538 CATALOGUE OF 



25. PSECADIA PRETIOSELLA. 



Mas. Ockracea ; alee anticce auratce, costa fusca, vitta costali 

 argentea, vitta subcostali ockracea, fimbria purpurea; posticce 

 argenteo-cinerece. 



Male. Ocbraceons. Abdomen, bind wings and under side 

 silvery cinereous. Abdomen tinged witb pale yellow. Fore wings 

 gilded ; costa brown ; costal stripe silvery ; subcostal stripe ocbra- 

 ceous ; fringe purple ; exterior border very oblique. Lengtb of tbe 

 body 4% lines ; of tbe wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



26. PSECADIA DORSIVITTELLA. 



Mas. Nigricans ; caput et thorax albido vittata ; antennae pubes- 

 centes ; pectus et abdomen albida ; tibiae posticce subfimbriat.ee ; 

 alee anticce latiusculce, vix acutee, costam versus cinerece, striga 

 subcostali strigisque posticis nigris, vitta postica cinerea ferru" 

 gineo maryinata, costa rosea, g 



Male. Blackish. Head with a wbitish stripe, which extends 

 from tbe mouth to the back of tbe vertex. Antennae pubescent, 

 not more than half the length of the fore wings. Pectus, abdomen, 

 legs and bind wings whitish. Thorax with a whitish stripe. Hind 

 tibia? slightly fringed. Fore wings rather broad, hardly acute, dark 

 cinereous towards tbe costa, whicb is rosy and hardly convex ; a black 

 subcostal streak in tbe exterior half of the wing and some less dis- 

 tinct black streaks hind ward ; a cinereous stripe along tbe interior 

 border, emitting a curved whitish streaklet towards the disk and 

 bordered with ferruginous-red ; fringe ferruginous, with cinereous 

 streaks; exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



27. PSECADIA CONDUCTELLA. 



Mas. Cano-fusca ; antennae setulosce ; abdomis segmenta albido 

 marginata ; tibice posticce fimbriate? ; alee anticce subacute, 

 punctis discalibus nigris ; posticce fusco-cinerece. 



