742 CATALOGUE OF 



extending a little beyond the hind wings. Tibiae and tarsi blackish 

 above ; joints of the latter with whitish tips. Wings broad. Fore 

 wings with three blackish double zigzag lines ; space mostly 

 aeneous-brown between the second line and the submarginal line, 

 which is blackish and denticulated ; orbicular and reniform marks 

 indeterminate ; marginal lunules deep black ; exterior border hardly 

 oblique. Hind wings aeneous ; under side whitish, with a blackish 

 discal lunule and a broad blackish marginal band, which is much 

 narrower towards the interior angle. Length of the body 9 lines ; 

 of the wings 20 lines. 



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



HaDENA PLTJS1ATA. 



Mas. Glaucescente-fusca ; palpi erecti, pallide cinerei, articulo 

 2o basi nigro, So conico ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; alee anticce 

 lituris nonnullis parvis ferrugineis, lineis quatuor nigris, la 

 2a Saque duplicatis angulosis, 4a vix undulata, spatio mar- 

 ginali pallidiore nigro strigata, orbiculari e gutta ochracea 

 nigro marginata, reniformi ochracea argenteo-albo notata pos- 

 tice attenuata ; posticce ceneo-fuscce. 



Male. Brown, with a glaucous tinge, dark cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi pale cinereous, stout, erect, not rising so high as the vertex ; 

 second joint black towards the base ; third conical, very minute, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 crenulated and pubescent. Fore tegulae of the thorax with a black 

 band, which is curved on each side. Abdomen brownish cinereous, 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Femora and tibiae 

 densely pilose ; joints of the tarsi brown, with pale cinereous tips. 

 Fore wings with some small ferruginous marks and with four black 

 lines ; first, second and third lines double, zigzag ; first basal, not 

 extending to the interior border ; fourth hardly undulating, diffuse 

 and accompanied by black streaks on the inner side ; space between 

 the fourth line and the exterior border paler than the ground hue 

 of the wing ; marginal points black ; orbicular mark forming a 

 small ochraceous black-bordered dot ; reniform ochraceous, tapering 

 hind ward, more or less marked with silvery white. Hind wings 

 aeneous-brown ; fringe pale cinereous. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



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



