1490 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 28. TACILLIA. 



Mas etfcem. Corpus sat robustum. Palpi vix validi, capu 

 paullo superantes. Antennae thoracis longitudine. Abdomen alas 

 postieas vix superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duo- 

 bus apicalibus minimis; alae vix lata?; auticae apud costam recta?.!] 

 apice rotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. Mas 

 — Antennae late pectinatae ? Fcem. — Antennae subpectinatae. 



Male and female. Body rather stout. Palpi hardly stout, pro 

 jecting a little beyond the head. Antennae as long as the thorax. 

 Abdomen extending full as far as the hind wings. Legs stout ; 

 hind tibiae with two very minute apical spurs. Wings hardly 

 broad. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at the tips, slightly 

 convex and rather oblique, and very slightly denticulated along the 

 exterior border; second inferior vein more than twice further from 

 the third than from the first; third very much further from the 

 fourth than from the second. Male. — Antennae deeply pectinated? 

 Female. — Antennae slightly pectinated. 



1. Tacillia delineata. 



Mas et fcem. Alba, luleo fits co que varia; alee aniicce apud venas 

 lutece, fasciis duabus latis nigrofuscis, ciliis fusco guttatis, 

 Mas. — Abdomen fasciis rufescentibus ; alee posticce pallide 

 fuscce fascia alba. Foem. — Alee posticce fascia pallide fusca. 



Male and female. White. Head luteous in front and at the 

 base of each antenna. Palpi partly luteous and blackish brown. 

 Antennae with black branches. Legs black, with luteous bands ; 

 femora and tibiae with white hairs beneath. Fore wings luteous 

 along the costa and on the veins, pale brown along the costa and 

 along the exterior border ; a white brown-bordered discal dot on the 

 border of the pale brown costal space; two broad blackish brown 

 bands, the one basal and intersected by one zigzag white line, the 

 second curved and very oblique, and intersected by two white zigzag 

 lines, of which the exterior one is broader than the other ; cilia? 

 white, with brown dots opposite the veins. Hind wings with cilias 

 as in the fore wings. Male. — Abdomen with pale red dorsal bands. 

 Hind wings very pale brown, with a slender white middle band. 

 Female. — Abdomen with a reddish streak at the base. Hind wings g 

 with a more or less diffuse pale brown band. Length of the body 

 6 — 7 lines; of the wings 15 — 18 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by H. G. Harrington, Esq. 

 /;, c. Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



