LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 717 



exteriore obscurioribus, lineis duabus cervinis denticulatis 

 adhuc exterioribus, fascia submaryinali obscuriore puncta 

 nigra lineamque cineream vix undulatam includente, reni- 



formi nigricante cinereo marginata ; posticus nigrieantes, 



fimbria cervina. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Palpi broad, obliquely ascending, not 

 rising higher than the vertex, deep ferruginous on the outer side ; 

 second joint obliquely truncated ; third extremely small. Abdomen 

 cinereous above, excepting the apical tuft, which is rather large. 

 Legs deep ferruginous ; spurs with two white bands. Fore wings 

 mostly cinereous fawn-colour, with two darker approximate dentate 

 lines before the middle, a broader exterior darker line, whose angle 

 is contiguous to the reniform mark ; the latter is large, cinereous, 

 with a blackish disk ; two more exterior approximate denticulate 

 fawn-coloured lines ; a submarginal darker band containing some 

 black points and a hardly undulating cinereous line ; disk beneath 

 blackish. Hind wings blackish ; fringe fawn-colour ; under side 

 with a black discal dot, with a blackish exterior line and with a 

 blackish marginal band. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 16 lines. 



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



Genus CERASTIS, C. L. H. x. 447. 



Cerastis veronkle. 

 veronicae, Cat Lep. Het. x. 450. 

 a. Hungary. From M. H.-SchaerTer's collection. 



Cerastis torrida. 

 torrida, Ld. Wien. Mon. 1857, 81. H.-Sch. N. Schm. f. 119, 120. 



Genus XANTHIA, C. L. H. x. 457. 

 Xanthia zelotypa. 



zelotypa, Ld. Zool. Bot. Ver. 1853, pi. 44. Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1855, 

 4, 363. 



Xanthia ? veterina. 

 veterina, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1855, 4, 375. 



