LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 



veins ; exterior border slightly oblique. Hind wings with the veins 

 mostly dark. 



This genus may be included with the Odontidce, and seems to 

 be nearly allied to Cynceda. 



1. LORYMA SENTIU SALTS. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, nigro subconspersa ; thoracis tegulce 

 albido marginatce ; abdominis segmenta albido marginatd ; alee 

 anticce lituris costalibus nigricantibus et albidis, venis albidis 

 aut cervinis, linea obliqua pallida, linea marginali nigra tenui ; 

 posticce albidce, nonnunquam apud marginem exteriorem cine- 

 rece, venis plus minusve nigricantibus. 



Male. Brownish cinereous, slightly speckled with black, pale 

 cinereous beneath. Tegulae of the thorax with whitish borders. 

 Abdominal segments with whitish hind borders. Fore wings with 

 small blackish and whitish marks along the costa ; veins partly 

 whitish, partly pale fawa-colour ; a line proceeding obliquely from 

 near the base of the costa and joining the submarginal line near the 

 interior angle ; marginal line black, slender ; fringe interlined. 

 Hind wings whitish, occasionally dark cinereous along the exterior 

 border ; veins more or less tinged with blackish. Length of the body 

 3 — 3J- lines; of the wings 6 — 7 lines. 



a, b. Australia. From M. Darnel's collection. 



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Pyralis Vetusalis. 



Foem. Cinerea, sat gracilis, vix fuscescens ; palpi graciles, ascen- 

 dentes, subarcuati, articulo 2o subpiloso, 3o lanceolato ; antennce 

 graciles ; abdomen fusco conspersum, alas posticas superans ; 

 pedes glabri, sat graciles, tibiis subpilosis ; alee longiusculce, 

 fusco conspersce, lineis interiore et exteriore undulatis pallide 

 cinereis,punctis marginali bus obscure fuscis ; anticce vix acutce, 

 reniformi parva nigricante ; posticce lineis postice approximatis, 

 spatio intermedio postico fusco. 



Female. Cinereous, rather slender, hardly tinged with brown. 

 Palpi slender, very slightly curved, obliquely ascending, rising a 

 little higher than the vertex ; second joint slightly pilose ; third lan- 

 ceolate, shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen 



