﻿1650 CATALOGUE OF 



nigris valde distinctis ; posticce fascia margineque postico 

 cinereis, Mas. — Alee anticce cinereo ex parte nebuloscB, lineis 

 duabus transversis undulatis nigris. 



Male and female. Whitish. Head with a tuft of black hairs 

 on each side beneath. Thorax varied with cinereous and black. 

 Legs with black bands. Fore win«s with elevated flecks, and with 

 irregular and variable black marks, most of which form two undu- 

 lating transverse lines ; these are almost obsolete in the female ; 

 surface partly shaded with cineroous in the male ; costa with black 

 points; marginal lunules black, very distinct. Hind wings 

 cinereous towards the hind border and with a slight cinereous band. 

 Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a — c. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Genus DIMONA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi porrecti, 

 breves, compress!, pubescentes, latiusculi ; articulus 2iis supra con- 

 vexus ; 3us conicus, 2i diraidio non longior. Antennae setaceae, cor- 

 poris dimidio longiores, dense subcrenulatse, apices versus subnudae. 

 Thorax laevis. Abdomen sublineare, alas posticas paullo superans, 

 tegulis duabus lateralibus basalibus, fasciculo apicali parvo. Pedes 

 mediocres, vix pilosi ; tibi® posticae calcaribus longis. Alae 

 angustae ; anticae apud costam vix convexae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exteriore recto perparum obliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis very short. Palpi porrect, 

 short, compressed, pubescent, rather broad ; second joint convex 

 above ; third conical, about half the length of the second. Antennae 

 setaceous, more than half the length of the body, minutely and 

 thickly crenulate, almost bare towards the tips. Thorax smooth. 

 Abdomen nearly linear, extending a little beyond the hind wings ; 

 a diverging lappet on each side at the base; apical tuft small. 

 Legs moderately stout, hardly pilose ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings narrow. Fore wings very slightly convex along the costa ; 

 tips somewhat rounded; exterior border quite straight, very slightly 

 oblique. 



L DiMONA PORKIGENS. 



Mas. Schistacea, subtus albido-cinerea ; thorax fusco bifasciatus ; 

 abdomen albido-cinereum ; alee anticce strigis nonnullis dis- 



