1414 CATALOGUE OF 



Male. Cinereous-ferruginous, cinereous with a ferruginous 

 tinge beneath. Palpi very short. Antennae hardly pubescent. Abdo- 

 men with no black points; apical tuft quadrate. Fore wings sub- 

 falcate, much mote acute than those of the two preceding species; 

 lines black, slightly undulating; middle space slightly darker than 

 the wings elsewhere, bordered on each side with deep black, of 

 which the outline is hardly undulating ; exterior space somewhat 

 pale; submarginal line white, denticulated, partly obliterated; 

 exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind wings dull pale 

 fawn-colour, with brown lines, which are nearly obsolete, except 

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

 wings 16 lines. 



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



80. ClDARIA DESCRIPTATA. 



Foem. Cinereo-ferruginea ; palpi obtusi, brevissimi, vix ascend- 

 entes ; abdomen punctis nigricantibus bilinealum ; alee 

 anticce fasciis interiore et exteriore spatium ferrugineum 

 includentibus, fascia exteriore intus undulata. 



Female. Cinereous-ferruginous, dull pale fawn-colour beneath. 

 Palpi very short, obtuse, hardly ascending. Abdomen with two rows 

 of blackish points. Fore wings with markings like those of C. con- 

 versata, but the interior and exterior bands enclose a ferruginous 

 space between them, and the inner border of the exterior band is 

 quite undulating. Hind wings like those of C. conversata. Length 

 of the body 5J lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



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



Mas. Ferrugineo-fusca ; palpi breviores ; abdomen punctis nigris 

 bilineatum ; alee anticce minus acuta, fascia exteriore intus 

 minus recta. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Palpi shorter than those of the 

 female. Abdomen with two rows of black points; a row of little 

 tufts along each side and with a quadrate depiessed apical tuft. 

 Fore wings less acute than those of the female ; exterior band a little 

 less straight on the inner side. Length of the body 5 J lines ; of 

 the wings 14 lines. 



b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



