762 CATALOGUE OF 



deeply denticulated ; discal spots obsolete ; a row of exterior elon- 

 gated black dots. Hind wings cinereous, denticulated, with brown- 

 ish borders. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Var. Thorax with three ferruginous stripes. Fore wings 

 irregularly varied with ferruginous. 



a, b. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



XYLINA ? LIGNIPLENA. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; palpi ascendentes, articulo So cylindrico sub- 

 elongato ; antennce subpectinatce ; thorax nigro unifasciatus et 

 quadrivittatus ; abdomen basi subalbidum ; alee anticce disci 

 medio nigricante, lineis angulosis nigris pallido marginatis, 

 orbiculari et reniformi parvis indistinctis pallido marginatis^ 

 venis nigricantibus, lunulis marginalibus nigris, margine vix 

 denticulato ; posticce ceneo-fuscce, subtus pallidiores macula 

 discali fasciaque lata submarginali nigricantibus. 



Male. Ferruginous. Palpi ascending, almost vertical ; third 

 joint cylindrical, full one-third of the length of the second. Antenna? 

 slightly pectinated to three-fourths of the length. Thorax with a 

 black band in front, and with two black stripes on each side. Ab- 

 domen paler than the thorax, almost whitish at the base. Fore 

 wings somewhat blackish in the middle of the disk, with zigzag 

 transverse black lines, which have pale borders, the latter most dis- 

 tinct in the submarginal line ; orbicular and reniform spots with 

 pale borders, small and indistinct, the latter with a white dot by its 

 hind border ; veins mostly blackish ; a row of black luuules along 

 the exterior border, which is hardly denticulated. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown ; under side paler, with a black basal streak, a black 

 discal spot, a broad blackish submarginal band, and black marginal 

 lunules. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



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Genus MAGUSA. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi as- 

 cendentes; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 2i trientis vix brevior. An- 

 tenna) simplices, gracillimae, corporis dimidio non longiores. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas perpaullo superans. Pedes sat validi ; tibia? 

 posticse calcaribus quatuor longiusculis. Ala? anticae angustae, 



