122 Mr. F.Walker's Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera 



blackish, Indistinct, difFused ; the latter bent, marginal points 

 black ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind-wings 

 whitish-cinereous, brownish along the exterior border. 



Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Tasmania. 



Fam. ASOPIDiE, Guen. 



Genus Salbia, Guen. 



Salbia var'ialis. 



Mas. — Rufescente-ferruginea, subtus albida, palpis brevissimis, 

 abdominis segmentis albo-marginatis, alis anticis fasciis tribus 

 abbreviatis e maculis variis albo-hyalinis nigro-marginatis, 

 alis posticis fuscis bifasciatis. 

 Male. — Reddish-ferruginous. Body beneath and legs whitish. 

 Palpi very short, not rising so high as the vertex. Abdomen 

 extending rather beyond the hind-wings ; hind-borders of the 

 segments white. Wings with abbreviated interior and middle 

 bands, which are composed of ii^egular, black-bordered, white, 

 hyaline spots. Fore-wings with an exterior band, which is much 

 abbreviated hindward ; exterior border very oblique. Hind- 

 wings brown. 



Length of the body 4| lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 

 Amazon Region. 



Genus Asopia, Guen. 



Asopia depressalis. 



Fcem. — Pallide cervina, nitens, palpis porrectis lanceolatis sub- 

 arcuatis, alis lineis interiore et exteriore fuscescentibus 

 obliquis sub-arcuatis, punctis marginalibus nigricantibus, alis 

 anticis puncto discali fusco, alis posticis linea exteriore valde 

 arcuata. 



Female. — Pale fawn-colour, shining. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 lanceolate, slightly curved, shorter than the breadth of the head. 

 Wings with the interior and exterior lines brownish, oblique, 

 slightly curved, the latter much curved in the hind-wings ; mar- 

 ginal points blackish. Fore-wings acute, with a brown discal 

 point between the lines. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Cape. 



