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CATALOGUE OF 
bus longis. Alas anticae elongates, subfalcatae, margine exteriore 
flexo antice excavato postice perobliquo. 
Female . Body slender. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 
porrect, lanceolate, a little longer than the breadth of the head. 
Antennae slender. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 
wings. Legs smooth, long, slender ; hind tibiae with four long 
spurs. Wings elongate, moderately broad. Fore wings acute, sub- 
falcate; costa straight ; exterior border bent in the middle, concave 
in front, very oblique hindward. 
This genus hardly belongs to the Crambites. 
1. Adena xanthialis. 
Mas. Ochracea ; alee anticce linea interiore undulata , plaga dis- 
cali fasciaque lata marginali saturation-bus , costa lineolis 
albis , gutta strigulaque exteriore subcostalibus vitreis ; posticce 
pallide ochraceo-cinerece , margine exteriore fuscescente, 
Male . Ochraceous. Abdomen, bind wings and under side 
pale ochraceous-cinereous. Fore wings with an undulating interior 
line, a middle patch and a broad marginal band darker ochraceous; 
costa with a few short white lines ; a vitreous subcostal dot and an 
exterior short transverse vitreous subcostal streak. Hind wings 
tinged with brown along the exterior border. Length of the body 
5^ lines ; of the wings If) lines. 
a . Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley’s collection. 
Genus 25. ACARA. 
Fcem. Corpus crassum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi labiales 
porrecti, graciles, lanceolati, capitis latitudine non breviores. Palpi 
maxillares breves. Antennae breviusculae, sat graciles. Abdomen 
alas posticas superans. Pedes robusti, breviusculi, subpilosi. Alae 
anticae longae, acutae, vix falcatae, margine exteriore subobliquo vix 
convexo. 
Female . Body thick. Proboscis obsolete. Labial palpi por- 
rect, slender, lanceolate, full as long as the breadth of the head. 
Maxillary palpi short. Antennae rather short and slender. Abdo- 
men extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, rather short, 
somewhat pilose; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. 
Wings long, moderately broad. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate; 
costa straight; exterior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. 
