﻿1088 CATALOGUE OF 



4. Praxis inordinata. 

 Mas. Pallide cinereo-fusca ; caput alhido varium ; abdomen alas 

 posticas paullo superans, apice albidum ; alcB cupreo tinctoe, 

 lineis obliquis fuscis guttisque marginalibus nigris, ciliis basi 

 albidis ; anticce margine exteriore valde obliquo, lituris costa- 

 libus albis, linea media obliqua strigisque interioribus nigris ; 

 posticce subtus fascia latissima nigricante-ccerulea, 

 Male. Pale cinereous-brown. Head above and palpi partly 

 whitish. Proboscis tawny. Abdomen extending a little beyond the 

 hind wings, whitish at the tip. Wings with a cupreous tinge, with 

 some oblique brown lines and with black marginal dots; ciliae 

 whitish at the base. Fore wings very oblique along the exterior 

 border, with some white marks along the costa, with a black oblique 

 middle line which is abbreviated in front, and with some black in- 

 terior streaks. Hind wings with a very broad blackish blue band 

 on the under side. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 

 a, Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



5. Praxis illapsa. 



Foem. Cinerea; palporum ariiculus 3us brevissimus ; thorax 

 nigro subfasciatus ; alee ex parte ferruginece^ linea apud mar- 

 ginem exteriorem valde denticulata nigra, nigra subconspersce, 

 margine exteriore vix obliquo, lineis duabus nigris transversis, 

 plaga postica fusca ; posticce lineis duabus nigricantibuSy basi 

 pallidce. 



Female, Cinereous, paler beneath. Third joint of the palpi 

 very short. Thorax with slight black bands. Wings partly ferru- 

 ginous, with a black line along the exterior border, which is much 

 denticulated. Fore wings very slightly oblique along the exterior 

 border, with some black speckles which are here and there confluent, 

 with two black transverse irregular lines, the space between them 

 brown hindward ; under side with a black discal dot, with a black 

 line, and with a broad black band, which like the line is abbreviated 

 hindward. Hind wings with two slight blackish lines, pale to- 

 wards the base ; under side with marks like those of the fore wings, 

 the line and the band complete. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



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



