LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 673 



tineis nonnullis nigricantibus denticulatis indistinclis, lineis 

 duabus e punctis nigris, spatio submarginali fuscescente lineam 

 subdenticulatam pallide cineream inctudente, reniformi magna 

 postice nigricante-cinerea pallido rnarginata ; posticce fascia 

 marginali lata nigricante. 



Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour, darker beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, pubescent, extending rather beyond the head; second joint 

 broad, mostly dark brown on the outer side ; third extremely small. 

 Antennae setose. Legs blackish above ; spurs with a black band. 

 Fore wings with several indistinct blackish denticulated lines ; 

 submarginal space brownish, including a pale cinereous slightly 

 denticulate submarginal line, on the inner side of which there is a 

 double row of black points ; submarginal festoon dark brown ; rent- 

 form mark large, blackish hindward, bordered with pale cinereous. 

 Hind wings with a broad blackish marginal band ; under side with 

 a blackish spot in the disk. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 18 lines. 



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



Apamea flexirena. 



Foem. Obscure cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So 

 minimo ; alee anticce lineis duabus nigris subundulatis postice 

 abbreviatis, orbiculari punctiformi et reniformi angusta 

 postice Jlexa lanceolata atris, linea submarginali cinerea 

 subangulosa ; posticus pallide cinerece. 



Female. Dark cinereous, paler beneath. Palpi stout, pubes- 

 cent, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex ; third 

 joint conical, less than one-eighth of the length of the second. 

 Abdomen whitish cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae fringed. Fore wings with two 

 black slightly undulating lines which are abbreviated hindward ; 

 first line very near the base ; second on the inner side of the orbicular 

 mark which is represented by a deep black point ; reniform deep 

 black, narrow, its hind part bent outward and lanceolate ; submar- 

 ginal line cinereous, slightly zigzag. Hind wings pale cinereous. 

 Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



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