LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 807 



extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings ochra- 

 ceous between the base and the interior line, paler beyond the reni- 

 form mark, excepting a diffuse apical patch ; lines blackish ; interior 

 line straight, upright; exterior line bent; its fore part composed of 

 points. Hind wings pale luteous ; the black border rather narrow, 

 broadest at the tip, interrupted in the middle, not extending to the 

 interior angle. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Australia. 



8. Mecyna Ornithopteralis. 



Ferruginea aut nigro-fusca, subtus alba ; palpi porrecti ; abdomen 

 luteum ; alee subtus flavce, costa rosea ; anticce glaucescentes^ 

 linea exteriore ftexa e punctis nigris, orbiculari et rmiformi 

 nigris; posticce lutea?, margine lato atro intus unchtlato vix 

 interrupto, fimbria lutea antice nigricante. Mas. — Tibice 

 intermedice dilatatce. Var. — Alee antica fascia lata cinerea. 



Mecyna ornithopteralis, Guen. Belt, et Pyral. 411, 535. 



a, b. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



c, d. Australia. From M. Darnel's collection. 



e,f. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



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



A, i. Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



Var. Minor ; ala? posticce margine angustiore, 

 j. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Genus 20. HERCULIA. 



Fcem. Corpus robustum. Frons bifasciculata. Proboscis 

 robusta. Palpi graciles, subascendenies, subaugulati ; articulus 

 3us longi-conicus. Antennae validae, breviusculae. Thorax robustus ; 

 tegulae longae, squamosae. Abdomen conicum, alas posticas superans. 

 Pedes robusti, pilosi ; tibiae posteriores dilatatae. Alae densae, latius- 

 culae, concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae subfalcatae, margine 

 exteriore subconvexo. 



Female. Body stout. Front with a tuft on each side. Pro- 

 boscis stout, moderately long. Palpi slender, slightly ascending ; 

 second joint hardly curved ; third elongate-conical, slightly de- 

 clining, about one-fourth of the length ot the second, with which it 



