LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1341 



Female. Cinereous, with an indistinct reddish tinge. Palpi 

 partly blackish, not extending beyond the head. Wings narrow, 

 very elongate, with three irregular very oblique black lines, and 

 with a black discal point; space between the first and second lines 

 pale cinereous; third line bordered with pale cinereous on the outer 

 side ; marginal line black, festooned ; under side with the markings 

 nearly obsolete. Fore wings acute, with a submarginal dentate pale 

 cinereous line, which is partly bordered with black on the inner side 

 and is intersected by a black oblique subapical streak; third line 

 somewhat thickened, hiding the discal point; exterior border ex- 

 tremely oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



24. Phibalaptervx rubroferrata. 



Mas et foem. Rufescente-ferruginea ; palpi longi, graciles, rostri- 

 formes; thorax £t abdomen cinereo fasciata ; alee anguslce, 

 elongatce, lineis plurimis cinereis vix undulatis valde obliquis, 

 venis nigro punctatis, linea marginali nigra , anticce costa sub- 

 convexa ; posticce margine exteriore subdentato. 



Male and female. Reddish ferruginous. Palpi slender, rostri- 

 form, extending far beyond the head and a little longer than its 

 breadth, shorter in the male. Thorax with a pale cinereous band. 

 Abdomen with cinereous bands. Wings narrow, elongated, with 

 many very oblique hardly undulating cinereous lines ; interior and 

 exterior lines slightly undulating, very oblique ; veins with black 

 points; marginal line black; underside cinereous, with indistinct 

 markings. Fore wings slightly acute; costa and exterior border 

 slightly convex, the latter very oblique. Hind wings with the exte- 

 rior border slightly dentate. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



a — e. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



25. Phibalapteryx perfectata. 



Fcem. Schistacea ; palpi nigri, breves, lati, obtusi ; antenna 

 robustce ; alee elongata, lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 acutce, lineis fuscis obliquis subundulatis, fasciis tribus e lineis 

 nigris fere contiguis, striga discali atra obliqua, linea submar- 

 ginali pallide cinerea subundulala ; postica lineis plurimis 

 subrectis spatioque marginali fuscis. 



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