186 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Ubida RECEPTALIS. 



Mas. — Alba; palpi fusci, supra albi ; caput et thorax anticus 

 subcervino univittata ; thoracis latera antica fusca ; abdomen 

 fuscum, basi album ; alee antica vittis duabus fuscis quadri- 

 ramosis ; postica fuscescente-cinerece. Fcem. — Abdomen al- 

 bum ; alee postica albida. 



Male and female. jWhite. Palpi brown, white above. Head 

 and fore part of the thorax with an indistinct fawn-coloured stripe. 

 Thorax brown on each side in front. Abdomen brown above, ex- 

 cept at the base. Fore wings with two brown stripes, each of which 

 is divided into four exterior streaks ; space along the interior border 

 brown-speckled. Hind wings brownish cinereous ; fringe white. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 — 22 lines. 



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



b. Australia. Presented by K. Bake well, Esq. 



Genus 11. THEMMA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. 

 Palpi porrecti, sat graciles, vix angulati, capitis latitudine non lon- 

 giores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus. Pedes la?ves, longi, graciles ; 

 tibiae calcaribus quatuor parvis. Ala? antica? elongata?, acuta?, costa 

 vix convexa, margine exteriore recto. Mas. — Antenna? subpecti- 

 nata?. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans. Fcem, — Alae antica? 

 angustiores, magis lanceolata?. 



Male and female. Body rather slender, nearly cylindrical. 

 Proboscis short, slender. Palpi porrect, rather slender, hardly an- 

 gular, as long as the breadth of the head; third joint lanceolate, 

 shorter than the second. Antenna? squamous. Legs smooth, long, 

 slender ; hind tibia? with four short spurs. Wings elongate. Fore 

 wings acute ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border straight. 

 Male. — Antenna? slightly pectinated. Abdomen extending much 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongated. Fore wings broader, 

 less lanceolate and less acute than those of the female; exterior 

 border rather oblique. Female. — Abdomen extending rather beyond 

 the hind wings. Fore wings much elongated ; exterior border ex- 

 tremely oblique, 



1. Themma divisa. 

 Mas et foem. Albido-cinerea ; ala antica cervino subtincta, linea 

 discali strigaque exteriore obliqua subarcuata argenteis, vitta 

 posteriore fusca, puncto discali nigro ,* postica alba. 



