HETEROCEROUS LEPIDOPTEEA. 9 



j\[ale. Purplish black. Head yellow above. Palpi black, smooth, 

 lanceolate, extending much beyond the head ; second joint with a 

 white streak beneath ; third elongate-conical, not more than one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Thorax ochraceous. Abdomen 

 extending much beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft blackish cine- 

 reous. Legs smooth ; tips of the tarsal joints whitish. Fore wings 

 with an ochraceous basal patch, which does not extend to the costa, 

 and with two large transversely elongated yellow spots ; first spot 

 antemedial ; second near the tip, apparent also beneath. Length of 

 the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



Allied to V. Zemire. 



12. LITHOSTA RKMOTA. Mas. Lutea, palpis porrectis brevissi- 

 mis articulo 3o fusco minimo, an tennis fuscis setosis, abdomine alas 

 posticas sat superante apice subincrassato bifasciculato, calcaribus 

 brevissimis, alis anticis apice subrotundatis, alis posticis subpalli- 

 dioribus. 



Male. Luteous. Proboscis long, slender. Palpi porrect, very 

 short, not extending beyond the head ; third joint brown, very 

 minute. Antennae brown, slender, setose. Abdomen extending 

 somewhat beyond the hind wings, slightly incrassated, and with an 

 elongated tuft on each side at the tip. Legs slender ; hind tibiee 

 with four very short spurs. Wings elongated, moderately broad. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips. Hind wings slightly paler 

 than the fore wings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



13. BARSINE PDNCTIFASCIA. Fcem. Pallide flava, subtus alba, 

 capite antice albo, palpis gracilibus subarcuatis oblique ascendentibus 

 articulo 3o parvo, abdomine albo brevi, alis anticis puncto basali 

 nigro lineis duabus antemediis transversis undulatis e guttis fuscis 

 2a duplicata fascia exteriore fusca angulosa venis obscurioribus, alis 

 posticis albis. 



Female, Pale yellow, slender, white beneath. Head white in 

 front. Palpi smooth, slender, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, 

 not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint minute. Abdomen 

 white, a little shorter than the interior border of the hind wings. 

 Fore wings with a black point very near the base ; two transverse 

 undulating lines of brown dots ; first line at half the distance between 

 the base and the second, which is double and slightly antemedial ; an 

 exterior zigzag brown band in which the veins are dark brown. Hind 

 wings white. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



