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CATALOGUE OF 
Male. Body hardly stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 
porrect, lanceolate, squamous-hirsute, as long as the breadth of the 
head ; third joint minute, conical. Antennae minutely pubescent. 
Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft 
short, quadrate. Legs smooth, rather slender ; hind tibiae with four 
short spurs. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings 
acute; costa and exterior border very slightly convex, the latter 
very oblique. 
1. ZlA TACTALIS. 
Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce fusco subnebulosce , lineis nonnullis 
indeterminatis e squamis nigris , striga basali postica albida , 
disco antic o exterior e cano. 
Male. Cinereous. Fore wings partly shaded with brown, 
with a few incomplete lines composed of black scales ; a whitish 
hindward streak proceeding from the base ; fore part of the exterior 
disk hoary. Hind wings a little paler; fringe hoary. Length of 
the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 
a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
Genus 57. ALLATA. 
Mas. Corpus robustum. Caput et thorax crassa. Proboscis 
brevis. Palpi crassi, angulati, verticem longe superantes ; articulus 
3us subtus sulcatus, penicillo basali ; 3us conicus, subtus concavus. 
Antennae glabrae, breviusculae, sat graciles. Thoracis tegulae elon- 
gatae. Abdomen lanceolatum, alas posticas paullo superans ; fasci- 
culus apicalis minimus. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae subfimbriatae. 
Alae anticae elo^gata?, apice subrotundatae. 
Male. Body stout. Head and thorax very robust. Proboscis 
short. Palpi thick, rising high above the vertex, converging 
towards each other; second joint furnished at the base with a cir- 
cular fan-shaped tuft of hairs, longer than the first, with which it 
forms an angle, furrowed beneath for the reception of the tuft; third 
joint conical, concave beneath, not more than one-fourth of the 
length of the second. Antennae smooth, rather short and slender. 
Tegulae of the thorax elongate. Abdomen tapering, extending a 
little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs stout; 
hind tibiae slightly fringed, with four long spurs. Fore wings elon- 
gate, slightly rounded at the lips ; costa and exterior border 
Straight, the latter moderately oblique. 
