1750 CATALOGUE OF 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis short. Palpi 

 porrect, stout, fringed, shorter than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint conical, acute, very minute. Antenna? compressed, rather 

 stout. Ahdomen not extending beyond the hind wimzs. Legs 

 smooth. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings acute ; costa hardly 

 convex ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle, very oblique 

 hindward. Hind wings very pilose beneath towards the interior 

 border ; exterior border slightly truncated hindward. 



IsCHALIS THERMOCHROMATA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cervina, subtus ochracea ; caput orhraceo fasciatum ; 

 alee, subpurpurascentes, tinea exteriore recta, cinerca ; antica 

 spatiis costali et marginali ochraceis, litura costali plaguque 

 apud unguium interlorem nigris ; postica guttis apud unguium 

 interiorem duabus nigris. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, mostly ochraceous beneath. 

 Head with an ochraceous band in front. Wings with a purplish 

 tin^e ; exterior line straight, oblique, cinereous; under side blackish- 

 speckled. Fore wings mostly ochraceous along the costa and beyond 

 the line ; a transverse black costal mark before the middle, and a 

 black patch (mostly composed of speckles) towards the interior angle. 

 Hind wings with two black dots near the interior angle. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Major Parry's collection. 



Genus SESTRA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 laeves, sat graciles, caput vix superantes, articulo 3o minimo. An- 

 tennae glabrae. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis longus, subcompressus. 

 Pedes laeves, sat graciles. Ala? lata? ; anticse acutae, costa vix con- 

 vexa, margiue exteriore flexo antice subconcavo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi poirect, 

 smooth, rather slender, hardly extending beyond the head; third 

 joint extremely minute. Antennae smooth. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft long, slightly compressed. Legs 

 smooth, rather slender; spurs moderately long. Wings broad. 

 Fore wings acute ; costa hardly convex ; exterior border bent, slightly 

 concave in front, straight and rather oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 with the exterior border convex. 



