LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. t>01 



In the single oblique band of the fore wings which distinguishes 

 the male of T. Klencea, there is occasionally a slight dilatation which 

 corresponds with the stripe of T. clara, but the outer band is wholly 

 wanting in the former. 



3. Thalaina inscripta. 



Argenteo-alba ; vertex pal tide fusca ; antenna fulvce ; alee antic a 

 margine postieo fasciis duabus obliquis vittaque intermedia, 

 obliqua maculisque subapicalibus pallide fuscis; posticce ma- 

 cula fusca subapicali. 



Silvery white. Vertex pale brown. Proboscis and antennae 

 tawny. Fore wings with the hind border, two oblique bands and an 

 intermediate oblique stripe, and a row of spots along the outer bor- 

 der, pale brown ; the stripe along the hind border is forked towards 

 the base, and the outer band is angular. Hind wings with a brown 

 subapical spot, which is largest on the under side. Length of the 

 body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 b — d. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



Genus 27. AMANA. 



Corpus gracile. Caput et thorax pilosa. Proboscis mediocriter 

 longa. Palpi hirti, capite non longiores ; articulus 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Antennae valid®, setaceae, simplices, subtus subpubes- 

 centes. Abdomen thorace multo gracilius. Pedes pilosi; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus quatuor robustis. Alae latissimae ; antieae trian- 

 gulares ; posticae abdomen longe superans. 



Body slender. Head and thorax hairy. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi hairy, not extending beyond the head ; third joint co- 

 nical, very minute. Antennae stout, setaceous, simple, very minutely 

 pubescent beneath. Abdomen much more slender than the thorax. 

 Wings very broad. Fore wings triangular; fore border slightly 

 convex ; outer border oblique ; first superior vein simple, second 

 forked near the base ; third forked near the tip, as far from the 

 second as the second is from the first; first inferior vein nearer to 

 the second than the second is to the third. Hind wings extending 

 far beyond the abdomen. Legs hairy ; hind tibiae with four stout 

 spurs, two apical and two subapical. 



