LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 935 



tumidum. Pedes graciles, glabri, Alae elongatae, sat angustae, 

 concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae subfalcatae ; posticae mar- 

 gine exteriore subflexo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis moderately distinct. Palpi 

 short, porrect, not broad, separated by the proboscis ; third joint 

 conical, minute, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae stout, very minutely serrated, angular in the 

 middle, slightly incrassated near their tips, which are convoluted. 

 Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings, somewhat 

 tumid towards the tip. Legs slender, smooth ; spurs long. Wings 

 elongate, rather narrow, alike in colour and with like markings. 

 Fore wings subfalcate. Hind wings with the exterior border very 

 slightly bent. 



1. Nacoleia Murcusalis. 



Mas. Cinerea, fusco aut nigro conspersa ; palpi fusci, subtus 

 nivei ; thoracis tegula longce ; pectus antice niveum ; aim 

 lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus diffusis undulatis, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; antica cervino varia?, linea ex- 

 teriore valde Jlexa, orbiculari et reniformi albis subtrigonis 

 nigricante marginatis. 



Male, Cinereous, speckled with brown or black, whitish be- 

 neath, as is also the fore pectus. Thorax with long tegulae. Wings 

 with the interior and exterior lines blackish, diffuse, undulating; 

 marginal points black ; fringe with a blackish line near the base. 

 Fore wings slightly and partly fawn-colour ; exterior line very much 

 bent ; orbicular and reniforrn marks white, nearly triangular, irre- 

 gularly blackish-bordered. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



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



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



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J£ DIODES BACISALIS. 



Mas. Pallide Jlava, ochraceo notata ; palpi erecti, breves, arcuati, 

 apice fusci, articulo So conico ; abdomen alas posticas su- 

 perans, apice cervinum ; tibice anticce apice nigrce subfascicu- 

 latoe ; alee purpurascente-cuprete, basi Jlavce ochraceo notatce, 

 linea interiore fusca subundulata, linea exteriore purpurea 

 Jlexa ; anticce acuta, reniformi ochracea ex parte fusco mar~ 

 ginata. 



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