LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 589 



ZEUZERA ALBOATRA. 



Mas. Nigricans ; caput et thorax cyaneo suffma ; antennae late 

 pectinate; thorax cyaneo bilineatus ; abdomen album, fasciis 

 duabus apiceque nigricantibus ; alee anticce atro reticulata, 

 albo subconsperstB ; postica alba, costa inargineque exteriore 

 nigricante reticulatis. Var. /3. — Abdomen nigricante vitta- 

 tum ; alee anticce albo non conspersce. 



Male. Blackish. Antennse broadly pectinated to nearly two- 

 thirds of the length. Head and thorax with a deep blue tinge. 

 Thorax with two deep blue lines, which are united in front and 

 diverge hiudward. Abdomen white, extending very far beyond the 

 hind wings, with two blackish bands ; apical part blackish, white- 

 speckled. Fore wings reticulated with deep black, slightly white- 

 speckled. Hind wings white, irregularly reticulated with blackish 

 along the costa and along the exterior border. Var. /3. — Abdomen 

 with a blackish stripe. Fore wings not speckled with white. Length 

 of the body 18 — 20 lines ; of the wings 40 — 44 lines. 



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



Zeuzera opposita. 



Mas. Fusca ; antenna late pectinatce, apices versus simplices ; 

 thorax strigis duabus obliquis nigris, maculis sex nigris albo 

 marginatis ; abdominis segmenta albido marginata ; alee anticce 

 nigro reticulata, albo conspersa ; posticce alba, costa margine- 

 que exteriore fusco reticulata?, 



Male. Brown. Palpi porrect, not extending beyond the head. 

 Antennae broadly pectinated for full two-thirds of the length from 

 the base. Thorax with two oblique black streaks in front and with 

 three black white-bordered spots on each side. Abdomen extending 

 very far beyond the hind wings, with a whitish band on the hind 

 border of each segment. Fore wings reticulated with black, ir- 

 regularly speckled with white. Hind wings white, slightly reticulated 

 with brown along the costa and along the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 14 — 16 lines; of the wings 30 — 32 lines. 



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



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