LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 567 



Male, Deep red. Palpi subrostriform, raodevately long. An- 

 tennae yellowish, broadly pectinated. Abdomen slightly decreasing 

 in breadth from the base to the tip, extending much beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs densely pilose. Wings broad ; fringe with 

 elongated white points. Fore wings hardly acute ; exterior border 

 straight, moderately oblique. Length of the body 10 lines; of the 

 wings 20 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



Megasoma metaspila. 



Mas et foem. Fusca, crassa ; palpi latissimi ; caput perpaullo 

 superantes ; alee anlicce lineis quatuor fuscis postice approxi- 

 mating linea submarginali cinerea dentaia antice obsoleta, 

 guttis apud angulum interiorem duabus nigris ; posticce lineis 

 duabus cinereis approximatis. Fcem. — Pallidior ; alee anticcs 

 amplce, rufescen tes. 



Male and female. Brown. Body very stout. Palpi porrect, 

 very broad, extending a little beyond the head. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings with four cinereous lines which converge from the costa to 

 the interior border ; a dentate cinereous submarginal line which is 

 obsolete towards the costa ; two black dots by the interior angle, 

 the hind one much larger than the other. Hind wings with two 

 cinereous lines which are near together and traverse the middle part. 

 Female. — Paler than the male. Wings much more ample. Hind 

 wings reddish. Length of the body 20 lines; of the wings 32 — 

 48 lines. 



Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus ESTIGENA. 

 Estigena, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. ii. 426. 



Estigena pardalis. 

 Megasoma pardalis, Cat. Lep. Het. vi. 1453. 



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