LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1689 



SCOTOSIA ALBINOTATA. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi caput vix superantes ; antennae vix 

 pubescentes ; alee elongatce, lineis nonnvllis dentatis obscure 

 fuscis, linea postmedia nigra angulosa albo punctata cinereo 

 marginata, linea submarginali nigricanle angulosa albo punc- 

 tata, striga alba lata marginali, margine exteriore subdentato ; 

 anticai linea antemedia nigra cinereo marginata strigas nigras 

 emittente. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 extending very little beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. 

 Antennae hardly pubescent. Anterior tibiae and joints of the ante- 

 rior tarsi blackish above, the former with a cinereous band. Wings 

 elongate, with several dentate dark brown lines; a postmedial zigzag 

 black line, which is accompanied by white points and is bordered 

 with cinereous on the outer side ; a blackish zigzag submarginal 

 line, which is accompanied on the outer side by white points and is 

 most distinct in the fore wings ; a broad white streak proceeding 

 from the submarginal line to the middle of the exterior border, 

 which is festooned. Fore wings acute ; a black antemedial line, 

 retracted towards the costa, bordered with cinereous on the inner 

 side, emitting black streaks towards the postmedial line ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 5 ? lines ; 

 of the wings 15 lines. 



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



SCOTOSIA CATOCALARIA. 



Albido'rinerea, ochraceo varia; palpi nigricantes, porrecti, articulo 

 3o brevissimo ; alee subtus ochracece, linea fasciaque fuscis ; 

 antitce lineis angulosis lineolisque exterioribus dentatis nigris, 

 nebulis submarginalibus fuscescentibus ; posticce ochracea, 

 fusco late marginatce. 



Whitish cinereous, mostly tinged with ochraceous. Palpi por- 

 rect, mostly blackish, extending rather beyond the head ; third joint 

 very small, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Wings ample ; marginal festoon black ; fringe whitish ; under side 

 ochraceous, with a postmedial brown line and a submarginal brown 

 band and some marginal white marks. Fore wings densely clothed, 

 especially towards the base; some black zigzag lines, and some 



