LEPIDOPTEBA HETEROCERA. 1635 



Gargaphia MU RIFE RATA. 



Fcem. Murina; caput et thorax anticus fusca ; alee nigro con- 

 spers<s> linea exteriore recta ferruginea cinereo pallido extus 

 marginata, fimbria ferruginea; anticce gutta discali ferru- 

 ginea. 



Female. Mouse-colour, a little paler beneath. Head and fore 

 part of the thorax brown. Wings thickly black-speckled; exterior 

 line ferruginous, straight, bordered with pale cinereous on the outer 

 side, extending from five-sixths of the length of the costa of the fore 

 wings to beyond the middle of the interior border of the hind wings; 

 fringe ferruginous. Fore wings with a ferruginous discal dot. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



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



Genus DOCIRAVA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Fasciculus frontalis subproductus. Pro- 

 boscis gracilis, longiuscula. Palpi porrecti, lati, disjuncti, caput 

 paullo superantes; articulus 3us minimus. Antennae laeves, sub- 

 appressae. Abdomen longum, alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes 

 lungi, gracillimi; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor breviusculis. 

 Alae elongatae, sat lata? ; anticae acuiae, margine exteriore perobliquo ; 

 posticae rotundatae. 



Male. Body slender. Frontal tuft slightly prominent. Pro- 

 boscis slender, rather long. Palpi porrect, broad, apart from each 

 other, extending a little beyond the head; third joint extremely 

 minute. Antennae smooth, slightly flattened. Abdomen long, ex- 

 tending a little be>ond the hind wings. Legs long, very slender; 

 hind tibiae with four rather short and slender spurs. Wings elongate, 

 rather broad. Fore wings acute, very much longer than the hind 

 wings ; costa straight ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique ; 

 interior angle much rounded. Hind wings somewhat rounded. 



DOCIRAVA ^QUILINEATA. 



Mas. Cinereo-fusca ; alee anticce lineis duabus flavis rectis, 

 la antice abbreviata ; posticae cinerece, subtus ochraceo con- 

 spersce puncto discali nigro. 



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