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CATALOGUE OF 
Genus 27. AQUITA. 
Mas et fcem. Corpus robustura. Proboscis brevis, gracilis. 
Palpi lanceolali, porrecti, subarcuati, supra fimbriati, capitis latitu- 
cline non longiores. Antennse validae, subsetulosae. Abdomen alas 
posticas paullo superaus. Pedes robusti ; tibiae posticae subfim- 
briatae, calcaribus longis. Alee anticae aspere squamosae, apice ro- 
tundatse, margine exteriore perobliquo. 
Male and female. Bodystout. Proboscis short, slender. Palpi 
lanceolate, slightly curved downward, slightly fringed above, about 
as long as the breadth of the head. Antennae rather stout, minutely 
setulose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wiugs. Legs 
stout, smooth ; hind tibiae slightly fringed, with four long spurs. 
Fore wings moderately broad, rounded at the tips, with some nearly 
erect scales in the disk; costa straight; exterior border straight, 
very oblique. 
1. Aquita hoertdella. 
Cana ; alee anticae nigro strigatce , ferrugineo subtinctce , basi mar - 
gineqne exteriore ferrvgineis, vitta discali diff usa nigricante , 
squamis nonnullis asperis nigris ; posiicce albido-cinerece. 
Hoary. Fore wings irregularly streaked with black, ferrugi- 
nous at the base and along the exterior border, and more slightly 
tinged with ferruginous in some parts of the disk ; an irregular 
blackish diffuse cliscal stripe containing the protuberant black 
scales. Hind wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 5 — 6^ 
lines; of the wings 14 — 16 lines. 
a — d . Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 
Genus 28. PHARGA. 
Mas . Corpus crassum. Fasciculus frontalis productus. Pro- 
boscis robusta. Palpi labiales porrecti, pilosi, crassi, arcuati, capitis 
latitudine non breviores. Palpi maxillares longiuseuli. Antenna) 
valide, dense setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas vix superans. Pedes 
robusti, pilosi ; antici densissime fasciculati. Alae anticae latiusculae, 
elongatae, acutse, margine exteriore convexo sat obliquo. 
Male. Body thick. Frontal tuft prominent. Proboscis ro- 
bust. Labial palpi povrect, pilose, thick, curved downward, full as 
long as the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi full half the 
