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CATALOGUE OF 
slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with a slight aeneous 
tinge. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
a . Sydney. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
Country unknown. 
8. Trachonitis decoloralis. 
Mas. Subcervino-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, verticem 
paullo super antes ; articulo 3 o conico minimo ; alee anticce 
cinereo conspersce , apice rotundatce , litura discali, litura mar- 
ginali punctisque marginalibus nigris; posticce pallide cinerece. 
Male . Cinereous, rather slender, with a tinge of fawn-colour. 
Palpi stout, obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the ver- 
tex ; third joint conical, hardly one-sixth of the length of the 
second. Antennae dilated at the base. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings, with two lanceolate apical appendages. 
Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips, irregularly powdered with 
pale cinereous; a black mark on the exterior border before the 
middle, and two or three minute indistinct black marks in the exte- 
rior part of the disk ; marginal points black ; exterior border slightly 
convex, rather oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous, with an aeneous 
tinge. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 
a. — ? 
9. Tkachonitis erectalis. 
Mas. Ferrugxneo-rufa ; palpi validi , erecti , verticem longe 
super antes, articulo So longi -conico minimo ; antennae robustce, 
basi dilatatce ; abdomen cinereum , alas posticas sat super ans ; 
alee anticce vix acutee , f asciis quatuor cinereis angulatis , 2 a 
Saque nigricante submar ginatis, 3 a abbreviata , costa cinerea , 
punctis marginalibus nigricantibus ; posticce pallide cinerece , 
ceneo tinctee. 
Male. Ferruginous-red, rather slender. Palpi stout, erect, 
rising much higher than the vertex ; third joint elongate-conical, 
about one.sixth of the length of the second. Antennae stout, 
smooth, dilated towards the base. Abdomen cinereous, extending 
somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, hardly 
acute, with four angular cinereous bands; second and third bands 
slightly and partly blackish-bordered ; third band very incomplete 
hindward ; costa mostly cinereous ; marginal points blackish, 
minute; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 
