110 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, lanceolate, squamous-hirsute, as long as the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint minute, conical. Antennae minutely pubescent. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 

 short, quadrate. Legs smooth, rather slender ; hind tibiae with four 

 short spurs. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings 

 acute ; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter 

 very oblique. 



1. ZlA TACTALIS. 



Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce fusco subnebulosa, lineis nonnullis 

 indeterminalis e squamis nigris, striga basali postica albida, 

 disco antico exteriore cano. 



Male. Cinereous. Fore wings partly shaded with brown, 

 with a few incomplete lines composed of black scales ; a whitish 

 hindward streak proceeding from the base ; fore part of the exterior 

 disk hoary. Hind wings a little paler; fringe hoary. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus 57. ALLATA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput et thorax crassa. Proboscis 

 brevis. Palpi crassi, angulati, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 

 3us subtus sulcatus, penicillo basali ; 3us conicus, subtus concavus; 

 Antennae glabrae, breviusculae, sat graciles. Thoracis tegulae elon- 

 gatae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas paullo superans ; fasci- 

 culus apicalis minimus. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae subfimbriatae. 

 Alae anticae elongate, apice subrotundatae. 



Male. Body stout. Head and thorax very robust. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi thick, rising high above the vertex, converging 

 towards each other; second joint furnished at the base with a cir- 

 cular fan-shaped tuft of hairs, longer than the first, with which it 

 forms an angle, furrowed beneath for the reception of the tuft; third 

 joint conical, concave beneath, not more than one-fourth of the 

 leugth of the second. Antennae smooth, rather short and slender. 

 Tegulae of the thorax elongate. Ahdomen tapering, extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs stout; 

 hind tibiae slightly fringed, with four long spurs. Fore wings elon- 

 gate, slightly rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior border 

 straight, the latter moderately oblique. 



