LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 741 



Hadena MARGINALIS. 



Fcem. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 3o 

 minimo ; thorax albido conspersus, lineis duabus transversis 

 fuscis ; alee anticce nigro conspersce, lineis tribus nigris 

 angulosis duplicatis,orbiculari e puncto albo,reniformi pallide 

 testacea postice attenuata, strigis exterioribus atris, fascia 

 submarginali pallide testacea nigricante nebulosa ; postica 

 ceneo-fusece. 



Female. Ferruginous-brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi stout, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising so high as the vertex; second joint 

 pilose ; third conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Thorax with two transverse undulating dark brown lines 

 and with some whitish speckles. Abdomen brownish cinereous, 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs stout, hirsute. 

 Fore wings with black speckles and with three double zigzag black 

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

 orbicular mark, which is represented by a white black-bordered 

 point ; third beyond the reniform, which is pale testaceous, and is 

 obliquely attenuated hindward ; some exterior deep black streaks 

 which join a pale testaceous blackish-clouded marginal band ; mar- 

 ginal points black. Hind wings seneous-brown ; fringe cinereous, 

 interlined with brown. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 

 a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



Hadena albipalpis. 

 Mas. Cinerea, ferrugineo nigroque conspersa ; caput nigro fasci- 

 atum, antice albidum ; palpi albidi, erecti, extus nigri, articulo 

 So lanceolato ; alae anticce lata, lineis tribus nigricantibus 

 duplicatis angulosis, spatio exteriore ceneo-fusco, linea sub- 

 marginali nigricante denticulata, lunulis marginalibus atris, 

 orbiculari et reniformi indeterminatis ; postica <zne<B. 



Male. Cinereous, speckled with ferruginous and with black, 

 whitish beneath. Head with a black band, whitish in front. Palpi 

 whitish, nearly erect, mostly black on the outer side, rising a little 

 higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, about half the length 

 of the second. Antennae minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, 



