LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCEHA, 1743 



a transversely elongated black spot including a little longitudinal 

 white streak; two exterior outward-curved white lines, of which the 

 inner one is broader than the other; a few black streaks and 

 speckles; fringe white. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous, with a white 

 aeneous-bordered subinarginal line. Length of the body 3 lines; of 

 the wings 9 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



Genus GABAL^CA. 



Fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi porrecti, 

 laeves, graciles, capitis latitudine non longiores; articulus 3us lan- 

 ceolatus, parvus. Antennae graciles. Abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans. Pedes glabri, graciles ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Alae 

 longae, latiusculae ; anticae acutae, margine exteriore vix convexo sat 

 obliquo. 



Female. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi porrect, 

 smooth, slender, not longer than than the breadth of the head; third 

 joint lanceolate, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae slender. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth, slender ; spurs long, slender. Wings long, 

 rather broad. Fore wings acute ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 rather oblique. 



Ga.bal.eca btlineatella. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea ; alee anticce cano suffusa, linea recta 

 obliqua cervina, linea submarginali recta subcluplicata e 

 punctis fuscis ; pustica cenece, linea submarginali obscuriore. 



Female. Pale ochraceous. Fore wings hoary-tinged, with a 

 straight fawn-coloured line, which extends from rather before the 

 middle of the interior border to five-sixths of the length of the costa ; 

 a straight submarginal incompletely double line of brown points. 

 Hind wings aeneous, with an indistinct darker submarginal line. 

 Length of the body 5^ lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Brazil. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus SUBKITA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi por- 

 recti, capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, vix 

 acutus, 2o vix brevior. Antennae glabrae, sat validae. Abdomen 



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