1342 CATALOGUE OF 



Hydrocampa? discoloralis. 





Fcem. Alba ; palpi graciles, brevissimi, oblique decumbentes ; al<B 

 anticce fuscce, apice rotundatce, fascia basali postice dilatata, 

 fascia media tineas duas fuscas angulosas includente, tinea 

 exteriore duplicata undulata fasciaque submarginali albis, 

 macula pallide ochracea ; posticus albce, macula pallide ochracea 

 fusco marginata^ macula, lineola, tinea exteriore undulata 

 fasciaque lata marginuli fasciam albam includente fuscis. 



Female. White. Palpi slender, very short, obliquely decum- 

 bent. Antennae slender. Legs long;, smooth, slender. Fore wings 

 brown, rounded at the tips ; a white band near the base, dilated 

 towards the interior border; a white band across the middle, con- 

 taining two zigzag brown lines ; a double white exterior undulating 

 line proceeding from the costa to the disk, and there ceasing; a pale 

 dull ochraceous spot between this line and the band, and an irregu- 

 lar white submarginal band. Hind wings white, with a pale dull 

 ochraceous brown-bordered spot in the disk, with a brown spot and 

 a short brown line on the interior border, with an exterior undulating 

 brown line, and with a broad brown marginal band, which contains 

 an irregular white submarginal band. Length of the body 4£ lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Genus MARGAROSTICHA. 

 Margarosticha, Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 454. 



Margarosticha pulcherrimalis. 

 pulcherrimalis, Ld. Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. 454, pi. 18, f. 11. 

 Amboina. 



Genus ERTBICA. 



Mas. Corpus gtacile. Frons produeta. Proboscis brevis, 

 gracilis. Palpi porrecti, rostri formes, squamosi, subarcuati, subtus 

 fimbriali, capitis latitudine paullo longiores ; articulus 3us minimus. 

 Antenna? gracillimae, vix pubescentes. Abdomen alas posticas sat 

 superans ; fasciculus a pica lis minimus, subcompressus. Pedes longi, 

 gracillimi. Alae anticae breviusculae, latiusculae, subfalcatae. 



