LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERAi 1163 



ginal; marginal points brown, transversely elongated; exterior 

 border slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



Makian, Celebes. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Bleptina funestalis. 



Fcem. Fusca y sat robusta; palpi graciles y reflexi, thoracis mar- 

 ginem anticum attingentes, articulo So lanceolato ; alee anticce 

 subacute, lineis tribus nigricantibus angulosis cinereo margi- 

 natis, lunula discali nigricante ; posticce sordide cinerece. 



Female. Brown, rather stout, cinereous beneath. Palpi slender, 

 squamous, reflexed over the head to the fore border of the thorax ; 

 third joint lanceolate, much shorter than the second. Antenna 

 slender. Abdomen dingy cinereous, hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Legs slender. Fore wings slightly acute, with three 

 blackish zigzag cinereous-bordered lines; first line very near the 

 base; a blackish lunule in the disk between the second and third 

 lines; marginal points black; exterior border convex, hardly oblique. 

 Hind wings dingy cinereous; under side with a dark brown lunule 

 and with two exterior dentate brown lines. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



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



Bleptina spurcatalis. 



Mas. Cana ; palpi fusco conspersi, vix ascendentes, capitis lati- 

 tudine multo longiores, articulo 3o lanceolato apicem versus 

 nigro ; thorax fusco sub cons per sus ; alee breviusculce, latiusculce, 

 fusco conspersce ; anticce punctis costalibus, macula postmedia 

 lunulisque marginalibus nigricantibus, macula costali sub- 

 apicali fusca. 



Male. Hoary. Palpi squamous, brown-speckled, very slightly 

 ascending, very much longer than the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint lanceolate, black towards the tip, about half the length of the 

 second. Thorax slightly brown-speckled. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs stout. Wings 

 rather broad and short, minutely brown-speckled. Fore wings acute, 

 with blackish costal points, some of which are elongated; an irregular 

 blackish spot in the disk beyond the middle, and a brown costal spot 

 near the tip; marginal lunules blackish; exterior border convex^ 

 slightly oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



