1690 
CATALOGUE OF 
a, b. Tasmania. Presented by — Walcott, Esq. 
c. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
d. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert’s collection. 
Genus LEMYRA. 
Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis distincta, brevissima. 
Palpi porrecti, lanceolati, caput perpaullo superantes ; articulus 3us 
minutus, acutus. Antennse subpectinatee, corporis dimidio longiores. 
Abdomen alas posticas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 
calcaribus duobus minutis apicalibus. Alae angustae, longissimae ; 
anticae apud costam vix convexas, apice rotundatae, margine exte- 
riore perobliquo. 
Female. Body hardly stout. Proboscis distinct, very short. 
Palpi porrect, lanceolate, extending very little beyond the head ; 
third joint minute, acute. Antennae minutely pectinated, more than 
half the length of the body. Abdomen extending as far as the hind 
wings. Legs stout; hind tibiae with two minute apical spurs. 
Wings narrow, very long. Fore wings hardly convex in front, 
rounded at the tips, extremely oblique along the exterior border ; 
first and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third near 
the second ; fourth very remote. 
LeMYRA EXTENSA. 
Foem. Lutea ; vertex nigro maculatus ; palpi et antennce nigra ; 
thorax maculis duabus anticis vittisque duabus lateralibus 
nigris ; abdomen e guttis nigris trivittatum ; pedes ex parte 
nigri ; alee nigro marginatce, anticce strigis basalibus fasciisque 
duabus angulatis nigris, posiicce gutta discali nigra. 
Female . Luteous. Head with a black spot on the vertex. 
Palpi and antennas black. Thorax with two black spots in front, 
and with two lateral stripes. Abdomen with three rows of black 
dots. Legs partly black. Wings with black borders. Fore wings 
with black basal streaks, and with two black angular bands ; second 
band connected by tw r o streaks with the black border. Hind wings 
with a black discal dot. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 
16 lines. 
a. Celebes. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer’s collection. 
