LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 753 



cinereum ; alas anticce puncto basali a/60, lineis duabus atris 

 dentatis indistinct is , reniformi albido-testacea postice at- 

 tenuate! ; posticcB cinerecB. 



Female, Black, stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi cinereous 

 beneath, applied to the head, not rising so high as the vertex ; third 

 joint very small Thorax with pale cinereous fore tegulse, which 

 are ferruginous along the fore border. Abdomen cinereous, extend- 

 ing a little beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; femora and tibiae 

 pilose. Fore wings with a white point in the disk near the base ; 

 reniform mark whitish testaceous, rather small, attenuated hindward ; 

 two indistinct dentate deep black lines ; one at half the distance 

 between the point and the reniform, the other adjoining the outer 

 side of the reniform. Hind wings cinereous, paler towards the base 

 beneath, where there is a black lunule in the disk. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



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



Xylina stipata. 



Foem. Cinereo-cervina ; fasciculus frontalis porrectus, nigro 

 bilineatus ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articvlo 3o lineari basi 

 fusco ; thorax nigro bifasciatus, teguiis posticis longis fuscis ; 

 abdomen cristis quatuor parvis nigricantibus ; alee elongatce ; 

 margine exterior e subdentato ; anlivte e basi usque ad reni- 

 formem fuscte, costa cinereo-cervina guttis obliquis fuscis, 

 lineis duabus fuscis undulatis cinereo marginatis postice re- 

 tractis, linea exteriore fusca dentata duplicator lineis duabus 

 adhuc exterioribus e punctis elongatis, fascia mar ginali fusca 

 incisa cinereo pallida marginata, annulo postico nigricante, 

 orbiculari e striga fusiformi albida cervino inter lineata, 

 reniformi cinereo -cervino submarginata strigam albidam in- 

 cludente ; postica aneo-fusca. 



Female. Wood-colour or cinereous fawn-colour. Frontal tuft 

 prominent, with a black line on each side. Palpi obliquely ascend- 

 ing, not rising higher than the vertex ; second joint fringed; third 

 linear, brown at the base, about half the length of the second. An- 

 tennae setose. Fore tegulse of the thorax with two black bands ; 

 hind tegulse long, mostly brown. Abdomen with four small blackish 

 crests, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings; under side with 

 three incomplete rows of black dots. Wings elongate ; exterior 



