594 CATALOGUE OP 



Hepialus despectus. 



Mas. Fuscus ; palpi decumbentes, articulo So tineari ; antenna 

 subserrata ; ala subcervino-cinerea, costa venisque cervinis ; 

 anticce striga brevi argentea, lineis quatuor obliquis e guttis 

 obliquis fuscis trigonis cervino rnarginatis. 



Male. Brown. Palpi decumbent; third joint linear, much 

 shorter than the second. Antenna? short, very minutely serrated 

 and setulose. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings cinereous, with a slight tinge of fawn-colour ; costa and 

 veins fawn-colour. Fore wings with a short silvery streak in the 

 disk, and with four irregular oblique lines of brown dots which are 

 mostly triangular and have fawn-coloured borders. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



Hepialtjs charactekifer. 



Mas. Obscure ochraceus ; palpi robusti, porrecti ; antenna 

 subserratce ; pedes dense pilosi ; alee subtus nigricantes costa 

 maculisque marginalibus ochraceis ; anticce nigricante varii, 

 annulis plurimis ochraceis, lineola arcuata e maculis tribus 

 nigricantibus, strigula media argentea; postica fasciis e 

 maculis cinereis connexis. 



Male. Dark ochraceous. Palpi stout, porrect, not extending 

 beyond the head. Antennae stout, minutely serrated and setulose. 

 Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, 

 densely pilose. Wmgs blackish beneath ; costa and marginal spots 

 ochraceous. Fore wings partly blackish, with numerous ochraceous 

 irregular ringlets and with a little curved line of three blackish spots 

 the base of the interior border, third triangular; a minute silvery 

 streak at the end of the areolet. Hind wings dark brown ; under 

 side with three bands of irregular connected cinereous ringlets. 

 Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 36 lines. 



Fcem. Pallidior ; antenna setulosa ; abdomen nigricans, seg- 

 mentis cinereo rnarginatis, apice cervino; ala a ntica fasciis 

 quatuor cinereis indeterminatis, strigulis transversis ochraceis, 

 guttis fuscis argenteo notatis, maculis tribus posticis obscure 

 fuscis, Sa valde elongata. 



