﻿LEPIDOPTEBA HETEKOCERA. 1087 



1. Praxis porphyretica. 



Ferruginea ; alcB glances centes , lineis obliquis punctisque margina- 

 libus atris ; andcce punctis costalibus pallidis ; posticce suhtus 

 fascia lata atra. FcEin. — Alee linea discali punctidari punc- 

 tisque marginalibus albidis, fascia submarginali albido mar- 

 ginata. 



Praxis porphyretica, Guen, Nod, iii. 29, 1355. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. ^ 



6, c. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



d, Tasmania. Presented by the Rev. Augustus Beaufort. 



e — g, Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



2. Praxis Edwardsii. 



Anlhracina ; alee anticce lineis plurimis obliquis undulatis atris 

 pallido ex parte marginatis ; posticce lineis paucioribus, sub- 

 tus plagis duabus atris . 



Praxis Edwardsii, Guen, Noct. iii. 29, 1356. 



Australia. 



a, b. Tasmania. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 c. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



3. Praxis corvus. 



Mas et foem. Anthracina, subtus nigricante-cinerea ; proboscis 

 fulva ; palporum articulus '3us brevissimus ; antennce subtus 

 ferruginece ; tarsi antici annulis pallidis ; alee nitentes, punc- 

 tis lineisque duabus undulatis atris ; anticce linea tertia un- 

 dulata atra. 



Male and female. Coal-black, blackish cinereous beneath. 

 Proboscis tawny. Third joint of the palpi very short. Antennae 

 ferruajiiious beneath. Fore tarsi with pale bands. Wings shining, 

 speckled with deep black, and with two undulating deep black lines. 

 Fore wings with a third deep black undulating line. Length of 

 the body 7 — 9 lines; of the wings 18 — 26 lines. 



a, h. Tasmania. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



c. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



d^ e. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



