958 CATALOGUE OF 



broad, not long. Fore wings nearly straight in front, rounded at 

 the tips; first and second inferior veins united at the base; third 

 about twice further from the second than from the fourth. 



1. Metisa plana. 

 Mas. Nigra ; alee puree vestitce. 



Male, Black. Wings thinly clothed. Length of the body 

 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

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



Genus 6. PSYCHANISA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Caput et thorax pilosa. Palpi 

 brevissimi. Antennae usque ad apices breviter pectinatae, corporis 

 dimidio multo longiores. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Pedes 

 sat robusti ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae pilosae, 

 sat angustse, non longae ; anticae apud coslam fere rectae, apice ro- 

 tundatae. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Head and thorax pilose. Palpi 

 very short. Antennae pectinated to the tips, much more than half 

 the lengih of the body ; branches pubescent, rather short. Abdomen 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout ; hind tibia? 

 with four long spurs. Wings pilose, rather narrow, not long. Fore 

 wings not tapering towards the tips, almost straight in front, 

 rounded at the tips. 



Allied to the Tineites. 



1. Psych anisa guttata. 



Mas. Nigra ; alee antica guttis nonnullis variis albidis. 



Male. Black. Fore wings with several whitish dots of various 

 size along the costa, and in the disk to two-thirds of the length. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Van Dieman's Land. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 7. PSEUDOPASA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Palpi graciles, pilosi, caput vix su- 

 perantes ; articulus 3us exiguus, acutus. Antennae usque ad apices 

 dense et breviter pectinatae, corporis dimidio multo longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas non superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae opacae, lata?, non longae ; anticae 

 apud costam vix convexae, apice rotundatae. 



