1326 CATALOGUE OF 



DlASEMIA LEUCOPH^ALIS. 



Mas. Nigricans; palpi pilosi, subdecumbentes, articulo So elon- 

 gate lanceolato ; antenna graciles, pubescentes ; abdominis 

 segmenta albo marginata; pedes gracillimi ; alee cinereo con- 

 spersa, fasciis duabus albis angulosis obliquis^ 2a informi 

 interlineata, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus, fimbria 

 albida nigricante interlineata, 



Male. Blackish, slender. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 cinereous. Palpi pilose, slightly decumbent, white beneath, much 

 shorter than the breadih of the head ; third joint lanceolate, nearly 

 as long as the second. Antennas slender, pubescent. Pectus white. 

 Abdomen with a silvery white band on the hind border of each seg- 

 ment, extending for half its length beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft compressed, very small. Legs very slender. Wings long, 

 cinereous-speckled, with two oblique zigzag white bands ; first band 

 antemedial ; second postmedial, interlined, very irregular; marginal 

 points blackish ; fringe whitish, interlined with blackish. Fore 

 wings slightly acute ; exterior border nearly straight, very oblique. 

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



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



DlASEMIA RESPONSALIS. 



Fcem. Ferruginea; palpi porrecti, graciles, breves, artiiculo So 

 lanceolato 2i dimidio non breviore ; alee longai, strigis nigris 

 longitudinalibus, linen quatuor argenteis angulosis obliquis, 

 2a Saque approximatis, 4a submarginali, fimbria cinerea ; 

 anlica apice rotundata. 



Female. Ferruginous, slender. Body beneath and legs silvery 

 cinereous. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, 

 much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, 

 full half the length of the second. Antennas slender. Abdomen 

 tapering towards ihe tip, extending much beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs slender. Wings long, with longitudinal blackish streaks, and 

 with four oblique zigzag silvery lines ; first line near the base; se- 

 cond and third near together, very irregular; fourth submarginal ; 

 fringe cinereous. Fore wings rounded at the tips ; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique; second inferior vein as near to the 

 third as to the first at the base. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



