306 Mr. R. M'Lachlan's Characters of 



pedibus griseis, tihiis tarsisqiie nigricantibus ; alis anticis 

 cam's; punctis nebulisque saturate griseis; posticis opacis 

 albidis vix iridescentibus. 

 Long. Corp. 6 lin. ; exp. alar. 17 lin. 



Female. — Antennae fuscous, narrowly annulated with pale grey ; 

 palpi greyish-fuscous ; head and thorax testaceous, the nieta- 

 thorax paler; abdomen greyish- brown ; legs grey, tibiae and 

 tarsi blackish ; anterior wings very pale grey, clouded and 

 irrorated with dark grey ; the most conspicuous markings are an 

 oblique, almost obsolete, transverse fascia before the middle, and 

 an indistinct blotch at the pterostigma ; posterior wings semi- 

 opaque, whitish, slightly iridescent. 



Hahitat, New Zealand. In Mr. Dale's Collection. 



Genus Leptocerus, Leach. 

 L, cognatus. 



Antennis saturate brunneis, apicibus articulorum albis ; palpis 

 higris pilis longis griseis ; capite thoraceque testaceis ; ab- 

 domine bvunneo ; pedibus pallide griseo-ochraceis ; alis an- 

 ticis griseis, parce cano-pilosis ; posticis hyalinis, cupreo- 

 iridescentibus. 

 Long. corp. A-\ lin. ; exp. alar. 14 lin. 



Antennae dark brown, with white tips to the joints, basal joint 

 of the same colour as the head ; palpi black, clothed with long 

 grey hairs ; head and thorax testaceous ; abdomen brown ; legs 

 pale greyish-ochreous ; anterior wings grey, sparingly clothtd 

 with hoary pubescence ; posterior wings hyaline, with coppery 

 iridescence. 



Habitat, Auckland, New Zealand. Collected by Col. Bolton. 

 In the British Museum. 



L. canescens. 



Antennis nigris albo-annulatis, apicis parte terti4 omnino alba ; 



palpis nigris, pills longis griseis ; capite thoraceque testaceis ; 



abdomine pallidiore ; pedibus 'pallide ochraceis ; alis anticis 



canis, griseo-irroratis ; posticis hyalinis. 

 Long. corp. 5 lin.; exp. alar. 13 — 15 lin. 



Antennae black, annulated with white, the apical third entirely 

 white ; palpi black, with long grey hairs ; head and thorax tes- 

 taceous, abdomen paler ; legs pale ochreous ; anterior wings hoary, 



