LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1357 



30. SCOTOSIA SCITIFKRATA. 



Foern. Obscure cinerea; palpi pilosi, disjuncti, brevissimi, latis- 

 simi ; antenna graciles ; alee elongate, nigro conspersa?, lirfeis 

 plurimis fasciisque tribus nigris perobliquis subrectis aut 

 subundulatis, puncto discali nigro, margine exteriore sub- 

 dentato ; antica acute, margine exteriore perobliquo. 



Female. Dark cinereous. Palpi pilose, very short and broad, 

 apart from each other; third joint extremely minute. Antennae 

 slender, smooth. Wings elongate, black-speckled, with numerous 

 black very oblique nearly straight or slightly undulating lines, of 

 which three are somewhat dilated and form bands; discal point 

 black ; exterior border slightly dentate ; under side without mark- 

 • nigs, except the discal point. Fore wings acute; exterior border 

 slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the 

 wings 16 Hues. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by M. All port, Esq. 



Var.? Mas. Fuscescente-cinerea, robust a ; palpi breves, validi, 

 pilon, rostriformes ; antenna robust at ; alee binulis margin- 

 alibus nigris ; antic ce vix acute, lineis plurimis obliquis 

 nigricantibus subrectis aut subundulatis, fasciis tribus fuse is 

 obliquis subundulatis subparallelis, margine exteriore per- 

 obliquo ; posticee lineis apud marginem exteriorem conspicuis. 



Var.? Male. Brownish cinereous, stout, more cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi short, stout, pilose, rustriform. Antennas robust. 

 Wings with black marginal lunules; under side without markings, 

 except a black discal point. Fore wings hardly acute, with nume- 

 rous nearly straight or slightly undulating oblique blackish lines, 

 and with three oblique slightly undulating and nearly parallel 

 brown bands ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind 

 wings with the lines nearly obsolete, except along the interior 

 border. Length of the body o lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



31. SCOTOSIA CAN AT A. 



Ftem. Sehisliicea, robusia; palpi lati, rostriformes, brevissimi ; 

 alee linea tenui marginali nigra ; antica. elongates, sat angu.Hee, 

 vix acute, lineis nounullis fuscescentibus obliquis denticulatis 



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