810 CATALOGUE OF 



Allied to CEcophora. Female. — Body smooth, rather stout. 

 Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, slender, obliquely ascending, twice 

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

 third straight, setiform, a little shorter than the second. Antennae 

 slender, hardly more than half the length of the fore wings. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, not 

 long; hind tibia? fringed ; spurs long. Wings long, rather broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips; costa and exterior border straight, 

 the latter moderately oblique ; interior border slightly convex towards 

 the base, slightly concave exteriorly. 



1. TlNGENA. BIFACIELLA. 



Foem. Auraio-flava ; abdomen fuscum ; alee antica subtus cinereo- 

 fuscce ; posticce cinerea. 



Female. Gilded yellow. Abdomen brown above. Fore wings 

 cinereous-brown beneath, excepting the fringe. Hind wings cine- 

 reous, shining. Length of the body 3J lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 





Genus 103. TITULCIA. 



Foem. Corpus robustum, laeve, squamosum. Oculi extantes. 

 Proboscis brevis. Palpi lati, pubescentes, ascendeutes, subarcuati, 

 capitis latitudine multo longiores ; articulus 3us 2o brevior. An- 

 tennae gracillimae, non longae. Abdomen alas posticas perpaullo 

 superans. Pedes laeves, breviusculi, sat validi. Alae auticae latae, 

 acuta?, costa margineque exteriore subconvexis. 



Allied to CEcophora. Female. — Body stout, smooth, squamous. 

 Eyes prominent. Proboscis short. Palpi broad, pubescent, ascending, 

 very slightly curved, much longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint shorter and narrower than the second, acutely conical at 

 the tip. Antennae smooth, very slender, little more than half the 

 length of the fore wings. Abdomen extending very little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs smooth, rather short and stout ; spurs long. 

 Wings broad, not long. Fore wings acute ; costa and exterior 

 border slightly convex, the latter rather oblique ; third inferior vein 

 as far from the second as from the fourth. 



