756 CATALOGUE OF 



Xylina DEFIGURATA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-fusca ; caput et thorax anticus obscure fusca ; 

 palpi subochracei, fimbriati, extus nigri, oblique ascendentes, 

 verticem paullo superantes, articalo So longi-conico ; abdomen 

 apice ochraceum ; ala? antictz elongatce, ceneo-tinctce, lineis 

 nonnullis e limulis fuscis indistinctis, orbiculari et reniformi 

 fusco submarginatis. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Head and fore tegulae of the 

 thorax dark brown. Palpi dull ochraceous, fringed beneath, ob- 

 liquely ascending", rising a little higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint mostly black on the outer side ; third elongate-conical, about 

 one-third of the length of the second. Abdomen brownish-cinereous, 

 extending rather beyond, the hind wings; apical tuft ochraceous. 

 Wings shining, tinged with aeneous. Fore wings with some indis- 

 tinct brown lines composed of hmules ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks indistinctly brown-bordered. Hind wings a little more 

 cinereous than the fore wings. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



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



Xylina atristriga. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; palpi vix ascendentes, articulo 2o fim- 

 briato, So longi-conico ; thorax fascia obscuriore cinereo 

 marginata ; alee antica vitta costali cana, striga basali nigra, 

 orbiculari et reniformi ferrvgineo submarginatis, linea exte- 

 riore e punctis venarum nigricantibus ; postica? cenece, fimbria 

 pallidiore albido marginata. 



Male. Ferruginous-red. Palpi very slightly ascending, ex- 

 tending a little beyond the bead ; second joint fringed beneath ; 

 third elongate-conical, full one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Antenna? setose. Fore tegulae of the thorax with a slender dark 

 cinereous-bordered band. Abdomen cinereous, with a tinge of fawn- 

 colour, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with 

 a hoary irregular costal stripe, which extends from the base to five- 

 sixths of the length, and partly contains the incompletely ferru- 

 ginous-bordered orbicular and reniform marks ; a black streak 

 proceeding from the base and ending behind the inner end of the 

 orbicular mark, which is not oblique; a row of blackish points on 



