LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1501 



some white speckles, with a white basal mark, with a few white 

 longitudinal marks, with a white aniemedial undulating line, and 

 with two postmedial undulating white lines, of which the second is 

 abbreviated hindward; marginal points white, transversely elon- 

 gated ; fringe white, with black points. Hind wings cinereous, 

 slightly hyaline. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 

 9 lines. 

 a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Mas? Nigra, subtus albida ; palpi porrecti, breves, articulo So 

 minimo ; thorax albo conspersus ,* abdomen nigricans, seg- 

 ments albido marginatis ; alee anticce vix acuta, fasciis duabus 

 excavatis indeterminatis, lineis duabus submarginalibus inter- 

 rupts punctisque marginalibus albis, fimbria albida nigricante 

 interlineata ; posticce cinerece, subhyalince. 

 Male P Black, mostly whitish beneath. Palpi porreet, white 

 beneath towards the base, much shorter than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint very minute. Antennae stout, pubescent. Thorax 

 white-speckled. Abdomen blackish, extending much beyond the 

 Jiind wings; hind borders of the segments whitish. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with two very irregular and much excavated white 

 bands, and with two submarginal interrupted white lines, which do 

 not extend to the interior border ; marginal points white ; fringe 

 whitish, interlined with blackish. Hind wings cinereous, slightly 

 hyaline. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 1\ lines. 

 b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



SCOPAEIA DIPHTHERALIS. 



Foem. Nigricans, subtus albido- cinerea, thoracis latera albida; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce strigis discalibus metallicis, 

 litura basali, fasciis tribus undulatis, guttis duabus discalibus 

 punctisque marginalibus elongatis albidis, fascia la lata fur- 

 cata,2a valde jlexa, 3a inter r up ta ; posticce cinerea;, subhya- 

 lince, spatio mar ginali obscur iore lineam cineream denticulatam 

 includente. 



Var. $. Fcem. Nigricante-cinerea ; abdomen fuscescente- 

 cinereum, segmentis pallido marginatis; antics alba, strigis 

 basalibus nigricantibus, fascia latissima antice dilatata, plaga 

 marginali punctisque marginalibus nigris, plaga postica och- 

 racea % 



