680 CATALOGUE OF 



cervinis antice connexis, la basalt, 2a postice producta, 3a 

 recurva tt f areata ; postice obscure cinereoe. 



Male. Silvery white, gilded yellow beneath. Palpi nearly 

 twice longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint slightly 

 fringed, brown towards the base ; ihird setiform, a little shorter thau 

 the second. Antennae stout, smooth. Abdomen gilded, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather stout. Fore 

 wings rather broad, rounded at the tips, with three oblique gilded 

 fawn-coloured bands, which are connected in front by a stripe; the 

 latter is subcostal towards the base, costal exteriorly ; first band 

 basal; second continued along the interior border to the interior 

 angle; third much recurved, forked towards the exterior border, 

 which is very oblique ; under side and hind wings dark cinereous ; 

 fringe pale, gilded. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



57. (EcOPHORA RETRACTELLA. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi capitis latitudine multo longiores^ ariiculo 2o 

 pubescente basi fusco ; abdomen cinereum ; tibia postice fim- 

 briate ; aim antice vix acute, vitta costali fasciisque duabus 

 indeterminatis cervinis, plaga exteriore cervina maculam 

 apicalem albam includente, lineola marginali nigra ; postice 

 pallide cinerece. 



Male. White, hardly stout. Palpi slightly curved, very much 

 longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint pubescent, brown 

 towards the base ; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second. 

 Antennae slender, very much shorter than the fore wings. Abdomen 

 cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae 

 fringed. Wings moderately broad, hardly acute. Fore wings with 

 a fawn-coloured costal stripe, which is subcostal towards the base ; 

 two irregular incomplete oblique fawn-coloured bands; an exterior 

 fawn-coloured patch, which includes a white apical spot ; a black 

 line along the hind part of the exterior border ; costa straight; ex- 

 terior border moderately oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous. 

 L-ngth of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Very closely allied to CE. electella. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



