LEPIDOPTEBA HETEEOCERA. 83 



posticas longe superans. Pedes validi. Alae anticae longaB, an- 

 gustae, acuta?, inargine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Proboscis slender. Palpi stout, 

 lanceolate, obliquely ascending, a little longer than the breadth of 

 the head ; second joint enclosing a penicillate tuft; third extremely 

 small. Antennae stout ; first and secoud joints incrassated ; second 

 thickly tufted. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings ; 

 apical tuft very small. Legs stout, smooth. Fore wings eloDgate, 

 narrow, acute; exterior border very oblique. 



1. MODIANA SCITIVITTALIS. 



Mas. Sordide ochracea ; abdomen cinereum ; alee cinerece, fim- 

 bria albida ; anticce costa alba ; postica subiridescentes, sub- 

 tly alina. 



Male. Dull ochraceous, cinereous beneath. Abdomen cine- 

 reous. Wings cinereous, with a whitish fringe. Fore wings with 

 a white costa. Hind wings slightly iridescent and hyaline. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Genus 39. CALGUIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Caput penicillis duobus erectis. 

 Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi decumbentes, capitis latitudine breviores; 

 articulus 2us arcuatus; 3us parvus. Antennae serratae, setosae, basi 

 incrassatae. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes breviusculi, 

 sat robusti ; tibiae posticae quadricalcaratae, supra fimbriatae. Alae 

 anticae breviuscula?, sat angustae, subacute, costa vix convexa, mar- 

 gine exteriore subobliquo. 



Male. Body rather stout. Head with two erect penicillate 

 tufts. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi prominent, shorter than the breadth 

 of the head ; secoud joint much curved downward ; third conical, 

 minute. Antennae serrated, setose, much incrassated towards the 

 base. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 

 short and stout ; hind tibiae fringed above, with four long spurs. 

 Fore wings rather short and narrow, slightly acute ; costa and exte- 

 rior border hardly convex, the latter very slightly oblique. 



1. C ALGUI A DEFIG ORALIS. 



Mas. Cervina ; antennce basi nigra ; alee antica fascia media 

 lata fusca intus concisa extus diffusa, spatio marginali 



