LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1421 



Group 4. 



92. ClDARIA? OBTRUNCATA. 



Mas et fcem. Rufescente-testaeea ; palpi obtusi, brevissimi ; an- 

 tenna maris robusta, glabrae; tibia postica valida; alee 

 antica acuta, nigra conspersce, lineis duabus subrectis e punctis 

 nigris, costa basi convexa, margine exteriore vixjlexo; postica 

 pallide testa cea, apice subtruncata. 



Male and female. Eeddish testaceous. Palpi obtuse, very 

 short. Antennae of tbe male smooth, rather stout. Hind tibiae 

 slightly thickened. Fore wings acute, black-speckled; interior and 

 exterior lines nearly straight, formed of black points; costa convex 

 towards the base ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle, mode- 

 rately oblique. Hind wings slightly truncated at the tips, pale 

 testaceous, black-speckled along the interior border. Length of the 

 body 5 — b\ lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



This species hardly belongs to the genus Cidaria, and appears 

 to have some affinity to the Ennomidce. 



a—f. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



93. CiDARIA FLEX ATA. 



Fcem. Cinereo-cervina, subius ochracea ; palpi graciles, brevis- 

 simi, oblique ascendentes ; ala antica subfalcata, spatiis medio 

 et marginali nigricante nebulosis, margine exteriore angulato ; 

 postica Jlavescentes, margine exteriore antico angulato. 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, ochraceous beneath. Palpi 

 slender, very short, obliquely ascending. Abdomen yellowish. Fore 

 wings acute, subfalcate, with a blackish shade on nearly half the 

 middle space and along the exterior border, which is distinctly an- 

 gular. Hind wings yellowish, without markings; fove part of the 

 exterior border slightly truncated. Length of the body 6 lines; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 

 Country unknown. 



94. ClDARIA PERACUTATA. 



Mas. Cinerea, ferrugineo-conspersa aut suffusa ; palpi breves, 

 decumbentes ; antenna vix ser rata ; ala lineis duabus exteri- 



