1254 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Pale cinereous-red. Wings with a blackish oblique 

 slightly curved antemedial line; fringe shining cinereous, with two 

 purple lines. Fore wings with a deep red marginal band, which is 

 broadest in front, and is bordered on the inner side by a hardly un- 

 dulating black line ; marginal points black, much elongated trans- 

 versely. Hind wings more reddish than the fore wings, with a 

 blackish oblique middle line, which is nearly parallel to the ante- 

 medial line ; under side purplish. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



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



Genus LIXA. 



Alas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi squamoso- 

 hirsuti, oblique ascendemes, verticem non superantes; articulus 3us 

 conicus, parvus. Antenna? dense setosae. Abdomen fasciculis duobus 

 lateralibus subapicalibus penicillatis radiatis. Pedes validi, squa- 

 mosi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus quatuor parvis. Alee antic* elongatae, 

 acuta?, costa basi subconvexa apice porrecla, margine exteriore sub- 

 flexo ; postica? subacute. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi sqna- 

 mous-hirsute, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; 

 third joint conical, minute, less than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae thickly setose; the bristles decreasing in length 

 towards the tips. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings, with two lateral subapical penicillate radiating tufts com- 

 posed of long clavate hairs. Legs stout, squamous ; hind tibia? with 

 four short spurs. Wings elongate. Fore wings acute ; costa very 

 slightly convex towards the base, straight exteriorly, inclined for- 

 wards from thence to the tips, which are prominent; exterior border 

 convex, hardly oblique in front, very oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 slightly acute. 



This is a very aberrant genus. It has a resemblance to Sicu- 

 lodes and to some of the Ennomidce. 



LlXA PRODUCTALIS. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina, nigro subeonspersa ; abdomen fasciculis 

 lateralibus nigris ; aim linea recta obliqua nigra ; anticce gutta 

 nigra sub cos tali. 

 Male. Reddish fawn-colour, minutely and indistinctly black- 

 speckled. Lateral tufts of the abdomen black. Wings with a 



