1610 CATALOGUE OF 



AdDALIA COSTARIA. 



Foem. Schistaceo-cinerea ; caput atrum, vertice albido ; ala 

 fuscescente subconspersa, linea marginali fusca interrupla ; 

 antica acuta, costa albida. 



Female. Slaty cinereous. Head deep black ; vertex whitish. 

 Wings very minutely and indistinctly brownish-speckled ; marginal 

 line brown, interrupted by the veins ; fringe long, full, with a slight 

 rosy tinge. Fore wings acute; costa whitish, except towards the 

 tip; exterior border hardly convex, rather oblique. Length of the 

 body 2-J- lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



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



ACIDALIA PRIMARIA. 



Mas. Subcervino-cinerea ; palpi validi, pilosi, breves, articulo 3o 

 minimo ; antenna appressce ; tibia postica incrassata, quadri- 

 calcarata ; ala ampla, lineis duabus rectis punctularibus 

 punctoque discali nigris ; anticce acuta, spatio marginali 

 fuscescente subnebuloso. 



Male. Cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour. Head 

 fawn-colour; frontal tuft prominent. Palpi porrect, stout, pilose, 

 extending very little beyond the head ; third joint extremely minute. 

 Antennae smooth, flattened. Abdomen hardly extending beyond 

 the hind wings; apical tuft small, elongated. Hind tibiae in 

 crassated, with four short spurs. Wings ample, with two straight 

 oblique lines of black points ; first line composed of very few points 

 discal point black. Fore wings acute; marginal space slightly and 

 incompletely shaded with brownish; costa straight; exterior bordei 

 slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



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



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Acid alia subtentaeia. 



Fcem. Alba ; caput fuscum ; ala elongata, ampla, linea exteriore 

 e punctis fuscis ; aniica acuta, costa vix convexa ; postica 

 lineis duabus cinereis subobsoletis apud marginem intenorem. 



Female. Head brown. Hind tibiae with the apical spurs not 

 more than half the length of the first pair. Wings elongate, ample, 



