1268 CATALOGUE OF 



higher than the vertex ; third joint subfusiform, full half the length 

 of the second. Antennae with long slender curved setae, hardly 

 pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings, 

 slightly compressed and hardly tufted at the tip. Legs smooth, rather 

 long and slender; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings slightly 

 elongate, rather broad. Fore wings rectangular at the tips; costa 

 straight; exterior border very slightly bent, moderately oblique 

 hindward. Hind wings with the exterior border indistinctly bent. 



HlSBANDA ACRONYCTOIDES. 



Mas. Albida, thorax fascia abbreviata atomisque posticis nigris ; 

 abdomen fuscum ; alee anticoe atomis, lineis tribus undulatis 

 punctisque marginalibus nigris, linea submarginali indistincta 

 undulata pallidissime cervina ; postica * fuscce , basi fimbriaque 

 albidis. 



Male. Whitish. Thorax with an abbreviated black band in 

 front and with some black speckles hindward. Abdomen brownish, 

 except towards the base. Fore wings with black speckles, some of 

 which form a few irregular dots; three black undulating lines; basal 

 and interior lines broader than the exterior line ; submarginal line 

 very pale fawn-colour, indistinct, undulating ; marginal points black, 

 much elongated; under side brown. Hind wings brown, whitish 

 towards the base; fringe whitish; under side white, with a blackish 

 marginal band. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Genus TAURICA. 



Mas, Corpus crassum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi graciles, squa- 

 mosi, subangulati, oblique ascendentes, verticem non superantes; 

 articulus 2us late fimbriatus ; 3us linearis, apice rotundatus. An- 

 tennae pubescentes, breviuscula?. Abdomen alas posiicas longe 

 superans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes robusti, pilosi ; tibiae 

 posticae dense fimbriatae ; calcaria breviuscula. Alae anticae elongatae, 

 apice subrotundatae, margine exteriore convexo sat obliquo. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis short. Palpi slender, squa- 

 mous, obliquely ascending, as long as the breadth of the head, not 

 rising higher than the vertex; second joint broadly fringed above 

 and beneath; third more porrect, linear, rounded at the tip, about 

 half the length of the second, with which it forms a slight angle. 

 Antennae pubescent, rather short. Abdomen extending much beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs stout, pilose; hind tibiae 



