LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 757 



the veins at half the distance between the reniform mark and the 

 exterior border, which is slightly oblique. Hind wings aeneous; 

 fringe paler, edged with whitish* Length of the body 9 lines; of 

 the wings 22 lines. 



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



Xylina canescens. 



Mas. Cana ; palpi subangulati, articulo 2o basi nigricante, 3o 

 lineari ; thorax nigro fasciatus et conspersus ; tibia anteriores 

 latissime fimbriate ; alee anticce cinereo obscure nebulosce, 

 lineis tribus nigris angulosis cano marginatum strigis submar- 

 ginalibm nigris, orbiculari et reniformi cams magnis nigro 

 marginatis, annulo postico nigro fusiformi ; posticce cinerea, 

 subhyalince, fusco late marginatce. 



Mo,le. Hoary, whitish beneath. Palpi stout; second joint 

 obliquely ascending, fringed beneath, blackish towards the base ; 

 third linear, porrect, obtuse, shorter and more slender than the 

 second. Antennae minutely setulose. Thorax black-speckled, with 

 a black band near the fore border. Abdomen paler than than the 

 thorax, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Anterior tibiae 

 with an extremely long fringe. Fore wings partly shaded with dark 

 cinereous ; three black zigzag hoary-bordered lines ; first and second 

 between the base and the orbicular mark ; third beyond the reni- 

 form ; submarginal streaks and marginal points black ; orbicular 

 and reniform marks large, hoary black-bordered ; a fusiform black 

 ringlet behind the former. Hind wings cinereous, slightly hyaline 

 and iridescent, with a broad brown marginal band, which is attenu- 

 ated towards the interior angle. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



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



Xylina term in axis. 



Mas. Pallide cervina ; antenna? serrata, basi subpectinata? ; ala? 

 antica fascia media lata fusco nebulosa intus excavata punc- 

 tum fuscum pallido marginatum includente, fascia exteriore 

 pallida subunduluta lineam fuscam includente, fasciis duabus 

 adkuc exterioribus nigris dentatis, 2a interrupta, lunulis 

 inter mediis nigris, 



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