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(lATALOGUE Oil<br />

Genus 27. AQUITA.<br />

Mill It !rBTII. Corpus robustllm. Pl'Oboseis llrevis, graoilis.<br />

Palpi lanceolati, porrecti. suharcuo.ti, supra fimbrillti, ollpitis 1l1titudine<br />

non IODgiores. AnteDnlB validre, subsetulnsll1. Abdomen alas<br />

puslioae paullo superllns. Pedes robusti; tibim posticru snbtimbnatm,<br />

cilloaribus langis. Abe 8ntl0m aspere squamoslB, apice rutundatm,<br />

margine exteriore perobliquo.<br />

Male andfemale. Bodystout. Proboscis short, slender. Plilpi<br />

lanceolate, slightly curved downW'.ml, slightly lHuged Ilbove, about<br />

as 10Dg as the breadth of the head. Antennll! rather stout, minntely<br />

setnlose. Abdomeu extending It little beyoud the billd wings. Legs<br />

Slout, smooth; hintI tibim slightly fringed, with I'our long spurs.<br />

Fore wings moderately bl'oad, I'ounded at the tips, with 'some nearly<br />

erect soales in !.be disk j costa straigbt i extol'ior bOI'der straight,<br />

vel'yoblique.<br />

1. AQUIT,A. nORnlDELLA.<br />

CaRS; aIm anticOJ nigra strigatll!, ferrI/pineo ",blint'tl11, basi margineqtle<br />

l':JJtel'iore ferrugilleis, vitta disollli di {tim' nigricante,<br />

sguami, "nunn'Ullis 4speri, nipri.; po.ticcC albido-ui'llerece.<br />

Hoary. I"oro winj{S irregularly strealcecl With blnck, fel'rugi_<br />

DOUS at the base and along tbe exterior border, and more slightly<br />

tiogod with ferruginolls in somo pllrts of the diHk j an iI'regular<br />

blackish diifllse diaolll stripe cOlltaining tbe IJrlltubernDt bluck<br />

BCllles. Hind wings whitish cinereous. Length ot' the body a-6t<br />

lines; of the wiugs 14-16lines.<br />

a-d. Australia. From Mr. Dumel's colloction.<br />

Genus 28. PHAnGA ..<br />

Mas. Corpus erassum. Fasoioulus frontalis pl'oduot118. Proboscis<br />

r"busta. Palpi labillles porreeti, pilosi, crassi, al'ouati, ollpitis<br />

liltitucline lion breviures. Palpi maxillnrcs lonl\iu8unll. Alitonnm<br />

valide, dense setulosm. Abdomen alns postious vix sU))(lfIllis. Plldes<br />

robusti, pilosi j nntiei clcnsisshne fasciouillti. AIm IIIlLlClIIlu.tiusoulll!,<br />

eloogntUl, ncutre, mal'gine exteriore convexo BI\t oblitluo.<br />

Male. Boily tlliok. l!'!'ontal tuft pl'ominent. Probosois robust.<br />

Llibial pillpi porrect, pilose, thicle, om'I'cd downw::ml, full as<br />

long as !.be breadth of the head. Maxillary pillpi full half the

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