LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1253 



Gauna SUBFEKRALIS. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea ; caput et thorax obscure ferruginea ; alee 

 lineis duabus albis obliquis ; anticce costa spatiogue marginali 

 plagaque postica ferrugineis ; posticce linea la arcuata. 



Male. Dark cinereous. Head and thorax dull ferruginous. 

 Wings with two white oblique lines; first line antemedial, curved 

 in the hind wings ; second postmedial. Fore wings ferruginous 

 along the costa and between the second line and the exterior border, 

 and with a ferruginous patch on the interior border between the 

 lines. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



Genus CURENA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum, laeve. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 subarcuati, fere erecti, sat graciles, verticem non superantes ; arti- 

 culus 3us lanceolatus, 2o brevior. Antennas robustae, setosae. Tho- 

 racis tegulae postica? longissimae. Abdomen alas posticas vixsuper- 

 ans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes laeves, sat graciles. Alas 

 anticae latiuscula?, acutae, costa apicera versus arcuata, uiargine 

 exteriore subconvexo. 



Male. Body stout, smooth. Proboscis of the usual length. 

 Palpi rather slender, slightly curved, nearly erect, not rising higher 

 than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. 

 Antenna? stout, setose. Hind tegulae of the thorax very long, ex- 

 tending over the base of the abdomen. Abdomen hardly extending 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft small. Legs smooth, rather 

 slender; spurs moderately long and slender. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings acute; costa rounded near the tip; exterior border 

 slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



CuRENA. EXTERNALIS. 



Mas. Cervina ; ohdomen ochraceo-cervinum, fasciculo apicali 

 subfurcato ; alee anticce cinerece, linea purpurea antemedia 

 subarcuata j fascia lata marginali saturate rufa postice angus- 

 tiore subehalybaa ; posticce ochracece, lineis duabus purpureis 

 subundulatis. 



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