﻿1S26 CATALOGUE OF 



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Genus CERBIA. 



Group 2. 



Mas. et fcem. Corpus crassurn. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 validi, oblique ascendenles ; articulus 3us linearis, apice rotundatus, 

 2i dimidio non lon^ior. Antenuse siraplices, corporis dimidio longi- 

 ores. Thorax dense pilosus. Abdomen alas posticas non aut vix 

 superans. Pedes validi, dense pilosi ; tibisD posticae calcaribus lon- 

 ilis. Alae robustae; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subrotundatae, 

 margine exterioie obliquo vix convexo. 



Male and female Body very stout. Proboscis moderately 

 longf. Palpi stout, obliquely ascending ; third joint linear, rounded 

 at the tip, about balf the length of the second. Antennae simple, 

 ratber more than balf the length of the body. Thorax thickly 

 clothed. Abdomen not or hardly extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, densely pilose; bind tibiae with long spurs. Wings 

 robust, moderately broad. Fore wings straight along ihe costa, 

 slightly rounded at the tips, hardly convex and moderately oblique 

 alonjc the exterior border. 



9JERBIA PARTITA. 



Mas et foem. Cinereo-cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; aloe suhtus 

 fascia lata submarginali nigricante-fusca; anticce lineis 

 nigricanfibus denticulatis nonnunquam subobsoletis, orbicu- 

 lari subobsoleta, litura posteriore angidata, reniformi parva 

 obscure fusca ; posticce albidce, fascia lata submarginali nigri- 

 cante-fusca, 



Male and female. Cinereous fawn-colour, whitish beneath, 

 except a broad blackish brown submarginal band on each wing. 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with blackish marks along the i 

 costa, and with the usual pale costal subapical points; lines blackish, 

 denticulated, sometimes indistinct or even almost obsolete; a black j 

 angular mark behind the orbicular which is almost obsolete; reni- 

 form dark brown, small, a brownish tinge about the submarginal 

 line; marginal points black, pale on the outer side. Hind wings 

 whitish, with a broad blackish brown submarginal band. Length 

 of the body 9 — 10 lines; of the wings 20 — 22 lines. 



a—g. North Australia, Gregory's Expedition. Presented by J. R. 

 Elsey, Esq. 



