LEPIDOPTEEA HETEROCERA. 599 



aud with many blackish cinereous-bordered points and transverse 

 streaks; a curved longitudinal streak near the middle of the interior 

 border, much larger than the others ; exterior border extremely 

 oblique. Hind wings brown ; two irregular lines near the exterioi 

 border, composed of black cinereous-bordered dots ; fringe cinereous. 

 Length of the body 16 lines ; of the wings 38 lines. 



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

 Genus PIELUS, C. L. H. vii. 1576. 



PlELUS ERYTHRINUS. 



Mas. Ochraceo-rufus ; palpi subdecumbentes ; antenna late 

 serrate? ; abdomen attenuatum ; pedes robusti, fimbriati ; alte 

 anticce vitta subtus e pilis albido-purpureis, margine exteriore 

 perobliquo ; posticce pallidiores. 



Male. Ochraceous-red. Palpi slightly decumbent, not ex- 

 tending beyond the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennae 

 broadly serrated ; teeth obtuse, decreasing in length from near the 

 base to the tips of the antennae. Abdomen tapering from the base 

 to the tip, extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs stout; 

 femora and tibiae fringed ; tarsi fringed towards the base. Fore 

 wings acute, clothed on the under side behind the areolet with 

 whitish purple hairs ; exterior border almost straight, extremely ob- 

 lique. Hind wings paler. Length of the body 28 lines; of the 

 wings 64 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



PlELUS INVARIUS. 



Foem. . Ochraceo-cervinus ; palpi \graciles, subdecumbentes; an- 

 tennce subserratce ; abdomen alas posticas longe superans ; 

 pedes validi ; alee subacute. 



Female. Ochraceous fawn-colour. Palpi slender, slightly 

 decumbent, not extending beyond the head. Antennae minutely 

 serrated and setulose. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout. Wings slightly acute, alike in colour. Fore 

 wings much longer than the hind wings ; exterior border very 

 slightly convex, extremely oblique. Length of the body 18 lines; 

 of the wings 44 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



b. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



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