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Fam. BOMBYCID^. 



Genus Lebeda, Walk. 



Leheda metaphcea. 



Fcem. — Cinerea, antennis nigris serratis, alis anticis lineis duabus 

 indistinctis subundulatis rufescente fuscis, linea exteriore e 

 guttis rufis nigro-notatis, margine exteriore perobliquo, alis 

 posticis rufescente fuscis margine exteriore cinereo. 



Female. — Cinereous. Frontal tuft prominent. Palpi clothed 

 with long hairs. Antennte black, serrated. Fore-wings with two 

 indistinct, slightly undulating, reddish-brown lines, of which the 

 2nd is more oblique than the 1st, and has along its outer side 

 a row of red black-marked dots ; exterior border convex, 

 extremely oblique. Hind- wings reddish -brown, cinereous along 

 the exterior border. 



Length of the body 9 ? lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



Moreton Bay. 



Genus PoEciLOCAMPA, Steph. 

 Pcecilocampa plurdinea. 



Fcem. — Cervina, antennis sub-pectinatis, abdomine longo pilis 

 apicalibus densissimis nigricantibus, alis anticis lineis octo 

 cinereis undulatis, alis posticis pallidioribus. 



Female. — Fawn-colour. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen 

 extending beyond the hind-wings ; tip tumid, clothed with a mass 

 of blackish hairs. Wings thinly clothed. Fore-wings with eight 

 cinereous undulating lines ; 7th line braad, abbreviated in front ; 

 8th more distinct than the others, curved in front, exterior border 

 very oblique, slightly festooned. Hind-wings paler than the fore- 

 wings. 



Length of the body 13 lines; of the wings 28 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Pcecilocampa 1 nigriventris. 

 Mas. — Pallide cinereo-cervina, antennis late pectinatis, abdomine 

 nigro, alis anticis apice rotundatis costa sub-convexa, margine 

 interiore longissime piloso, alis posticis basi obscurioribus. 

 Male. — Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Antennae broadly pec- 

 tinated. Thorax with long hairs. Abdomen black. Wings 

 shining. Fore-wings rounded at the tips ; costa and exterior 



