LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 393 



a. Tasmania. Presented by M. All port, Esq. 



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



e. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



124. BOARMIA EXSUPERATA. 



Mas. Albido-cinerea ; antenna pectinatce ramis dense pubescenti- 

 bus ; thorax nigricante fasciatus ; tibiae posticae incrassatce ; 

 alee nigricante conspersce^ lineis tribus undulatis fuscescentibus 

 • nigro variis, 3a duplicata, linea submarginali albida angulosa, 

 linea exterior e subtus e punctis fuscis ; anticce striga discali 

 exterior e nigra. 



Male. Whitish cinereous. Antennae pectinated, except at the 

 tips ; branches thickly pubescent. Thorax with a blackish band. 

 Disks of the abdominal segments brownish. Hind tibiae incrassated. 

 Wings very minutely blackish speckled, with three undulating 

 brownish lines, which are partly black, the third one double ; sub- 

 marginal line whitish, zigzag, slightly brownish-bordered ; marginal 

 points blackish; under side with an exterior line of brown points; 

 submarginal band indistinct. Fore wings with a black discal streak 

 between the exterior line and the submarginal line. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Group 5. 



125. BOARMIA ATTENTA. 



Mas. Flavescente-cinerea, gracilis ; caput fuscum ; antennae late 

 pectinata ; tibia posticce incrassatce ; alee breviusculce, ferru- 

 gineo conspersce, lineis ferrugineis guttularibus indeterminatis, 

 puncto discali fusco, lineis subtus nullis. 



Male. Yellowish cinereous, slender, paler beneath. Head and 

 palpi brown. Antennae broadly pectinated, except at the tips. 

 Hind tibiae incrassated. Wings rather short, ferruginous-speckled, 

 with very incomplete and irregular lines, which are formed of ferru- 

 ginous spots and dots, and are most distinct on the costa of the fore 

 wings ; discal point brown, apparent also beneath, where there are 

 no other markings. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



b. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



