LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 1413 



Female. Brown. Palpi short, separate, rather slender. , Abdo- 

 men and hind wings cinereous-brown. Wings with black marginal 

 points. Fore wings acute, elongated, with an interior cinereous- 

 brown band, which is slightly undulating and is bordered by two 

 cinereous lines and encloses a diffuse black line; discal streak deep 

 black, having beyond it two cinereous lines, of which the second is 

 more distinct and more denticulated than the first ; space between 

 the latter line and the exterior border ciuereous-brown ; exterior 

 border straight, very oblique. Hind wings with some brown lines, 

 which are indistinct, except along the interior border. Length of 

 the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines'. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



78. ClDARlA SIMILATA. 



Mas. Luteo-viridis ; palpi caput non superantes ; antenna; vix 

 pubescentes ; aim linea marginali lunulari nigra; anticm 

 fasciis quatuor fuscescente-viridibus nigro marginatis, lineis 

 nonnullis intermediis fuscis denticulatis, fascia 4a interrupta 

 nigro nebulosa albo extus marginata, costa subconvexa ; 

 posticm pallide cinerem, lineis plurimis denticulatis fuscis. 



Male. Luteous-green. Palpi very short, not extending beyond 

 the head. Antennae hardly pubescent. Wings with a black mar- 

 ginal festoon. Fore wings hardly acute, with four irregular brownish 

 green black-bordered bands and with a few intermediate brown 

 denticulated lines, which are most distinct along the costa; fourth 

 band much interrupted, partly shaded with black and bordered with 

 white on the outer side, whence it emits brown streaks to the 

 exterior border ; discal streak blackish ; costa and exterior border 

 slightly convex, the latter moderately oblique. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous, with many denticulated brown lines. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the Rev. W. Colenso. 



79. ClDARIA CONVERSATA. 



Mas. Cinereo-ferruginea ; palpi brevissimi ; antenna vix pubes- 

 centes ; abdomen non punctatum; aim anticm subfalcotm, 

 valde acutm, spatio medio subobscuriore marginibus atris, 

 spatio exteriore pallido, lineis nigris subundulatis, linea sub- 

 marginali alba denticulata interrupta ; posticm subcervinm, 

 lineis fuscis apud marginem interiorem bene determinalis. 



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