724 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus EUPLEXIA, C. L. H. xi. 542. 



EUPLEXIA INSIGNIS. 



Mas et fcem. Ferrugineo-cinerea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, 

 articulo So conico ; antenna? maris bistriente subpectinatce ; 

 thorax niyro jasciatus ; abdomen einereum, basi cristatum, 

 lateribus rufescentibus ; alee anticai glauco-cinereo et nigri- 

 cante varice, lineis nonnullis nigris angulosis, orbiculari cinereo 

 marginata, reniformi cinerea ; posticus fuscce. 



Male and female. Ferruginous-cinereous. Palpi stout, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint conical, 

 very minute, not more than one-eighth of the length of the second. 

 Antennae of the male very slightly pectinated for full two-thirds of 

 the length. Fore tegulie of the thorax with a black band, which 

 is curved on each side. Abdomen brownish, extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings, crested towards the base, reddish on each 

 side and with a small reddish apical tuft in the male. Fore wings 

 varied with glaucous-cinereous and with blackish, the former hue 

 forming an iiregular and interrupted submarginal band, which ex- 

 tends along the costa in three streaks to the exterior border ; some 

 zigzag black lines ; orbicular and reniform marks of the usual 

 shape ; the first bordered with pale cinereous ; the second wholly 

 pale cinereous; fringe with pale cinereous longitudinal streaks. 

 Hind wings brown. Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18— 20 lines. 



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

 Genus POLYPHUENIS, C. L. H. xi. 547. 



PoLYPHI^ENIS SUBSERICATA. 



subsericata, H.-Seh. N. Schm. 26, f. 124. 



PoLYPHL^NIS OCHRACEATA. 



Fcem. Ochracea ; palpi nigri, oblique ascendentes, subtus cinerei^ 

 articulo So iineari; alee anticce ampla, plaga nigricante 

 maxima elongata incisa lineolas emittente orbicularem et reni- 

 formem ochraceo marginatas includente ; postiece fascia mar- 

 ginali rufescente-fusca. 



