LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1407 



vexis; pnstirce rufescente-ferruginece. lineis nonnullis nigri- 

 cuntibus diff'usis denticulatis. 



Female. Brown. Palpi short, broad, pilose, rostriform. Thorax 

 witli a black band. Abdomen speckled with cinereous. Wings 

 with black marginal points; exterior border slightly festooned. 

 Fore wings acute, with many black denticulated lines, and with a 

 diffuse whitish cinereous middle band which includes several lines 

 and the black discal point; interior and exterior lines more distinct 

 than the others, bordered with pale cinereous, the latter slightly 

 bent ; submarginal line pale cinereous, zigzag; costa and exterior 

 border slightly convex, the latter rather oblique. Hind wings 

 reddish ferruginous, with some diffuse blackish denticulated lines. 

 Wings beneath testaceous, with a black discal streak and with three 

 black lines, and with a blackish submarginal band. Length of the 

 body 5^ lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



66. ClDARIA LUCIDULATA. 



Foem. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi breves, graciles, decumbentes ; alee 

 ampla, litnulis marginalibus nig r is el.onga.tis; antics acuta?, 

 nigro conspersoe, lineis duabus interioribus cinereis denticulatis 

 fasciam cervinam includentibus, spatio medio marginibus 

 nig r is undulatis, spatio extenore albido nigricante guttata, 

 fascia adkuc exteriore cervina atro ex fits nebulasa, linea sub- 

 marginali alba antice /areata, strigis tribus subapicalibus 

 rufescentibus ; pottica fluvce. 



Female. Cinereous-brown. Palpi short, slender, decumbent. 

 Abdomen black-speckled ; hind borders of the segments and tip 

 pale cinereous. Wings ample; marginal lunules black, elongated. 

 Fore wings acute, black-speckled, with two interior denticulated 

 cinereous lines, which contain a fawn-coloured band; middle space 

 black-bordered and undulating on the outer side; exterior space 

 whitish, including two rows of blackish dots and succeeded by a 

 fawn-coloured band, the latter is mostly shaded with deep black on 

 the outer side; submarginal line white, composed of lunules, forked 

 in front, where it is intersected by three reddish streaks; subapical 

 space deep black. Hind wings yellow, with traces of blackish lines 

 along the interior border. Length of the body 5^ lines; of the 

 wings 17 iines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



