LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1419 



89. ClDARIA COLLECTARIA. 



Foem. Olivacea ; palpi longi ; antennce robustce ; abdomen ochra- 

 ceo-cinereum, alas posticas paullo superans ; alee anticce longce, 

 pallide cinerea, apice snbrotundatce, lineis plurimis obliquis 

 diffasis denticulatis, spatio medio purpurascente subtincto 

 lineis rufescentibus, striya discali fusca ; posticce subochraceo- 

 cinerece. 



Female. Olive-green. Palpi nearly as long as the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint conical, minute. Antenna? stout. Abdomen 

 ochraceous-cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings long, pale cinereous, slightly rounded at the tips, with 

 many oblique diffuse denticulated green lines ; middle space with a 

 purplish tinge, in which the lines are reddish ; discal streak brown ; 

 marginal points black ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 

 Hind wings cinereous, with a slight ochraceous tinge. Length 

 of the body 6 — 6^ lines ; of the wings 18 — 19 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the Rev. W. Colenso. _,.* 



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



90. ClDARIA TRANSITARIA. 



Foem. Viridescens ; palpi longi ; antennce vix robustce ; abdomen 

 cinereum, alas posticas triente super ans ; alee anticce longce, 

 angustce, lineis nonnullis nigricantibus obliquis denticmlatis, 

 striga discali arcuata nigricante, litura posteriore albida, 

 punctis marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece. 



Female. Dull green. Palpi a little longer than the breadth 

 of the head; third joint conical, not more than one-eighth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae hardly stout. Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings long, narrow, minutely black-speckled, with several blackish 

 oblique denticulated lines, which are most apparent on the veins ; a 

 curved blackish discal streak, behind which there is a whitish mark ; 

 marginal points black ; costa and exterior border slightly convex, 

 the latter extremely oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



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



