LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEEA. 597 



Male. Pale ochraceous, very stout. Palpi stout, porrect, not 

 extending to the front of the head. Abdomen extending for more 

 than half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs stout. Wings 

 without markings. Length of the body 32 lines ; of the wings 

 86 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 



Genus PORINA, C. L. H. vii. 1572. 



PORINA DIREMPTA. 



Mas. Fusca, crassa, subtus ochracea ; palpi vix decumbentes ; 

 antenna late serratm ; abdomen ochraceum, dense pilosum ; 

 aim antica? pallide cinerem, vitta costali plagaque apicali fuscis, 

 vitta subcostali ochracea, vitta media argentea strigas duas 

 fusco marginatas includente, plaga postica cervina ; postica 

 ochracea. 



Male. Brown, very stout, ochraceous beneath. Palpi hardly 

 decumbent, not extending beyond the head. Antennae broadly 

 serrated, thickly setulose. Abdomen ochraceous, densely pilose, 

 extending much beyond the hind wings, tapering from the base to 

 the tip. Legs stout. Fore wings pale cinereous, with a large 

 brown apical patch; a brown costal stripe, which tapers from the 

 base ; an ochraceous subcostal stripe ; a silvery stripe which emits 

 two brown-bordered streaks across the ochraceous stripe; a fawn- 

 coloured patch behind the silvery stripe. Hind wings ochraceous. 

 Length of the body 16 lines; of the wings 32 lines. 



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



PORINA VEX ATA. 



Mas. Cervina; palpi breves, decumbentes ; antenna? serrata ; ab- 

 domen lanceolatum, lateribus subfasciculatis ; pedes dense 

 pilosi ; aim cinerea, costa cervina, fimbria fusco guttata; 

 antica lineis quatuor obliquis e punctis nigricantibus , vitta 

 abbreviata nigricante albido binotata, margine exteriore fusco. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Palpi short, decumbent. Antennae 

 serrated, very minutely setulose. Abdomen lanceolate, with small 

 tufts along each side, extending very much beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs densely pilose. Wings cinereous, fawn-coloured along the 

 costa ; fringe with brown dots. Fore wings brown towards the 



