1734 CATALOGUE OF 



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ClDAEIA METAXANTHATA. 



Mas et foero. Nigricante-cinerea, subtus flavescente-cinerea ; palpi 

 pilosis capitis latitudine breviores ; antenna maris pectinate ; 

 alee linea marginali nigra; antica vix acuta, nigro subcon- 

 spersce, fascia lata obscuriore nigro marginata lunulam nigram 

 includente, linea submarginali nigricante diffusa vix denti- 

 culata ; postica lutea, margine lato nigricante. 



Male and female. Blackish cinereous, yellowish cinereous 

 beneath. Palpi porrect, pilose, shorter than the breadth of the head. 

 Antennae of the male moderately pectinated, except towards the 

 tips. Wings with a black marginal line. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 slightly black-speckled, with a broad middle band that is rather darker 

 than the ground hue. and is bounded by two undulating black lines, 

 and includes a black discal lunule ; submarginal line blackish, diffuse, 

 hardly denticulated ; exterior border slightly convex, moderately 

 oblique. Hind wings luteous, with a broad blackish border. Length 

 of the body 4J lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



b. Tasmania. Presented by Dr. Milligan. 



c. Tasmania. Presented by M. Allport, Esq. 



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ClDABIA DISSOCIATA. 



Foem. Obscure cinerea ; palpi pilosi, capitis latitudine non brevi- 

 ores, articulo 3o conico ; ala nigricante conspersa, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris ; antica acuta, lineeis nonuullis denticu- 

 latis indistinctis, linea submarginali alba angulosa, venis albo 

 notatis ; postica lineis minus determinatis. 



Female. Dark cinereous, hardly paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 pilose, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, hardly 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Wings blackish-speckled; 

 marginal lunules black. Fore wings acute, with several blackish 

 denticulated indistinct mostly diffuse lines ; some white marks on 

 the veins ; submarginal line white, zigzag, incomplete; costa straight ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings extending 

 beyond the abdomen ; lines more slender and indistinct than those 

 of the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



o. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



