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slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with a slight seneous 

 tinge. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Country unknown. 



8. Trachonitis decoloralis. 



Mas. Subcervino-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem 

 paullo superantes ; arlieulo 3o conico minimo ; alee anticcB 

 cinereo conspersce, apice rotundatce, litura discali, litura mar- 

 ginali punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticiB pallide cinerece. 



Male. Cinereous, rather slender, with a tinge of fawn-colour. 

 Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, vising a little higher than the ver- 

 tex ; third joint conical, hardly one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Antennse dilated at the base. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, with two lanceolate apical appendages. 

 Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, irregularly powdered with 

 pale cinereous; a black mark on the exterior border before the 

 middle, and two or three minute indistinct black marks in the exte- 

 rior part of the disk ; marginal points black ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous, with an seneous 

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



a. -? 



9. Tkachonitis ebectalis. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; palpi validi, erecti, verticem longe 

 superantes , articulo So longi-conico minimo ; antennce robustce, 

 basi dilatatce ; abdomen cinercum, alas posticus sat superans; 

 alee antiea vix acuta, fasciis quatuor cinereis angulatis, 2a 

 Saque nigricante submarginatis, Sa abbreviata, costa cinerea 9 

 punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce pallide cinerece, 

 aneo tincta. 



Male. Ferruginous-red, raiber slender. Palpi stout, erect, 

 rising much higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, 

 about one.sixth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, 

 smooth, dilated towards the base. Abdomen cinereous, extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, hardly 

 acute, with four angular cinereous bands; second and third bauds 

 slightly and partly blackish-bordered ; third band very incomplete 

 hindward ; costa mostly cinereous ; marginal points blackish, 

 minute ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 



