LEPIDOPTEEA HETEBOCEEA. 1809 



latera ochracea ; alee anticce lineis quatuor nigris undulatis, 

 reniformi lineaque exteriore angulosa albidis ; postica Icete 

 ochracea, fascia marginali lata cwpreo-nigricante. 



Female. Dark ferruginous, with ehalybeous reflections. Body 

 beneath and legs ochraceous. Palpi stout, squamous, erect, not 

 rising higher than the vertex; third joint elongate-conical, not more 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Abdomen ochraceous 

 along each side, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings with four irregular undulating transverse black lines ; a zig- 

 zag whitish line on the outer side of the whitish reniform mark ; 

 four whitish points on the costa beyond the middle; fringe yellowish 

 cinereous at the tip and near the interior angle, and with an inter- 

 mediate yellowish cinereous streak; exterior border convex, very 

 slightly oblique. Hind wings bright ochraceous, with a broad 

 cupreous-blackish border ; fringe cinereous. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8J lines. 



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



Genus TEGNA. 



Mas etfeem. Corpus crassum, glaberrimum. Proboscis tnedi- 

 ocris. Palpi porrecti, graciles, caput non superantes; articulus 2us 

 subtus squamoso fimbriatus ; 3us brevissimus. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas paullo superans. Pedes robusti, glabri ; calcaria longa, 

 gracilia. Alse anticae elongatae, squamosa?, sat angustae, apice sub- 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore subobliquo. Mas. — Antennae robustae, 

 glabrae. Abdominis fasciculus apicalis parvus. 



Male and female. Body very stout and smooth. Proboscis of 

 the usual length. Palpi porrect, slender, not extending beyond the 

 head ; second joint with a short squamous fringe beneath ; third 

 conical, very minute. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

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

 Fore wings rather narrow, minutely squamous, slightly rounded at 

 the tips ; exterior border slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings 

 much broader than the fore wings. Male, — Antennae stout, smooth. 

 Abdomen with a small apical tuft. 



Allied to Jonaca. 



