820 CATALOGUE OF 



slightly curved rows of black points, one submarginal, the other mar- 

 ginal. Hind wings aeneous-brown ; fringe pale ferruginous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



Genus 114. THISIZIMA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Caput et thorax antice pilis rigidis 

 instructa. Palpi arcuati, ascendentes, capitis latitudine lougiores ; 

 articulus 2us latus, squamosus ; 3us lanceolatus, 2o valde brevior. 

 Antennae valde dilatatae, alis anticis paullo lougiores. Alae anticae 

 apice rotundatas, margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 



Allied to CEcophora. Male. — Body rather slender. Head and 

 fore part of the thorax with short erect hairs. Palpi curved, 

 ascending, longer than the breadth of the head ; second joint broad, 

 squamous; third lanceolate, much shorter than the second. An- 

 tenna? much dilated, a little longer than the fore wings. Fore wings 

 moderately broad, somewhat rounded at the tips ; fringe long ; ex- 

 terior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 



1. Thisizima ceratella. 



Mas. Albida ; thorax cupreo-niger, antice albidus ; alee aniica 

 vitta lata costali postice angulata punctisque marginalibus 

 cupreo-nigris. 



Male. Whitish. Thorax cupreous-black, except in front. 

 Fore wings with a broad irregular cupreous-black costal stripe, which 

 extends to the interior border at the base, and is curved outward 

 before the middle, and forms a more exterior prominent obtuse 

 angle; marginal points cupreous-black. Length of the body 

 3J? lines; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



Genus 115. PATOUISSA. 



Mas et fa?m. Corpus gracile. Frons perangusta. Proboscis 

 conspicua. Palpi graciles, capitis latitudine tiiplo lougiores ; arti- 

 culus 2us squamoso firabriatus ; 3us setiformis, 2o non brevior. 

 Antennae robu^tae, alis anticis paullo lougiores. Abdomen alas 



