1476 CATALOGUE OF 



anticce subacute, fasciis duabus argenteo-albis subobliquis 

 nigro marginatis, \a antemedia, 2a subundulata ; posticce 

 auratce, linea undulata fasciaque lata marginali fuscis. 



Female. Deep oehraceous. Head and thorax pale yellow. 

 Palpi deep oehraceous, porrect, pilose, much shorter than the breadth 

 of the head. Antennae slender. Abdomen brown, pale yellow 

 towards the base. Legs silvery white ; fore legs cupreous above. 

 Wings broad ; fringe silvery cinereous, interlined with brown. 

 Fore win^s slightly acute, with two slightly oblique silvery white 

 bands ; first band antemedial, bordered with black on the inner 

 side, diffuse on the outer side ; second slightly undulating, bordered 

 with black on both sides, much narrower than the first; four white 

 costal points between the lines ; marginal points black, very minute; 

 exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings gilded, with a 

 brown undulating line and a broad brown marginal band. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a, 6. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



SCOPULA VINCTALIS. 



Mas et foem. * Carta; caput antice fusceseens ; palpi fuscescentes, 

 rostri formes, porrecli, pilosi, capitis latitudine non breviores ; 

 abdomen vittis duabus lateralibus nigris interruptis ; aim latm^ 

 ceneo marginatee, striga nigricante longitudinali punctum och- 

 raceum guttamque albidam includente, linea submarginali 

 albida angulosa } punctis marginalibus nigris. 



Male and female. Hoary. Body white beneath. Head 

 brownish in front. Palpi brownish, porrect, pilose, rostriform, as 

 long as the breadth of the head. Maxillary palpi slightly ascending, 

 about half the length of the labial palpi. Autennae of the male 

 setose. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings ; a black 

 stripe on each side, interrupted on the hind border of each segment. 

 Wings broad, aeneous about the exterior border. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips ; a longitudinal blackish streak in the disk, 

 including an oehraceous point and an exterior whitish dot; sub- 

 marginal line whitish, zigzag ; marginal points black ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Length of the body 6 — 6£ 

 lines; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. 



a. South Hindostan. Presented by M. J. Walhouse, Esq. 



b. Australia. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. Sydney. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



irf, e. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



