LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1781 



spersce, apice subrotundatce, guttis costalibus et basalibus, 

 macula media cuneata guttaque exteriore fuscis; posticce pal- 

 lidiores. 



Male, Fawn-colour. Palpi porreet, rather slender, much longer 

 than ihe breadth of the head ; second joint with a short thick fringe 

 above; third linear, about one-third of the length of the second. 

 Antennae minutely setulose. Fore wings slightly rounded at the 

 tips, brown-speckled, with brown dots along the costa, with a few 

 brown dots near the base, with a cuneiform brown spot in the disk 

 and with an exterior brown dot in the disk; exterior border convex, 

 moderately oblique. Hind wings paler. Var. /3. — Smaller. Mark- 

 ings of the fore wings less distinct. Length of the body 3^ — 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



TfcRAS ? ABJECTANA. 



Mas. Cinerco-cervina ; palpi subdrcumbentes, capitis latitudine 

 multo langioresy articulo 3o lineari bred ; antenna? dense 

 setosce ; abdomen penicillis duobus basalibut longis, fasciculo 

 apicali denso longiusculo; aim anticcc fusco conspcrsa ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



Male. Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 slightly decumbent, much longer than the breadth of the head; 

 second joint squamous; third linear, smooth, less than one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antenna densely setose. Abdomen ex- 

 tending much beyond the hind wings ; a long penicillate tuft on 

 each side at the base; apical tuft dense, rather long. Legs very 

 stout; spurs long, slender. Fore wings acute, thickly brown- 

 speckled; some oi the speckles forming three more distinct marks 

 in a longitudinal line on the disk; costa very slightly convex; ex- 

 terior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wiugs cinereous. 

 Length of the body 4j lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



Teras pauculana. 



Fcem. Pallide ochracea ; palpi porrecti, capitis latitudine non 

 longiores, articulo 3o longi-conico ; ala? anticce nigro subcon- 

 spersce, costa basi subconvexa ; posticce albidce. 



