598 CATALOGUE OF 



exterior border ; four oblique lines of blackish points ; submarginal 

 line more regular than the others ; a blackish abbreviated stripe in 

 the disk containing two small whitish marks, of which the first is 

 transverse and the second longitudinal. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



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

 Genus OXYCANUS C. L. H. vii. 1573. 



OXYCANUS PARDALINUS. 



Mas. Cervinus, robustus ; palpi subdecumbentes, articulo So 

 lineari ; antennce late pectinate ; abdomen ochraceum, dense 

 pilosum ; pedes dense pilosi ; alee cinereo-cervince, costavenisque 

 ochraceis ; anticce fasciis quatuor obliquis e maculis fuscis 

 subquadratis cinereo-cervino conspersis, guttis marginalibus 

 fuscis. 



Male. Fawn-colour, stout, somewhat ochraceous beneath. 

 Palpi slightly decumbent, hardly extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint linear, less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 broadly pectinated. Abdomen ochraceous, densely pilose, extend- 

 ing for half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs densely pilose. 

 AVings cinereous fawn-colour; costa and veins ochraceous. Fore wings 

 with four oblique bands of irregularly quadrate dark brown spots, 

 which are more or less speckled with cinereous fawn-colour ; mar- 

 ginal dots dark brown. Length of the body 18 lines; of the wings 

 32 lines. 



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



OXYCANUS IMPLETUS. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cervinus ; palpi decumbentes, brevissimi ; abdo- 

 men nigricans, segmentorum marginibus apiceque cinereis ; 

 alee anticce fasciis quatuor cinereis obliquis indeterminatis, 

 strigis plurimis transversis strigaque majori postica longitu- 

 dinali nigricantibus cinereo marginatis ; posticce fuscce, lineis 

 duabus e guttis nigris cinereo marginatis. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi decumbent, very short. Antennae rather stout, very minutely 

 pubescent. Abdomen blackish, cinereous at the tip, extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings ; hind borders of the segments pale 

 cinereous. Fore wings with four irregular oblique ciuereous bands, 



