﻿1854 CATALOGUE OF 



border; marginal lunules black, with pale marks on their outer 

 sides. Fore wings with black spots along the costa terminating the 

 lines; orbicular and reniform marks almost obsolete. Hind wings 

 hardly differing from the fore wings in the markings. Length of 

 the body 5 — 6^ lines ; of the wings 12 — 13 lines. 



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

 Elsey, Esq. 



Genus OLYSSA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat validum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, breviusculi, vix pilosi ; articulus 3us linearis, 2i dimidio 

 paullo bievior. Antennse simplices, corporis dimidio longiores. 

 Abdomen conicum, alas posticas non supeians. Pedes loiigiusculi, 

 satgraciles; tibiae postica3 calcaribus longissimis. Ala? mediocres, 

 antics apud cosiam reclae, apud apices subrectangulatae, margine 

 exteriore subcouvexo sat obliquo. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Proboscis moderately long.j 

 Palpi porrect, rather short, hardly pilose ; third joint linear, rounded f 

 at the tip, a little less than half the length of the second. 

 Auiennoe simple, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 conical, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long 

 and slender; hind iii)i8e with very long spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. I* ore wings slraij^ht along the costa nearly rectangular at 

 the tips, slightly convex and rather oblique along the exterior 

 border. 



1. Olyssa calamitosa. 



Fcena. Ferrugineo-fusca^ subtus cinerea ; al(B ontic^e lineis trihus 

 nigricantibus undulatis^ linea exteriore atra denticulata magis 

 obliqua^ fascia conligua lata obscure cinerea costam versus 

 abbreviata ; posticce vix diversce. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous beneath. Wings with 

 black marginal lunules. Fore wius^s with three blackish undulating 

 lines before ihe exterior one, which is deep black, more oblique, 

 somewhat denticulated, c(>ntiguous to a broad dark cinereous band 

 which is abbreviated tow.^ids the costa. Hind wings with the lines 

 much like those of the f re wings, but rather fewer. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the win^^s 15 lines. 



a. North Australia, Gie['0r)'s Expedition. Presented by J. R. 

 Elsey, Esq. 



