1362 CATALOGUE OF 



39. SCOTOSIA SCBITATA. 



Foem. Cervina, robusta ; palpi longi, robusti, porrecii ; abdomen 

 nigro unifasciatum ; alee antica? elongata, apice rotundatce, 

 ,fascia interiore fusca obliqua nigra margin ata antice cervina 

 costam vei'sus abbreviata, striga lonyitudinali fusca antice 

 diffusa pnstice nigro marjjinata, fascia adhuc interiore pallida 

 nigro interlineata. macula discali exteriore albida oblongo- 

 quadruta, linea submarginali cinerea angulosa. 



Female. Fawn-colour, robust, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 stout, Dearly as long as the breadth of the bead ; third joint conical, 

 short. Abdomen with a black band across the third segment. 

 Wings elongate ; marginal line black, slender. Fore wings rounded 

 at ihe tips; veins with some elongated black points; a brown ob- 

 lique interior black-bordered band, fawn-colour in front, abbreviated 

 near the costa, traversed by a broad brown streak, which is diffuse 

 in front and is bordered hindward by an angular black line ; a band 

 somewhat paler than the ground hue extends alon* the inner side 

 of the brown band, and is intersected by a black line : a whitish 

 oblong-quadrate spot at the end of the brown streak ; submar^inal 

 line cinereous, zigzag ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 

 Hind wings with some lines apparent along ihe interior border. 

 Length ol the body 3| lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



40. SCOTOSIA HUMERATA. 



Fcein. Fusca, subtus cinerea ; palpi longi, lati, disjuncti ; alas 

 elongate, fusco conspersa?, lineis nonnullis fuscis deuticulatis 

 diffusis; antica? acuta, striga discali nigricante, striga discali 

 exteriore arcuuta albida. 



Female. Brown, cinereous beneath. Palpi broad, porrect, 

 apart from each other, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint very minute. Wings elongate, speckled with brown, 

 with several diffuse denticulated oblique brown lines. Fore wings 

 acute, testaceous at the base, except by the costa, and with a curved 

 whitish mark on the exterior part of the disk ; aiscal streak black- 

 ish ; exterior border slightly convex, extremely oblique. Length of 

 the body 3^ lines ; of the Kings 10 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



