LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1661 



line and with a blackish middle point. Length of the body 5 lines; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Tephrina adustaria. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca, nigro conspersa ; palpi breves, lati, sub- 

 ascendentes, articulo 3o minimo ; antennce pectinatce ; alee 

 puncto medio nigro, fascia postmedia fusca subrecta ; anticce 

 puncto basali nigro, macula poslica fusca,. 



Male. Cinereous-brown, minutely black-speckled, more cine- 

 reous beneath. Frontal tuft prominent, acute. Palpi broad, slightly 

 ascending, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint extremely 

 small. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae rather stout. Wings 

 broad, with a black dot in the disk and with an exterior oblique 

 nearly straight brown band, which is indistinct towards the costa in 

 the fore wings and is obsolete in the fore part of the hind wings; 

 veins beneath ochraceous. Fore wings slightly acute, with a small 

 brown spot on the interior border at one-third of the length; a black 

 basal point; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Length 

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



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



Tephrina punchline ata. 



Mas. Cinerea; caput antice fuscum; palpi porrecti, sat robusti, 

 fusco vittati, caput longe superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; 

 antenna subpectinatce ; aim fusco conspersce, linea postmedia 

 subundulata fuscescente nigro punctata, puncto medio punctis- 

 que marginalibus nigris ; anticce linea antemedia fuscescente 

 subrecta nigro punctata. 



Male. Cinereous. Head dark brown, except the vertex. 

 Palpi porrect, rather stout, brown on the outer side, except at the 

 tips, extending much beyond the head, rather shorter than the 

 breadth of the latter; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length 

 of the second. Antennae slightly pectinated. Abdomen as long as 

 the interior border of the hind wings. Posterior tibiae with a black 

 point on each tip ; hind tibiae rather stout, with a black point at the 

 base of the middle pair of spurs. Wings broad, very minutely 

 brown-speckled, with a postmedial slightly undulating brownish 



