aque 

 subundulatisy 3a denticulata cinereo submarginata, spatio ex- 

 teriore fuscescente lineam submarginalem cervinam anguto- 

 sam includente, puncto discali punctisque marginalibus nigris. 



Female. Fawn-colour, mostly cinereous beneath. Wings with 

 three blackish oblique lines ; first and second lines slightly undu- 

 lating ; first nearly obsolete in the hind wings ; third denticulated, 

 incompletely cinerous-bordered on the outer side; space between 

 the third and the exterior border brownish, including a fawn- 

 coloured zigzag submarginal line ; marginal points black; a black 

 point on the iuner side of the second line. Length of the body^ 

 4^ lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Guenzius' collection. 



