1742 CATALOGUE Ofr 



Chesias Geneata, Feisthamel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. iv. 131, pi. 1, A, 

 f. 1. 



Bomo d'Ossola, Piedmont. 



Chesias?? Oeanaria. 



Caput, antennce, thorax et abdomen rufescentia ; alee anticce supra 

 subtusque jlavo-rufescentes, oblique fusco univittata, fimbria 

 ftavescente, fusco bilineata ; alee postwar flavo-rufescentes, 

 postice fuscce. 



Chesias Oranaria, Lucas, Explor. Scient. de V Alger. Anim. Artie. 

 iii. 393, 132, pi. 4, f. 4. 



Oran. 



Genus PHRATAKTA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis rnediocris. Palpi lanceo- 

 lati, disjunct!, corporis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 3us 

 longi-conicus, 2i dimidio non longior. Antenna? graciles, sub- 

 pectinatee. Pedes lseves, gracillimi ; calcaria longa. Alae anticae 

 acuta?, costa recta, margine exteriore vix convexo sat obliquo. 



Female, Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, lanceolate, apart from each other, full as long as the breadth 

 of the head; third joint elongate-conical, about half the length of 

 the second. Antennae slender, very slightly pectinated, except 

 towards the tips. Legs smooth, very slender; hind tibia? with long 

 spurs. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings acute ; costa straight ; 

 exterior border hardly con?ex, rather oblique. 



Phrataeia transcissata. 



Fcem. Fusca ; alee anticce venis ochraceis, fascia recta argentea 

 fasciaque submarginali tenui alba connexis ; posticce albido- 

 cinerece, fascia submarginali albida. 



Female. Brown. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 whitish cinereous. Fore wings with ochraceous veins; a straight 

 silvery white band, accompanied by three or four slight lines, 

 slanting outward from the costa to the interior angle, where it is 

 connected with a slender submarginal white band. Hind wings 

 with a submarginal whitish band; under side with slightly ochra- 

 ceous veins and with black speckles; some of the latter are con- 

 fluent and form an exterior line and a submarginal band. Length 

 of the body 5 ? lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



