LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1247 



subvari(e,plaga magna postmedia albida semihyalina rufescente 

 subtessellato ; posticce albidce semihyalina^ rufescente tessel- 

 latce. 



Male. Cinereous, very stout, slightly iridescent. Palpi slender, 

 obliquely ascending, not rising higher than the vertex; third joint 

 linear, one-third of the length of the second. Antennae stout, smooth . 

 Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip, not extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs stout; femora and tibiae slightly fringed. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings acute, partly and slightly tinged with 

 pale reddish, with a large whitish shining semihyaline patch, which 

 is incompletely tessellated with reddish and joins the exterior border, 

 and is in connection with a few semihyaline reddish-bordered dots; 

 exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind wings with most of 

 the surface like the fore wings, but more completely tessellated. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



Pyualis? contentalis. 



Foem. Cervlna ; palpi porrecti, breves, sat yraciles, articulo So 

 lineari ; abdomen ochraceum, basi nigrum, alas posdcas vix 

 super ans ; alai latce, linen ante media flex a lineaque postmedia 

 denticulata albis niyro maryinatis, spatio exteriore obscure 

 schistaceo, punctis maryinalibus nigris ; anticce inter lineas 

 niyro unipunctatce. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Palpi porrect, smooth, rather slender, 

 much shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint linear, much 

 shorter than the second. Abdomen ochraceous, black towards the 

 base, hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth; tarsi 

 with blackish bands. Wings broad, with a white antemedial much 

 bent black-bordered line, the black border broadest on the inner side ; 

 a postmedial denticulated white line, also black-bordered; space 

 beyond the second line mostly dark slate-colour; marginal points 

 black. Fore wings acute; a black point in the disk between the 

 lines; three white costal points between the lines ; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 2\ lines; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



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



Pyralis incertalis. 



Pallide lutea; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo 2o subtus late 

 fimbriato ; alee anticce playis duabus basalibus, fascia lata 



