1720 CATALOGUE OF 



marginata ; posticce pallide cinerece, fere hyalines, linea mar- 

 ginali cenea. 



Female. Pale fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, slender, slightly 

 curved, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint minute. Fore wings narrow, rounded at the tips ; a pale 

 cinereous straight not oblique antemedial band, diffused ly brownish- 

 bordered on the outer side. Hind wings pale cinereous, nearly 

 hyaline ; an aeneous marginal line; fringe long. Length of the body 

 2\— 3 lines ; of the wings 7 — 8 lines. 



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



Nephoptekyx Maori ella. 



Mas. Nigro-cinerea, gracilis ; antenna; glahrrp ; abdomen alas 

 posticas longe superans, fasciculo apicali longo submmpresso ; 

 abe an tic (B acuta?, linea postmedia cinerea obliqua inform* 

 interrupta, punclo cottali tubapicali albo % pundit marginali* 

 bus nigris ; posticce (ineo-cinerea, tubhyalinm. 



Male. Blackish cinereous, slender, cinereous beneath. An- 

 tennae smooth, slender. Abdomen cinereous, extending much hi 

 the hind wings; apical tuft elongate, slightly compressed. Legs 

 slender. Fore wings acute, moderately broad, with a cinereo . 

 terrupted irregular line, which extends from the tip to three-fourths 

 of the length of the interior border; a white costal point near the 

 lip; marginal points black; exterior border convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings icneous-cinereous, slightly hyaline. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a New Zealaud. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Nephoftervx bubditella. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea ; palpi porreeti, capitis latitudine paullo 

 longiores, arlicule So lanceolato ; antenna subpubescentes ; i 

 abdomen alas posticus longe superans ; alct antica sat angusttc, 

 vix aeulce, cano conspemce, lineis dibits nigricantibus angulosis 

 indistinctis ; postica ceneo-cinerece, subhyalinm. 



Male. Dark cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, squamous, 

 a little longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, 

 a little more than half the length of the second. Antennae very 

 minutely pubescent. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings; apical tuft elongate. Legs slender. Fore wings rather 



