744 CATALOGUE OF 



slender brown band on tbe fore tegulae. Abdomen pale fawn- 

 colour, extending much beyond the hind wings ; fore borders of the 

 fourth and following segments blackish ; apical tuft and appendages 

 large. Fore wings with four irregular paler oblique partly blackish- 

 bordered lines ; reniform mark paler, oblique, attenuated hindward ; 

 marginal lunules pale green, black-bordered on the outer side; four 

 white points on the exterior part of the costa. Hind wings reddish ; 

 fore part of the exterior border tinged with green, including a 

 whitish festooned line. Lengthof the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 18 lines. 



Closely allied to E. graminosa, but the abdomen is not crested. 



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



Erana plena. 



Mas. Viridis ; antenna subpectlnatce ; abdomen fuscumj alee 

 anticcB nigro nebulosce, lineis nonnullis nigris denticulatis, 

 orbiculari et reniformi pallide rufescente viridibus nigro mar- 

 ginatis ; posticce fuscce, fimbria cinerea fusco inter lineata. 



Male. Green, cinereous beneath. Palpi hardly extending 

 beyond the head; second joint densely pilose ; third conical, less 

 than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae rather long, 

 slightly pectinated, except towards the tips. Abdomen brown, ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft of moderate 

 size. Femora and tibiae densely pilose; tarsi with black bands. 

 Fore wings partly black-shaded, with several denticulated transverse 

 black lines; orbicular and reniform marks large, pale green, black- 

 bordered, slightly tinged with red, of the usual form ; some pale 

 cinereous points on the exterior part of the costa ; marginal points 

 black. Hind wings brown ; fringe cinereous, interlined with 

 brown ; under side with a brown discal spot. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



Genus TEPHRIAS. 

 Tephrias, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 170. 



Tephrias plumipes. 

 plumipes, Wlngr. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. 170. 

 Caffraria. 



