LEPIDOPTERA. HETEROCERA. 1721 



narrow, hardly acute, thickly hoary-speckled; three. indistinct zig- 

 zag blackish lines; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

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

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a — c. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Nephopteryx demptella. 



Mas/ Cervina, robusta ; palpi oblique ascendentes, capitis lati- 

 tudine non breviores, articulo So conico ; antenna dense setu- 

 losce ; thorax fasco bifasciatus ; alee anticce an g us tee 9 apice 

 rotundatce, .lineis quatuor cinereis, la 2aque nigro punctatis, 

 2a undulata, 3a 4aque angulosis, litura reniformi cinerea 

 nigro marginata, costa spatioque marginali obscure cervinis ; 

 posticce fuscce, fimbria cinerea. 



Male, Fawn-colour, stout, paler beneath. Frontal tuft pro- 

 minent. Palpi obliquely ascending, as long as the breadth of the 

 head, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint conical, less 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antenna? densely 

 setulose. Thorax with two brown bands. Abdomen brownish, ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings. Fore wings narrow, rounded 

 at the tips, with four cinereous lines; first and second lines accom- 

 panied by black points; first line antemedial ; second undulating, 

 postmedial ; third and fourth zigzag, near the exterior border; mar- 

 ginal points black ; a narrow cinereous black-bordered reniform mark 

 in the disk; space beyond the second line and along the costa darker 

 than the ground hue ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. 

 Hind wings brown ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body \\ lines ; 

 of the wings 11 lines. 



a. ? 



Nephopteryx concolorella. 



Foem. Ochraceo-cervina ; palpi porrecti, graciles, breves, articulo 

 So lanceolato ; pedes validi ; alee anticce apice subrotundatce, 

 costa albida, vitta subeostali rufescente diffusa nigro conspersa 

 ramos duos obliquos emittente, spatio marginali rufescente 

 vario ; posticce cenea, fimbria albida. 



Femdle. Ochraceous fawn-colour, pale cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, smooth, slender, not longer than half the breadth of 

 the head; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the 

 second. Legs smooth, stout; spurs stout. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips; costa whitish; a subcostal diffuse dull reddish 



