'Mr2 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Body stout. Head, thorax and base of the abdomen 

 vory thickly clothed with hairs. Palpi not apparent. Antenna; 

 with about forty joints, very deeply pectinated, seriated at the tips. 

 Abdomen very long, extending for more than halt* ils length beyond 

 the hind wings, with bands of hairs. Legs stout; femora and tibice 

 thickly pilose. Wings slightly acuminated. Fore wings very nar- 

 row, straight along the costa, extremely oblique along the exterior 

 border, Which is continuous with the interior border; subcostal vein 

 emitting two branches in front; three superior and three inferior 

 veins; third Superior vein short; diseal areolet divided longitudi- 

 nally by a secondary vein ; second inferior vein full twice further 

 from the third than from the first, which is forked near the base ; 

 submedian vein abruptly curved, and united to the internal in the 

 disk of the wing. Hind wings excavated on the exterior border; 

 one superior vein; diseal areolet divided by a very distinct forked 

 vein, the fore fork continuous with the superior vein; second 

 inferior vein more than thrice further from the third than from the 

 first, which is forked at one-third of its length ; third inferior vein 

 much curved ; submedian and internal veins distinct and parallel 

 along the whole length. 



1. METUBA Saundersii. 



Alas. Nigra; caput et thorax lutea; abdomen fasciis apicegue 

 luteis ; ala apud venas pallidas hyalines. Fee in. — " Cylin- 

 drica, lareo-albida ref faunicofor ; caput setjmentaque tria 

 antica supra nuda, glabra, reliqua sericea opaca } apicale 

 tomento sericeo obscurius colorato omnino vestitum ; antenna 

 obsolete, oviductus elongatus ; pedes brevissimi* 



Oiketicus elongatus, Saund. Trans. Ent. Soc. v. 43. 



Oiketicus Saundersii, Westw. Proc.Zool. Soc. (1854), 223, pi. 35. 



Mah . Luteous. Antenna and hind part of the thorax and of 

 the pectus black. Abdomen black towards the base and with black 

 bands. Wings black, limpid along the veins, which are pale testa- 

 ceous. Length of the body 10 — 11 Hues; of the wings 20 — 22 



lines. 



<i. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Ksq. 

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



