LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1213 



is a brownish patch. Length of the body 2j lines ; of the wings 

 7 lines. 



a, b. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles* collection. 



Pyralis despectalis. 



Foera. Cinerea, fusco dense conspersa ; palpi subarcuati, oblique 

 ascendentes, articulo So lanceolato longiusculo ; antennae ru- 

 fescentes ; pedes robusti, tibiis posticis subfimbriatis ; alee 

 lineis duabus angulosis lineaque marginali cinereis ; anlicce 

 apiee subro tun data, punctis costalibus cinereis, punctis mar- 

 ginalibus nijris. 



Female. Cinereous, thickly brown-speckled. Palpi pubescent, 

 slightly curved, obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the 

 vertex ; third joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae reddish. Abdomen extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae slightly fringed. Wings 

 with two cinereous zigzag lines ; first line antemedial ; second post- 

 medial ; marginal line cinereous. Fore wings slightly rounded at 

 the tips; some cinereous costal points between the lines, which are 

 dilated on the costa ; marginal points black ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, rather oblique. Length of the body 4J lines; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



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



Pykalis? pqrphyralis. 



Fcem, Purpurascens, nigro conspersa ; palpi graciles, arcuati, 

 verticem superantes, articulo So lanceolato ; abdomen cine- 

 reum ; aim anticce vix acutce, basi nigra, lineis duabus nigris 

 latis dentatis purpurascente marginatis, 2a valdeflexa, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



Female, Purplish, black-speckled, cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 slender, squamous, curved, applied to the head, rising rather higher 

 than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, about half the length of the 

 second. Abdomen cinereous, extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore wings hardly acute, black at the base, with two broad 

 black dentate pale purplish-bordered lines, of which the second is 

 much bent outward in the middle ; marginal points black ; exterior 

 border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



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