LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 477 



MlRESA HOMERALIS. 



Mas. Ochracea ; palpi porrecti ; antenna? glabra; abdomen 

 dense pilosum ; pedes pilosissimi, tibiis nigro conspersis, 

 tarsis nigro fas ciatis ; alee antica albo subconspersa?, macula 

 costali basali alba ; posticce flavescentes. 



Male. Ochraceons, stout. Palpi stout, pilose, porrect, not 

 extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennae 

 smooth, fawn-colour. Abdomen thickly pilose, not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae very pilose ; 

 tibiae speckled with black ; tarsi with black bands. Wings broad, 

 dense. Fore wings thinly and minutely speckled wilh white, 

 rounded at the tips ; a white spot on the base of the costa ; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings yellowish, shining. 

 Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



Genus PERNA, C. L. H. v. 1127. 



Perna metastigma. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea, crassa, pilosissima ; palpi porrecti , dense 

 pilosi ; antennae breves, subpeetinatce; abdomen alas posticas 

 longe superans ; pedes breves, robusti, dense pilosi ; alee antice 

 sat angustce, subacute, plaga apud marginem interiorem nigra 

 ochraceo et cinereo inter lineata ; posticce fuscescentes. 



Male. Dark cinereous. Body very thick and pilose. Palpi 

 porrect, thickly pilose. Antennae short, slightly pectinated. Ab- 

 domen extending much beyond the hind wings, Legs short, stout; 

 femora and tibiae densely pilose. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly 

 acute ; a black patch on the interior border, adorned with ochra- 

 ceous veins, traversed by two cinereous lines; exterior border convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings brownish. Length of the body 8 

 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



Genus NYSSIA, C. L. H. v. 1132. 



Nyssta cupreiplaga. 

 cupreiplaga, Wlk. Journ. Lin. Soc. vi. 143. 

 Borneo. 



