384 CATALOGUE OF 



Australasia. 

 11. Megaphysa? Agathalis. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea, vix testacea; abdomen apice fuscum ; femora 

 antica penicillata ; alee anticce pallide cervince, non falcatce, 

 spatio discali vitreo, fascia intermedia interrupta antice fusco 

 marginata et interlineata postice nigro-fusca, lineis tribus 

 basalibus fuscis obliquis vix undulatis, lineis tribus exteriori- 

 bus fuscis^ \a angulata > 2a e lunulis, 3a recta antice arcuata ; 

 posticce vitrece, testaceo marginatce, costa apicali fusca. 



Male. Whitish-cinereous, with a slight testaceous tinge, 

 whitish beneath. Third joint of the palpi conical, distinct. Abdo- 

 men brown at the tip. Fore femora towards the tips with a fan- 

 shaped tuft of long hairs. Fore wings pale fawn-colour, acute, not 

 falcate; discal part mostly vitreous, with an interrupted band, of 

 which the fore part is bordered and interlined with brown and the 

 hind part dark brown; three brown oblique hardly undulating lines 

 near the base ; three exterior brown lines ; first angular, bordering 

 the vitreous part; second composed of lunules ; both ending in the 

 hind part of the band ; third straight, except in front, where it is 

 curved ; exterior border almost straight Hind wings vitreous, 

 brown about the apical part of the costa ; exterior border largely 

 pale testaceous, slightly bordered with brown and including a 

 vitreous line. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



Genus 12. SPARAGMIA. 



Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi compressi, 

 lati, ponecti, rostriformes; articulus 3us indistinctus. Palpi max - 

 illares cristiformes. Antennae longae, subpubescentes. Abdomen 

 longum, lanceolatum, alas posticas superans, apice obtusum. Pedes 

 laeves, longiusculi, sat graciles ; tibiae anticse subtus cristatae. Ala3 

 amplaa ; anticae oblongag, falcatae, margine exteriore bis excavato. 



Sparagmia, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 216. 



Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi broad, 

 porrect, rostriform, of two colours, as long as the breadth of the 

 head; third joiut hidden by the squamous hairs. Maxillary palpi 

 forming a little crest at the base of the labial palpi. Antennae 

 long, minutely pubescent. Abdomen long, lanceolate, obtuse 





