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CATALOGUE OF 



Male. White. Palpi vertical; second joint much curved, 

 brownish on the outer side, except towards the tip ; third lanceo- 

 late, not more than one-third of the length of the second. Antenna 

 rather stout. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, 

 with a brown band on the base of each segment. Wings with an 

 ochraceous brown-marked line near the base ; submarginal and 

 marginal lines ochraceous, brown-bordered. Fore wings with 

 an ochraceous brown-bordered exterior line, which is extremely 

 bent, and is intersected by the submarginal line and by the reniform 

 mark ; the latter forming a black oblong ringlet. Hind wings with 

 a brown exterior line which is forked in front; three deep bhck 

 oblong points on the fringe. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



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



Genus 6. PARAPONYX. 



Corpus sat gracile. Caput minimum. Proboscis tenuis. 

 Palpi maxillares subarcuati, subascendentes ; articulus 3us lanceo- 

 latus, rectus, 2o paullo brevior. Palpi maxillares distincti, graciles, 

 ascendentes, aut longi, aut breves. Antennae validae, submonili- 

 formes. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes glabri, longi, 

 graciles, calcaribus longis inaequalibus. Alae apice rotundatse ; an- 

 ticae margine exteriore subconvexo subobliquo. 



Nympbula, p., Treil.; Rerr.-Schceff. 



Hydrocampa, p., Dup. 



Paraponyx, Hubn. Verz. Schm. 362 ; Steph. ; Guen. Belt, et Pural. 



268. y 



Body rather slender. Head very small. Proboscis very 

 slight. Palpi slightly curved and ascending; third joint lanceo- 

 late, straight, a little shorter than the second. Maxillary palpi dis- 

 tinct, slender, ascending, as long as the labial palpi, or less than 

 half their length. Antennae stout, submoniliform. Abdomen ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings. Le^s smooth, long, slender; 

 spurs long, unequal. Wings moderately broad, rounded at the tips. 

 Fore wings with the exterior border slightly convex and oblique. 



