816 CATALOGUE OF 



Abdomen extending for half its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs long, slender ; hind tibiae clothed with short hairs. Wings 

 elongate, rather broad. Fore wings acute, falcate ; exterior border 

 hardly convex, slightly oblique. 



The very slender second joint of the palpi and the length and 

 slenderness of the legs are the chief distinctive characters of this 

 genus. 



1. BARANTOLA PULCHERRIMA. 



Mas. Late ochraceo-rufa ; caput antice, pectus et abdomen alba; 

 thorax argenteo fascia tus ; ala? anticce striga costali flava, 

 strigis quatuor subcostalibus argenteis ; posticus alba?. 



Male, Bright ochraceous-red. Head in front, palpi, antennae, 

 pectus, abdomen, legs and hind wings white. Thorax with a silvery 

 band. Fore wings with a yellow streak along the middle part of 

 the costa ; three silvery subcostal streaks ; first joining the band of 

 the thorax ; second much shorter than the first, extending nearly to 

 the yellow streak ; third beyond the streak, longer than the second ; 

 a slightly oblique transverse silvery streak proceeding from a notch 

 of the costal streak nearly to the interior border. Length of the 

 body 4 J- lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



Genus 1 10. TAMAKKHA. 



Mas et fccm. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis conspicua. 

 Palpi glabri, capitis latiiudine longiores ; articulus 3us 2o brevior. 

 Antennae maris robustae, setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas sat supe- 

 rans. Pedes sat graciles. Alae anticae elongatae, apice rotundatae, 

 margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 



Allied to (Ecophora. Male and female. — Body hardly stout. 

 Proboscis distinct. Palpi smooth, longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint setiforra, shorter than the second. Antennae of 

 the male stout, setulose. Abdomen extending rather beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs rather slender. Wings elongate, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly 

 convex and oblique. 



