LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1683 



ASPILATES ? PALLID1SCARIA. 



Foem. Rufescente-sehistacea ; caput antice fuscum ; palpi brevis- 

 simi ; alee elongates, apud discum pallidiores y linea fusca recta 

 antice obsoleta, linea submarginali valde indistincta, puncto 

 discali fusco, fascia subtus rufescente marginali latissima ; 

 antica acuta. 



Female. Dark reddish slate-colour, paler beneath. Head 

 dark brown in front. Palpi very short. Legs smooth; hind tibiae 

 with four spurs of unequal length. Wings elongate, paler and more 

 cinereous in the disk, with a brown straight oblique line, which 

 extends from one-third of the length of the interior border of the 

 hind wings to the fore wings, where it is less distinct and becomes 

 obsolete in front ; submarginal line very indistinct ; discal point 

 brown, most distinct on the hind wings; under side with a very 

 broad marginal reddish band. Fore wings acute ; costa and exte- 

 rior border straight, the latter very oblique. Hind wings extending 

 a little beyond the abdomen. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the 

 wings 13 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Larnbert's collection. 



ASPILATES ? EXFUSARIA. 



Mas. Cinerea, subtus lutescens ; caput cervinum ; palpi lati, 

 obtusi, articulo So brevissimo ; antennce pubescentes ; tibice 

 posticce vix incrassatce, calcaribus parvis ; alee latiusculce, fusco 

 conspersce, linea exteriore recta fusca extus diffusa in tus lutes- 

 cente marginata, puncto discali punctisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 anticce subacutce, linea interiore fusca angulata. 



Male. Cinereous, mostly luteous beneath. Head fawn-colour. 

 Palpi porrect, broad, obtuse, not extending beyond the head ; third 

 joint extremely short. Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen not extending 

 beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae hardly incrassated,'with four 

 short spurs. Wings rather broad, thickly and minutely brown- 

 speckled ; exterior line brown, straight, oblique, slightly bordered 

 with pale luteous on the inner side, diffusedly bordered with pale 

 brown on the outer side ; discal point and marginal points black. 

 Fore wings slightly acute, with a slight interior angular brown line ; 

 costa straight; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 

 Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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