826 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 121. UZUCHA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi graciles, 

 pubescentes, oblique ascendentes, capitis latitudine multo breviores; 

 articulus 3us setiformis, 2o valde brevior. Antenna 3 graciles, glabrae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes laeves, robusti. Alse 

 anticae amplae, apice rectangulatae, costa basi gibbosa, margine exte- 

 riore recto vix obliquo. 



Allied to Cryptothelia. Male. — Body very stout. Proboscis 

 obsolete. Palpi slender, pubescent, obliquely ascending, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, much 

 shorter than the second. Antennae smooth, slender, much shorter 

 than the fore wings. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings ; tip with two elongate lateral valves. Legs smooth, stout ; 

 spurs long. Wings long and broad. Fore wings rectangular at 

 the tips ; basal part of the costa extremely prominent, extending 

 much in front of the head ; exterior part of the costa almost straight; 

 exterior border straight and hardly oblique, except towards the 

 interior angle; a longitudinal furrow behind the fourth inferior vein, 

 which is very remote from the third. Hind wings with a long peni- 

 cillate tuft of hairs at the base. 



1. UZUCHA HUMERALIS. 



Mas. Sordide rufescens, subtus ockracea ; abdomen fasciis quatuor 

 apiceque ochraceis ; tibiae posticce nigricantes ; ala anticte 

 macula basali fusca; posticus nigricantes, spatio exteriore 

 fiavo. 



Male. Dull reddish, ochraceous beneath. Tegulae of the 

 thorax and fore wings tinged with slaie-colour. Abdomen with four 

 ochraceous bands; tip ochraceous. Hind tibiae blackish. Fore 

 wings with a dark brown spot on the base of the costa. Hind wings 

 blackish; this hue diffuse or consisting of speckles towards the exte- 

 rior part, which is yellow. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



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



