LEPIDOPTERA HETEBOCERA. 1019 



notalus ; abdomen alas posticas vix superans ; alee sat an- 

 gustce y subiridescentes ; anticce cinerece, lineis basali interiore 

 et exteriore albidis angulatis undulatis ex parte dnplicatis, 

 linea marginali albida tenuis punctis marginalibus obscure 

 fuscis. 



Female. Whitish, slender, white beneath. Palpi slender, 

 slightly curved, obliquely ascending, rising as high as the vertex, 

 with three testaceous bands ; third joint elongaie-conieal, a little 

 shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Thorax with cinereous 

 marks. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 smooth. Wings rather narrow, slightly iridescent. Fore wings 

 cinereous ; basal, interior and exterior lines whitish, angular and 

 undulating, partly and irregularly double ; marginal line whitish, 

 slender; marginal points dark brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



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



Genus ILLICE. 



Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis longa. Palpi gra- 

 ciles, subarcuati, oblique ascendentes, non longi ; articulus 3us 

 lanceolatus. Antennae glabrae, sat graciles. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas perpaullo superans, apice incrassatum. Pedes glabri, vix 

 robusti, calcaribus breviusculis. Alae longae, angustae ; antieae 

 nebulosae, apice subrotundatae, costa subconvexa, margine exteriore 

 valde obliquo ; posticae lituris nullis. 



Male. Body moderately stout. Proboscis long. Palpi slen- 

 der, slightly curved, obliquely ascending, not long ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, much shorter than the second. Antennae smooth, rather 

 slender. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings, 

 incrassated towards the tip. Legs smooth, hardly stout; spurs 

 rather short. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings clouded, somewhat 

 rounded at the tips ; costa very slightly convex ; exterior border 

 very oblique. Hind winds without markings. 



1. ILLICE BATfALIS. 



Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea ; abdomen albido-cinereum ; alee an- 

 ticce albido conspersce, lineis interiore et exteriore nigris 

 indistinctis valde angulosis, reniformi e macula nigra ; pos- 

 ticae albido -cinerece , apices versus cinerece, fimbria albida. 



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