LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 767 



domen alas posticas longe superans. Pedes longi, pubescentes* 

 calcaria longa, valida. Alae anticae longae, subacutae, costa vix 

 arcuata, margine exteriore subarcuato sat obliquo. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis of tbe usual length. Palpi 

 very slightly ascending, extending much beyond the head and 

 somewhat longer than its breadth ; second joint very broad, ob- 

 liquely truncate at the tip ; third slender, lanceolate, much shorter 

 than the second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen long, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Legs long, pubescent ; spurs long, 

 stout. Wings long. Fore wings slightly acute ; costa hardly 

 curved ; exterior border slightly curved, rather oblique ; third in- 

 ferior vein a little nearer to the second than to the fourth. 



This genus has some resemblance to the Galleridce. 



OsiCA GLAUCA. 



Fcem. Obscure cinereo-fusca ; caput supra cinereum ; alai antica? 

 lineis plurimis nigricantibus denticulatis indistinctis, lunulis 

 submarginalibus atris cinereo marginatis, reniformi magna 

 cinerea nigro submarginata; postica? f usees. 



Female. Dark cinereous-brown. Head cinereous above. 

 Abdomen and hind wings brown. Fore wings with numerous in- 

 distinct denticulated cinereous-bordered blackish lines ; submar- 

 ginal lunules deep black, cinereous-bordered ; reniform mark large, 

 cinereous, not excavated, incompletely black-bordered. Length of 

 the body 11 lines; of the wings 26 lines. 



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



" Folds its wings like CalocampaP MSS. 



Fam. HELIOTHTDiE, C. L. H. xi. 670. 



Genus ALARIA, C. L. H. xi. 674. 



Alaria lanceolata. 



Mas. Rosea, subtus argenteo-alba ; palpi vix ascendentes, articulo 

 So parvo ; abdomen subcervino argenteo-album ; alee anlica? 

 vitta argentea basi attenuata et aurata ; postica? argenteo-alba. 



