1180 CATALOGUE OF 



Ferruginous-red, paler beneath. Abdomen blackish brown, 

 ferruginous-red at the tip. Wings blackish brown, deep red towards 

 the exterior border, with a slender oblique slightly undulating yel- 

 low band, which is clavate towards the costa of the fore wings. 

 Hind wings wholly red on the under side, with the exception of the 

 yellow band. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by — Walcott, Esq. 



Genus 15. APHA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis capitis latitudine non 

 lougior. Palpi mediocriter longi, subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, 

 caput paullo superantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae sat 

 late pectinatae, corporis dimidio breviores. Pedes breves, validi, 

 pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duobus apicalibus longiusculis. 

 Alae latissime, dense pilosae ; anticae subacuminatae, vix falcatae. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis not longer than the 

 breadth of the head. Palpi pilose, moderately long, slightly 

 curved, obliquely ascending, extending a little beyond the head ; 

 second joint very much longer than the first ; third very minute. 

 Antennae rather deeply pectinated, full one-third of the length of the 

 body. Abdomen not extending near so far as the hind wings. 

 Legs short, stout, pilose ; hind tibiae with two rather long apical 

 spurs. Wings very broad, thickly clothed. Fore wings very 

 slightly acuminated at the tips, hardly falcate, with the costa con- 

 vex towards the tips; three inferior veins; second about thrice 

 further from the third than from the first. 



1. Apha subdives. 



Mas. Cervina ; ala? fascia obliqua recta intus fusca extus testacea 

 strigisque nonnullis angulosis ; antica gutta discali costaque 

 fuscis, hac cinereo fasciata, striga exteriore viridescente fas- 

 ciaque apud marginem exteriorem duplicata angulosa ferru- 

 ginea ; postica extus testacea?. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Antennae ferruginous. Wings with a 

 straight oblique band, which extends from near the tips of the fore 

 wings to the interior border of the hind wings opposite the tip of the 

 abdomen ; its inner side is brown, its outer testaceous ; on its inner 

 side it is accompanied by four slight zigzag bands; these are most 

 developed on the fore wings ; the outer pair are grayish, the inner 

 pair tawny. Fore wings with a brown dot in the disk near the costa, 



