LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1575 



Genus ARHODIA, C. L. H. xxi. 281. 



Arhodia egenaria. 



Fcem. Pallide cinerea, nigro subconspersa ; palpi porrecti, brevis- 

 simi ; antennce subpectinatce ; pedes breves, dense firnbriati; 

 alee linea postmedia obliqua nigricante, fimbria fuscescente, 

 venis subtus rufescentibus ; anticce striga longiludinali sub- 

 mar ginali rufescente. 



Female. Pale cinereous, thinly and minutely black-speckled. 

 Palpi porrect, very small, not extending beyond the head. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated. Abdomen not extending beyond the hiud 

 wings. Le^s short ; femora and tibiae densely fringed. Wings 

 with a blackish line, which extends from somewhat beyond the 

 middle of the interior border of the hind wing and is retracted in 

 the fore wing near the casta, which it joins at three-fourths of the 

 length ; fringe brownish; veins beneath reddish. Fore wings acute, 

 with a pale reddish streak, which proceeds from the angle of the 

 postmedial line; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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Arhodia pyrrhata. 



Fcem. Lceterufa; caput et thorax anticus cervina; palpi breves, 

 oblique ascendentes ; pedes robusti, firnbriati ; alee reticulata;, 

 linea obliqua postmedia nigricante, plaga subtus nigricante ; 

 antiae elongate, casta pallide ochracea. 



Female. Bright red, stout, very pale fawn-colonr beneath. 

 Head and fore part of the thorax lawn-colour. Palpi stout, obliquely 

 ascending, much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint 

 extremely small. Antennce smooth, slender. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae fringed. 

 Wings minutely reticulated with a darker hue ; a blackish line pro- 

 ceeding from the middle of the interior border of the hind wing to 

 rather beyond the middle of the fore wing, where it is retracted 

 towards the costa ; a blackish patch in the disk beneath traversed 

 by a black line ; a few black points beneath ; most of these are on 

 the fore wings. Fore wings elongated, acute ; costa pale ochraceous ; 

 exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Length of the body 

 4i lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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