198 CATALOGUE OF 



bus longis. Alae anticae elongatae, subfalcatae, margine exteriore 

 flexo antice excavato postice perobliquo. 



Female, Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, lanceolate, a little longer than the breadth of the head. 

 Antennae slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, long, slender ; hind tibias with four long 

 spurs. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings acute, sub- 

 falcate; costa straight ; exterior border bent in the middle, concave 

 in front, very oblique hindward. 



This genus hardly belongs to the Crambites. 



1. Adena xanthialis. 



Mas. Ochracea ; alee anticce linea interiore undulata, plaga dis- 

 cali fasciaque lata marginali saturatioribus, costa lineolis 

 albis, gutta strigulaque exteriore subcostalibus vitreis ; postica 

 pallide ochraceo-cinerece, margine exteriore fuscescente. 



Male. Ochraceous. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 pale ochraceous-cinereous. Fore wings with an undulating interior 

 line, a middle patch and a broad marginal band darker ochraceous; 

 costa with a few short white lines ; a vitreous subcostal dot and an 

 exterior short transverse vitreous subcostal streak. Hind wings 

 tinged with brown along the exterior border. Length of the body 

 5^ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



Genus 25. ACARA. 



Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi labiales 

 porrecti, graciles, lanceolati, capitis latitudine non breviores. Palpi 

 maxillares breves. Antennae breviusculae, sat graciles. Abdomen 

 alas posticas superans. Pedes robusti, breviusculi, subpilosi. Alae 

 antiese longae, acutae, vix falcatae, margine exteriore subobliquo vix 

 convexo. 



Female. Body thick. Proboscis obsolete. Labial palpi por- 

 rect, slender, lanceolate, full as long as the breadth of the head. 

 Maxillary palpi short. Antennae rather short and slender. Abdo- 

 men extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, rather short, 

 somewhat pilose; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. 

 Wings long, moderately broad. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate; 

 costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. 



