854 CATALOGUE OF 



wings. Legs bare, rather slender ; hind tibia? with two long apical 

 spurs. Wings rather broad. Fore wings with the second inferior 

 vein rather remote from the first, but nearer to it than to the third ; 

 third nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



1. Anthela eerkuginosa. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; antenna testacece ; alee anticce maculis paucis 

 discalibus guttisque submarginalibus nigricantibus. 



Male. Pale ferruginous. Head and fore part of the thorax 

 and of the pectus darker. Antennae testaceous. Wings with a 

 small blackish discal spot, which is most apparent beneath, "and 

 with a row r of submarginal blackish dots. Length of the body 5 — 6 

 lines; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



Var. /3. Spots on the wings more distinct; two or three addi- 

 tional spots on each disk. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



b. New Holland. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



Genus 48. SITINA. 



Corpus crassum. Palpi breves, robusti, pilosi; articulus 2us 

 lolongior; 3us minimus. Pedes validi, pilosi; tibiae posticas cal- 

 caribus apicalibus parvis. Mas. — Antennae mediocriter pectinatae. 

 Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Alas breviusculae. Foem. — 

 Antennae subpectinatae. Abdomen alas posticas non superans. 

 Alae mediocriter longae. 



Bombyx p., Donov. 

 Liparis, p., Boisd. 



Body stout. Palpi short, stout, hairy ; second joint longer than 

 the first: third joint very small. Antennae pectinated. Legs stout, 

 hairy : hind tibiae with short apical spurs. Fore wings with the 

 first and second inferior veins almost contiguous at the base; third 

 rather fuither from the second than from the fourth. Male. — An- 

 tennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Wings rather short. Female.— Antennae slightly 

 pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings moderately long. 



1. Sttina vitulina. 

 Aire antictB cana fusco nebulosce et fasciatce, annulo medio cano 

 mbreniformi nigro-cincto ; postiea fuscce fascia pallida; 

 quatuor punctis marginalibus albidis. 



