LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1415 



81. ClDARIA BISIGNATA. 



Fcern. Cinereo-fusca ; palpi breves, lati, obtusi, pilosi, sub- 

 as cendentes ; alee amplce, linea marginali lunulari nigra; 

 anticce acuta, nigro conspersce, lineis nigris indistinctis, linea 

 basali albida denticulata, fasciis interiore et exteriore albidis 

 subrectis, linea submarginali albida angulosa ; posticce cer- 

 vina?, lineis nigricantibus denticulatis. 



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

 Palpi short, broad, obtuse, pilose, slightly ascending; third joint 

 very short. Wings ample, with a black marginal festooned line. 

 Fore wings acute, thickly black-speckled, and with some indistinct 

 black lines; a denticulated whitish line near the buse ; interior and 

 exterior bauds whitish, oblique, nearly straight and parallel; sub- 

 marginal line whitish, zigzag ; exterior border straight, rather 

 oblique. Hiud wings fawu-colour, with several blackish denticulated 

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

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



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



82. ClDARIA CONGREGATA. 



Foem. Cinereo-ferruginea ; palpi breves, lati, pilosi, disjuncti; 

 alee lunulis marginalibus nigris ; anticce basi spatioque medio 

 ferrugineo -fuscis albido marginatis nigro-fusco inter linearis, 

 linea submarginali alba denticulata ; posticce cervince. 



Female. Cinereous-ferruginous. Palpi short, broad, pilose, 

 separate from each other. Wings with black marginal lunules. 

 Fore wings acute ; base and middle space ferruginous-brown, 

 whitish-bordered, including some undulating blackish brown lines ; 

 middle space prominent in the middle of the outer side, which is 

 uudulatiug ; subraarginal line white, denticulated ; exterior border 

 straight, moderately oblique. Hind wings fawn-colour, without 

 markings. Length qf the body 5 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



83. ClDARIA AGGREGATA. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi lati, pilosi, obtusi, brevissimi ; alee obscure 

 cinereo-cervince, lunulis marginalibus nigris; anticce sub- 

 falcata, spatiis basali et medio fuscis nigro inter lineatis, linea 

 submarginali albida angulosa diffusa, striga discali atra ; 

 ponticce cervince, lineis fuscis valde indistinctis. 



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