526 CATALOGUE OF 



20. XlPHOCERA RUBICOLA. 



ruricola, Burnt. Handb. EnL ii. 613. 

 Sydney. 



Var. ? Mas. Cinerea^ nigro interrupte lineolala, albo tuberculata ; 

 caput antice conicum ; antennce lanceolate, prothorace paullo 

 longiores ; prnthorax fere cylindricus, margine antico subinciso, 

 margine poslico bisexcavato ; pedes albido notati, tibiis tarsisque 

 posticis luteis apice nigris; ala anticce nigricante strigatee ; alee 

 posticfB nigricante venosts. 



Male. Cinereous, tawny beneath. Head and prolhorax with minute 

 white tubercles and with several interrupted and irregular black lines. 

 Head conical in front of the eyes ; front with four keels, the middle pair 

 connected on the tip of the vertex, nearly connected in the middle, diverg- 

 ing towards the mouth. Ocelli distinct, one between the middle keels, and 

 one on each side of the cone at the base. Eyes testaceous, elliptical, 

 oblique, prominent. AnlennaB flat, lanceolate, a little longer than the 

 pruthorax. Prothorax nearly cylindrical, with three transverse impressed 

 lines ; fore border slightly rounded, slightly notched in the middle; hind 

 border rounded, slightly excavated on each side. Prosternum with a stout 

 erect spine. Femora and four anterior tibia? and tarsi with several irregular 

 dingy whitish marks ; hind tibiae and hind tarsi luteous, with black tips; 

 spines of the hind tibia? with black tips, those on the inner side much larger 

 than those on the outer side. Fore wings with many blackish longitudinal 

 streaks of various size. Hind wings rather shorter ; veins blackish. Length 

 of the body 21 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 40 lines. 



The specimen here described is probably X. run'co/a,but Burmeister's 

 description of that species is very short. It may be considered as the t)pe 

 of a new genus, which will include X. exempta. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Var.? Mas. Pallide. cinerea ; caput et prothorax nigro lineolata, vittis 

 duabus nigris interlinealis ; pedes nigro varii, tibiis tarsisque posticis 

 luleis ; alee anticce nigricanle strigatcE, apud costam basi nigricantes ; 

 alte postica cinerece, apice nigricantes. 



Male. Pale cinereous, dingy whitish beneath. Head and prothorax 

 tuberculate, with several irregular black lines and with a black interlined 

 stripe on each side. Abdomen with a dingy whitish band on the hind 

 border of each segment. Four anterior legs and hind femora varied with 

 black; hind tibiae and hind tarsi luteous; spines with black tips, much 

 larger on the inner side than on the outer. Fore wings broadly blackish 

 along the base of the costa and with several blackish longitudinal streaks. 

 Hind wings cinereous, blackish about the tips. Length of the body 

 14 lines; expansion of the fore wings 28 lines. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



