774 CATALOGUE OF 



minute; exterior border convex, not oblique. Hind wings with 

 a cinereous fringe. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus 52. MESOPTYCHA. 

 Mesoptycha, ZL 



1. Mesoptycha nictitans. 

 nictitans, Mus. Berl. (MSS.), ZL 

 Para. 



Genus 53. PALPARIA. 

 Palparia, Wing. 



1. Palpaeia Lambertella. 



Lambertella, Wing. 



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

 5, c. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 d. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



2. Palparia aurata. 



Mas. Aurato-flava, roseo subtincta ; antenna suhsetulosce ; tibia? 

 posticce late fimbriate ; ales anticce valde falcatce, linea discali 

 rufa strigam posticam emittente ; posticce apice roseo tinctce. 



Male. Bright gilded ochraceous. Thorax fawn-colour, with 

 a purplish tinge. Anterior legs beneath dark purplish cinereous ; 

 costa, fringe and subcostal vein dark purplish fawn-colour, the vein 

 emitting a hind ward streak of the same hue ; under side rosy. 

 Length of the bodv 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Fcem. Aura to-ochracea, subtus rosea ; thorax purpureo-cervinus ; 

 pedes anteriores subtus purpureo-cinerei; alee antica costa fim- 

 bria venaque subcostali obscure purpureo-cervinis. 



Female. Gilded yellow. Head, thorax and fore wings tinged 

 with rosy. Palpi very much longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint with a porrect dense lanceolate tuft ; third joint setiform, 

 a little shorter than the second. Antennae very minutely setulose. 



