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arginal partly connected lunules; fringe cinereous, interlined 

 with white. Hind wings luteous, blackish about their tips, will] a 

 deep black marginal line. This species has much resemblance to 

 D. trigonalis, but may be distinguished by the more straight white 

 line on the fore wings, and by the difference in the dark part of the 

 hind wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Genus 2. BHODINA. 



Corpus gracile. Palpi longi, recti, porrecti, squarnosi, rostri- 

 formes, articulis arete connexis. Antenna? pubescentes, corporis 

 dimidio lonjdores. Thorax brevis, squamosus. Abdomen longum, 

 laeve, attenuatum, planum, alas posticas superans. Pedes graciles. 

 Alae anticse acuta?, falcatae, margine exteriore subflexo. Mas. — 

 Abdomen apice fasciculatum. Fcem. — Abdomen acutum. 



Ehodina, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 19. 



Body slender. Palpi long, straight or slightly incumbent, por- 

 rect, squamous, rostriform, with the joints confused together. An- 

 tennas pubescent, more than half the length of the body. Thorax 

 short, squamous. Abdomen long, smooth, attenuated, extending 

 beyond the hind wings; tip tufted in the male, acute in the female. 

 Legs slender; tarsi without spines. Wings moderately broad, 

 rather long. Fore wings acute, falcate ; exterior border slightly 

 bent. 



1. Rhodina falculalis. 



Rosea; abdomen albidum ; alee anticce linea exteriore pallida 

 undulata, lituris discalibus punctisque submarginalibus et 

 marginalibus nigris; posticce cinerascentes, lineis duabus albi- 

 dis, punctis submarginalibus nigris. 



Rhodina falculalis, Guen. Delt. et Pyral. 20, 9. 



Australia. 



Genus 3. RHYNCHINA. 



Corpus gracile. Palpi longissimi, subincumbentes, villoso* 

 squarnosi; ariiculus 2us latus, thorace longior, apice tissus ; 3 us 

 multo angustior, subovatus. Pedes brevius-culi, graciles; tibiae 



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