1162 CATALOGUE OF 



BLEPTINA DIM1SSALIS. 



Fcem. Obscure cervina ; palpi nigricantes, squamosi, supra tho- 

 racem reflexi, articulo 2o arcuato, So lanceolate ; pedes nigri- 

 cantes, femoribus tibiisque apice flavescentibus ; alee anticce 

 elongates, apice subrotundatce, lineis tribus angulosis dimi- 

 dioque exteriore nigricantibus, lunula discali nigra, linea sub- 

 marginali albida denticulata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; 

 posticce obscure cinerea, fuscescente marginatce. 



Female. Dark fawn-colour, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 squamous, blackish on the outer side, reflexed over the head to the 

 fore border of the thorax; second joint much curved ; third lanceo- 

 late, straight, much shorter than the second. Abdomen dark cine- 

 reous, extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs blackish, 

 smooth; tips of the femora beneath and tips of the tibiae yellowish ; 

 spurs and tips of the tarsal joints pale cinereous. Wings elongate. 

 Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, blackish from a little beyond 

 the middle to the exterior border; three zigzag blackish lines; first 

 very near the base; second at a little beyond one-fourth of the 

 length ; third very near the blackish space; a black lunule between 

 the second and third lines ; a slender denticulated whitish line at 

 four- fifths of the length; marginal points black; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings dark cinereous, brownish 

 towards the exterior border; under side with a black lunule, with a 

 blackish exterior dentate line, and with a blackish marginal band, 

 which includes a whitish denticulated line. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Swan River. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Bleptina latifascialts. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi laves, graciles, verticem longe superantes, 

 articulo 2o arcuato, So lanceolato ; alee anticce apice rotun- 

 datce, fasciis duabus latis pallide ochraceis, \a guttam nigri- 

 cantem includente, 2a marginali, punctis marginalibus fuscis 

 elongatis ; posticce cinerece. 



Female. Brown. Palpi smooth, slender, ascending much above 

 the vertex; second joint curved; third lanceolate, straight, about 

 half the length of the second. Antennae slender. Abdomen, hind 

 wings and under side cinereous. Fore wings rounded at the tips, 

 with two broad pale ochraceous bands; first band antemedial, con- 

 taining a blackish dot, a little paler than the second, which is mar- 



