

956 CATALOGUE OF 



a t Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



b. Australia. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



65. Psyche Doubledaii. 



Mas. Nigra, sat robusta. cano pilosa ; antennae late pectinate 1 

 apices versus fere simplices ; abdomen apice fasciculatum, alas 

 posticas vix superans ; pedes graciles ; alee nudce, limpida, 

 venis albidis. 



Oiketicus Doubledaii, West. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1854) 235, pi, 

 34, f. 4. 



Male. Black, rather stout, partly clothed with hoary hairs 

 Antennae nearly half the length of the body, deeply pectinated for 

 about two-thirds of the length; almost simple from thence to the 

 tips. Abdomen tufted at the tip, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs slender; hind tibiee without spurs. Wings bare, 

 colourlessf vitreous, quite transparent ; veins whitish. Fore wings 

 straight along the costa, rounded at the tips; subcostal vein emit- 

 ting two branches to the fore border and two to the tip of the wing ; 

 three inferior veins; second a little further from the third than from 

 the first, which is forked before half its length. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



b, c. Ceylon. From Mr. Layard's collection. 



d — g. Larva-cases. From Mr. Layard's collection. 



Genus 3. PSYCHOIDES, 



M Bombycidum portus. Antennae vix breve subciliatae, articulis 

 distinctis, brevioribus quam apud divisionem praecedentem. An- 

 ticae areola apud areolae discalis apicem. Larva involucro im- 

 moto. (Ad Tineas transit.)" — Bruand. 



Psychoides, Bruand, Monogr. Psych. 109, 119. 



1. Psychoides Verhuella. 



Nigra, nitens, violaceo submicans. 



Tinea Verhuella, Heyden. 



Psychoides Verhuella, Bruand, Monogr. Psych. 109, pi. 2, f. 82. 



Germany. 



