LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1151 



a large pale cinereous apical spot ; marginal lunules black, bordered 

 with pale ochraceous on the outer side. Hind wings cinereous, 

 with two brownish indistinct slightly zigzag lines and with a brown 

 marginal festoon. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 18 — 19 

 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



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



Genus TACHASAEA. 



Fce.m. Corpus crassum. Caput pilis lateralibus longis arcu- 

 atis. Proboscis brevissima. Palpi robusti, hirsuti, vix angulati, 

 capitis latitudine non breviores ; articulus 2us oblique ascendens, 

 supra apicem versus fimbriatus ; 3us lanceolatus, pilosus, 2o vix 

 brevior. Antennae glabrae, sat graciles. Abdomen alas posticas 

 superans. Pedes breves, validi, subtus dense fimbriati ; calcaria 

 longa, sat gracilia. Alae anticae apice rotundata?, costa subconvexa, 

 margine exteriore recto subobliquo. 



Female, Body thick. Head on each side with some long 

 slender hairs, which are curved over the eyes. Proboscis extremely 

 short. Palpi stout, hirsute, as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint obliquely ascending, with a long fringe above towards 

 the tip ; third lanceolate, slightly ascending, pilose to the tip, nearly 

 as long as the second, with which it forms a very slight angle. An- 

 tennae smooth, rather slender. Abdomen extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs short, stout ; femora and tibia? densely fringed 

 beneath ; spurs long, rather slender. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips ; costa slightly convex ; exterior bor- 

 der straight, slightly oblique. 



Tachasara languidalis. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; alee antica? fusco conspersce, bis triente fusco 

 sirigatce, reniformi fasca diffusa. 



Female. Cinereous. Fore wings minutely brown-speckled ; 

 costal space from near the base to two-thirds of the length with 

 short transverse brown streaks ; a diffuse brown spot in the disk 

 beyond the middle representing the reniform mark. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. St. Domingo. From Mr. Tweedie's collection. 



