94 CATALOGUE OF 



Body squamous, moderately stout. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi hardly curved, obliquely ascending, moderately long, 

 not pilose ; third joint linear, acute at the tip, shorter and more 

 slender than the second. Antennae crenulated, with short cilia), of 

 which two are longer on each joint. Abdomen not extending be- 

 yond the hind wings, with two apical tufts on the upper side in the 

 male. Le<?s slender, squamous; spurs long. Wings ample; fringe 

 broad. Fore wings slightly convex along the costa, rectangular at 

 the tips ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle, its hind part 

 oblique. 



1. $OPHRONIA EMORTUALIS. 



Subtestaceo-cinerea ; alee linea exteriore recta ohliqua albida ; an- 

 ticce linea interiore subundulala non obliqua. 



Pyralis emortualis, Wien. Verz. 2. Hubn. Pyr. pi. 1, f. 1. Treit. 



Schm. 5 ; Supp. 3. Dup. Lep. 18, pi. 211, f. 1. 

 Geometra olivaria, Bork. Schm. Eur. v. 17. 

 jEthia emortualis, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 340, 3266. 

 Sophronia emortualis, Guen. Cat. Dup. 211 ; Delt. et Pyral. 50,55. 



Herr.-Schaff. Schm. Eur. vi. 433, 754. 



a. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Sophronia? Ceneusalis. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi re cur vi ; femora poslica sulcata; 

 ala antica reniformi lineisque interiore et exteriore obscurio- 

 ribus valde indistinctis, linea submarginali testacea recta vix 

 obliqua, fimbria lata. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi rejected over the 

 head ; second joint very much curved; third lanceolate, more than 

 half the length of the second. Legs pubescent; hind femora 

 grooved. Fore wings with the reniform mark and the interior and 

 exterior lines very indistinct, a little darker than the ground- 

 colour; submarginal line testaceous, straight, nearly upright, 

 except in front on the cinereous hind wings, where it is curved 

 inward towards the exterior border ; fringe broad ; under side 

 with the interior and exterior lines more distinct. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



