﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1039 



3. Pantydia RECONDITA. 



Pallide cinerea; palpi extus et thorax anticus nigricantes ; pectus 

 vitlis duabiis nigricantibus ; thorax et alee anticce nigro sub- 

 conspersce ; alee anticce fasciis tribus indistinctis fuscescentibus^ 

 Sa lineam pallidam includente maculisque nonnullis, nigris 

 conjunctce, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce mar- 

 gine lato fusco. 



Palpi cinereous. Palpi on the outer side and thorax in front 

 blackish. Thorax and fore wings slightly speckled with black. 

 Pectus with a blackish stripe on each side. Fore win^s with three 

 indistinct brownish bands, the third containing a pale line and 

 accompanied by some black spots : a row of blackish marginal 

 points. Hind wings with a broad brown border. Wings beneath 

 with a broad brown border, which is darkest in the hind wings. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. Australia. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



c. Australia. 



Genus 2. PANDESxMA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocriter longa. Palpi laeves, 

 erecti, squamosi ; articulus 3us subclavatus, 2i dimidio vix brevior. 

 Antennae corporis dimidio non longiores. Abdomen alas posticas 

 perpaullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae poslicag calcaribus longis. 

 Alae mediocriter latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subrotun- 

 datae, margine exteriore sat obliquo. Mas, — Antennae ciliatse. 



Pandesma, Guen. Noct. ii. 438. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi smooth, squa- 

 mose, vertical ; third joint subclavate, nearly half the length of the 

 second. Antennae not more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending for one-fourth of its length beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings moderately 

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

 moderately oblique along the exterior border. Male, — Antennae 

 ciliated. 



