LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1633 



AciDALTA POSTICARIA. 



Mas. Ballide cinerea; caput nigricans ; palpi nigricantes, caput 

 paullo superantes ; antennae setulosce ; tibia? posticm vix in- 

 crassatae ; alee elongate, fascia postmedia cervina perobliqua 

 cinereo marginata, tinea exteriore cervina, puncto medio fusco, 

 fascia marginali cervina lunulas nigras cinereo marginatas 

 includente, punctis marginalibus nigris elongatis ; anticce 

 acutce. 



Male. Pale cinereous. Head blackish. Palpi blackish, por- 

 rect, moderately stout, extending a little beyond the head ; third 

 joint very small. Antennae setulose. Hind tibiae hardly incrassated ; 

 spurs very long; tarsi of the usual length. Wings elongate, mode- 

 rately broad ; a fawn-coloured postmedial very oblique band, bor- 

 dered on the outer side by a pale cinereous line, the latter with a 

 fawn-coloured hue along its outer side ; a fawn-coloured marginal 

 band, interlined with black pale cinereous-bordered lunules; mar- 

 ginal points black, transversely elongated ; a brown point in the 

 disk. Fore wings acute; exterior border convex, very oblique. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



ACIDALIA PATULARIA. 



Mas. Pallide cinereo. cervina ; caput antice nigricans; palpi 

 nigricantes, porrecti, caput non superantes ; antennae pubes- 

 centes ; tibiae posticce subdilataUe ; o.Ue amp he, lineis duabus 

 cervinis vix angulosis, linea postmedia angulosa indistincta, 

 spatio marginali vix obscuriore lineci)ii pallidum angulosam 

 subobsoletam includente, puncto medio punctisque marginalibus 

 nigris; antica? acutae. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Head blackish in front. 

 Palpi porrect, blackish, not extending beyond the head. Antennae 

 pubescent, rather stout. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft small. Hind tibiae slightly dilated. Wings 

 ample; two fawn-coloured oblique hardly zigzag lines; first line 

 near the base, more indistinct than the second; a postmedial slender 

 indistinct zigzag line; space along the exterior border very little 

 darker than the ground hue, including a zigzag paler nearly obso- 

 lete line ; marginal points black. Fore wings acute ; a black point 

 on the inner side of the second line; exterior border convex, rather 



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