1358 CATALOGUE OF 



diffasis indistinetis, fascia interiore recta obliqua lineaque 

 exteriore angulosa informi nigricantihus ; posticce cinerea, 

 sublineatce, 



♦ Female. Slaty cinereous, stout, paler beneath. Palpi broad, 

 rostriform. very short. Wings with a 'slender black marginal line. 

 Fore wings elongate, rather narrow, hardly acute, with several 

 oblique diffuse denticulated indistinct brownish lines, with a straight 

 oblique interior blackish band, and with a very zigzag and irregular 

 exterior blackish line ; exterior border nearly straight, very oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with very indistinct brownish lines. Length 

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



a Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



New Zealand. 



32. SCOTOSIA SUBOBSCTJRATA. 



Fcem. Glauco-cinerea ; palpi obtusi, pilosissimi, oblique ascen- 

 dentes ; alee amplce, linea pallide cinerea denticulata indis- 

 tincla lineaque exteriore ochracea parallelis, linea submarginali 

 angulosa pallide cinerea; anticce lineis interiore et basali. 



Female. Glaucous-cinereous. Palpi obtuse, obliquely ascend- 

 ing, very pilose, not broad, extending somewhat beyond the head ; 

 third juiut very minute. Wings ample, with an indistinct denticu- 

 lated pale cinereous line, which is parallel to a more exterior diffuse 

 ochraceous line; submarginal line pale cinereous, zigzag; under 

 side with a black discal streak and a whitish exterior band. Fore 

 wings acute, with two lines, one interior, the other basal, both 

 much resembling the line before mentioned; under side with a 

 whitish apical patch ; exterior border straight, rather oblique. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



33. SCOTOSIA EREBINATA. 



Mas. Ferruginea,robusta; palpi brevissimi ; antenna pectinaiie ; 

 alee elonyata, nigro subconsperscB, fascia media recta, linea 

 exteriore angulosa fasciaque submarginali intus diffusa nigri- 

 cantibus ; antica? acuta;, fascia media antics obsoleta, macula 

 disca/i niyricante, gutta marginali alba ; postica; atomh mar- 

 ginalibus albidis, margine exteriore subdentato. 



