LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 1735 



ClDARIA SIMILISATA. 



Mas. Obscure cinerea ; palpi fimbriati, latiusculi, capitis latitu- 

 dine paullo breviores, articulo So conico ; antenna* pectinata? ; 

 abdomen fas ciis pallide c mere is ; ala ant'xcm vix acuta, lineis 

 nonnullis nigricantibus indistinctis albido punctxtis, linea 

 submarginali angulosa pallide cinerea, margine exleriore per- 

 obliquo. 



Male. Dark cinereous, a little paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 fringed, rather broad, a little shorter than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint conical, minute. Antennae rather broadly but not densely 

 pectinated. Abdomen with pale cinereous bands. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with several blackish indistinct denticulated lines, which are 

 marked with irregular whitish points on the veins; submarginal 

 line pale cinereous, zigzag, apparent also on the hind wings ; exte- 

 rior border very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



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ClDARIA PRONOTATA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi breves, lati, rostriformes ; antenna vix 

 serrata ; ala punctis marginalibus nigricantibus elongatis ; 

 antica nigricantes, fasciis duabus cervinis dentatis albido mar- 

 ginatis, litura antica albida, guttis sub marginalibus albidis 

 diffusis excavatis ; postica albido-cinerea. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi broad, rostriform, hardly longer than 

 half the breadth of the head; third joint very minute. Antenna? 

 very minutely serrated. Wings with elongated blackish marginal 

 points. Fore wings acute, blackish, with two jagged deep fawn- 

 coloured whitish-bordered bands; outer line of the second band 

 forming the submarginal line, beyond which there is a row of exca- 

 vated diffuse whitish dots; inner border of the second baud dilated 

 towards the costa; exterior border almost straight, rather oblique. 

 Hind wings whitish cinereous. Length of the body 5£ lines ; of the 

 wings 15 lines. 



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