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Male. Brownish cinereous, shining. Palpi porrect, lanceolate, 

 very slightly curved, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint lanceolate, shorter than the second. Antennas smooth. Ab- 

 domen extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Wings with a 

 brown marginal line. Fore wings narrow, hardly acute; exterior 

 border convex, very oblique. Hind wings a little paler than the 

 fore wings, very slightly hyaline. Length of the body 5 lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 

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



New Zealand. 



22. HVPOCHALCIA SUBMAEGINALIS. 



Fcem. Fusca ; palpi porrecti, pilosis longiusculi ; alee antica 

 chalybceo suffuse, alomis lineisque duabus albidis, linea la 

 undulata, 2a marginally striga discali strigisque marginalibus 

 nigricantibus ; posticce ceneo-cinereee, margine lato aneo-fusco. 



Female. Brown, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, pi- 

 lose, as long as the breadth of the head. Abdomen aeneous-cine- 

 reous. Fore wings shorter and broader than those of H. indis- 

 tinctalis, mostly suffused with chalybeons-blue ; exterior part with 

 whitish speckles, which mostly form two lines, one undulating, the 

 other marginal ; discal streak and marginal streaks blackish. Hind 

 wings aeneous-cinereous, with a broad aeneous-brown border. 

 Length of the body 5^ — 6 lines ; of the wings 13 — 14 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 b — d. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



23. Hypochalcia indistinctalis. 



Fcem. Fuscescente-cinerea ; palpi porrecti, longiusculi, supra 

 Jimbriati, articulo 3o acuto ; alee anticce vitta discali nigri- 

 cante diffusa interrupta, punctis marginalibus fuscis ; postica 

 aneo-cinerece . 



Female, Brownish cinereous, more cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 porrect, fringed above, a little longer than the breadth of the head j 

 third joint acute, not half the length of the second. Tarsi with 

 brown bands. Fore wings with a blackish longitudinal diffuse in- 

 terrupted discal streak ; marginal points brown. Hind wings cine- 

 reous, with an aeneous tinge. Length of the body 5—6 lines; of 

 the wings 13 — 15 lines. 



«, 6. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



