LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 299 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint fringed above ; 

 third conical, very minute. Antenna? very minutely setulose and 

 pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings slightly acute, speckled with fawn-colour ; four deeper 

 fawn-coloured marks ; first mark small, near the base of the costa ; 

 second forming an oblique middle band, which is diffuse on the 

 outer side, and is concisely bordered on the inner side by a pale 

 line, the latter partly marked with black ; third mark forming an 

 exterior costal streak ; fourth forming an oblique submarginal band, 

 joining the first band on the interior border; costa convex towards 

 the base ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique; marginal 

 space with three lines of brown points. Hind wings cinereous, with 

 minute brownish streaks, which are most distinct on the under side. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



63. Teras basialbana. 



Mas. Pallide rufescens ; palpi porrecti, articulo 2o fimbriato ; 

 alee anticcp apice subrotundatce, fusco nigroque strigatce* dimi- 

 dio basalt albido, fascia fusees cente lata obliqua extus diffusa, 

 costa basi nigro punctata, punctis marginalibus nigris ; pos- 

 ticce albce, strigis plurimis pallide fusees centibus. 



Male, Pale reddish, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint with a short 

 thick fringe above; third conical, very minute. Abdomen pale ci- 

 nereous, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore winirs 

 thinly and transversely streaked with brown, and exteriorly with 

 black, somewhat rounded at the tips; nearly half the basal surface 

 whitish, concisely divided from the exterior half by a broad oblique 

 brownish band, which is diffuse on the outer side ; marginal points 

 black ; costa slightly convex, with two or three black points near 

 1 the base; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 white, with numerous transverse minute pale brownish streaks. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



