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slight, interrupted, undulating; exterior line bent in "front and 

 liindward ; marginal points whitish ; exterior border convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind-wings slightly brownish-tinged along the 

 exterior border ; underside with two brownish dentate lines, the 

 outer one much broader than the inner one. 



Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Tasmania. 



Pyralis cosligeralis. 



Mas. — Nigricans, capitis fasciculo erecto penicillato, palpis 

 ascendentibus longis angustis lanceolatis vix arcuatis, antennis 

 sub-pubescentibus, pedibus robustis squamosis albido-fas- 

 ciatis, alis anticis sat angustis apice rotundatis cinerascente 

 conspersis, costse triente basali sub-diiatata apice luteo- 

 notata, alis posticis albidis extus sub-nigricantibus. 



Male, — Blackish. Head with a high, erect, plumose tuft. 

 Palpi erect, long, slender, lanceolate, hardly curved ; 3rd joint 

 short, very slender. Antennae minutely pubescent. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hiqd-wings. Legs stout, squamous ; 

 tibiae and tarsi with whitish bands; spurs long. Fore-wings 

 ratiier narrow, rounded at the tips, with whitish cinereous spec- 

 kles ; costa hardly convex, slightly dilated along the basal third 

 of the length ; a luteous mark at the end of this part; marginal 

 points pale cinereous ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind- wings whitish, slightly blackish-tinged exteriorly. 



Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sydney. 



Pyralis cervinalis. 



Fcem.-^Cervina, cinereo nigroque conspersa, palpis compressis 

 angustis arcuatis lanceolatis ascendentibus, pedibus anteri- 

 oribus fusco-fasciatis, alis anticis sat amplis apice rotundatis, 

 lineis duabus nigricantibus indistinctis diffusis, 2a flexa, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris, alis posticis albido-cinereis apud 

 marginem exteriorem fuscescentibus. 



Female. — Fawn-colour, speckled with cinereous and with black, 

 mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi compressed, slender, curved, 

 lanceolate, rising above the head; 3rd joint very acute, less than 

 half the length of the 2nd. Antennae smooth. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very little beyond the hind-wings ; oviduct prominent. 

 Anterior legs with brown bands. Wings somewhat ample. Fore- 

 wings rounded at the tips, with the interior and exterior lines 



