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Fore wings acute, with a short oblique blackish band, which extends 

 from the middle of the costa to the disk; a blackish dot on the 

 costa near the tip; costa straight; exterior border slightly convex, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous, with pale brownish 

 speckles. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



80. Teras priscana. 



Mas. Cinereo-cervina ; palpi capitis latitudine valde longiores, 

 articulo 3o longi-conico ; alee anticce apice subrotundatce^ 

 strigulis plurimis transversis nigricantibus, gutta discali 

 nigra ; posticce cinerece, fusco tessellatce. 



Allied to T. servana. Male. — Cinereous fawn-colour. Palpi 

 , porrect, very much longer than the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint with a short fringe above ; third elongate-conical, hardly one- 

 fourth of the length of the second. Antennae setulose. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings slightly 

 rounded at the tips, with numerous transverse blackish speckles, 

 and with a small black dot at the end of the discal areolet; costa 

 almost straight; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique, 

 i Hind wings cinereous, tessellated with brown. Length of the body 

 4J lines; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



81. Teras antiquana. 



Fcem. Carta; palpi capitis latitudine nan breviores, articulo So 

 longi-conico ; alee anticce apice rotundatce, nigricante sub- 

 tessellatce, lituris duabus discalibus transversis nigricantibus ; 

 posticce pallide cinerece. 



Allied to T. servana. Female. — Hoary, pale cinereous and 

 shining beneath. Palpi porrect, as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 second joint thickly pilose; third smooth, slender, elongate-conical, 

 less than half the length of the second. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rounded at the tips, very in- 

 completely tessellated with blackish, the transverse streaks most 

 i apparent along the costa and along the interior border; a black 

 transverse mark at the tip of the discal areolet, and another at the 

 base of the third inferior vein ; marginal points blackish ; costa almost 

 straight; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings 



