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1. Carcantia PTEROPHORALIS. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; caput, subtus et pectus anticum alba ; 

 abdomen basi strigis duabus lateralihus nigris ; alee linea 

 marginali nigra ; anticce fascies duabus obliquis abbreviatis 

 strigaque interiore discali albidis nigro marginatis, punctis 

 duobus costalibus subapicalibus albis. 



Male. Brownish cinereous. Head and palpi beneath and 

 fore part of the pectus white. Antennae cinereous, nearly as long 

 as the body. Abdomen with a black streak on each side near the 

 base ; apical tuft pale cinereous. Legs whitish cinereous, shining. 

 Wings with the marginal line black, interrupted in the hind wings. 

 Fore wings with two slight oblique abbreviated whitish bands, and 

 with an interior longitudinal diseal whitish streak, which, like the 

 bands, is irregularly bordered with black ; two white costal subapical 

 points. Hind wings with almost obsolete traces of marks like those 

 of the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 9 lines. 



«. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus 12. ERCTA. 



Mas. Corpus gracillimum. Proboscis longa. Palpi breves, 

 ascendentes, subarcuati ; articulus 3us brevissimus, oblique trunca- 

 tus. Antennae setaceae, moniliformes, sat validae. Thorax brevis. 

 Abdomen longissimum, subcylindricum, alas posticas plus dimidio 

 superans ; fasciculus apicalis longiusculus. Pedes laeves, longi, 

 graciles, calcaribus inaequalibus. Ala? valde angustae ; anticae lan- 

 ceolatas, apice subrotundatse, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Male. Body very slender. Proboscis long. Palpi short, as- 

 cending, slightly curved ; third joint very short, obliquely truncate. 

 Antennae setaceous, moniliform, rather stout. Thorax short. Ab- 

 domen very long, nearly cylindrical, extending for more than half 

 its length beyond the hind wings; apical tuft rather long. Legs 

 smooth, long and slender ; spurs unequal. Wings very narrow. 

 Fore wings lanceolate, somewhat rounded at the tips ; exterior bor- 

 der very oblique. 



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