LEP1D0PTERA JIETEROCERA. 1743 



Genus DARANTASIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi brevis- 

 simi. Antennae dense setulosae. Pedes laeves, longiuseuli ; calearia 

 longa. Alse amplas; anticae vix acutae, costa recta, margine exteriore 

 convexo sat obliquo ; posticae paullo breviores. 



Male. Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis 

 rather short. Palpi extremely short. Antennae thickly setulose. 

 Legs smooth, rather long; hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings 

 ample; fringe long, full. Fore wings hardly acute; costa straight; 

 exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings not much 

 shorter than the fore wings. 



DA RANT ASIA MUNDIFERARIA. 



Mas. Ctrvina ; caput pallide cinereum, antice nigrum ; thorax 

 squamosus, nigricante-cinereus ; alee punctis marginalibus 

 nigris ; anticce lineis duabus pallide cinereis, la subrecta, 

 2a subundulata, costa ex parte spatioque basali sckistaceo- 

 cinereis nigro conspersis, annulo discalifusco oblongo. 



Male. Fawn-colour; under side and hind wings brownish 

 cinereous. Head pale cinereous, black in front. Thorax squamous, 

 blackish cinereous. Wings with black marginal points. Fore 

 wings with two pale cinereous lines; first line nearly straight; 

 second slightly undulating; basal part and costa from the base to 

 the second line slaty cinereous, black-speckled ; discal mark forming 

 an oblong brown ringlet. Length of the body 7? lines; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presented by E. Bakewell, Esq. 



Genus AECINA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis productus, rotun- 

 datus. Proboscis longa. Palpi rostriformes, subascendentes, pilo- 

 sissimi ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i dimidio non brevior. 

 Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes longi, graciles, laeves; calearia 

 longa. Alae elongatae ; anticae acutae ; posticae subacuminatae, 

 angulo interiore rotundato. 



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