LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 311 



Female. Cinereous fawn-colour, more cinereous beneath. 

 Palpi porrect, nearly as long as the breadth of the head; second 

 joint with a short fringe ; third elongate-conical, about one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Thorax with a band of blackish dots. 

 Abdomen with brown points along each side beneatb. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips, with numerous but mostly indistinct minute 

 transverse blackish streaks; two blackish very incomplete bands, 

 indicated by two subcostal spots and by two spots on the interior 

 border; costa very slightly convex towards the base; exterior border 

 slightly convex and oblique. Hind wines cinereous; speckles 

 brown, larger and fewer than those of the fore wings. Length of the 

 body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



12. Pandemis mediana. 



Rufescente-cervina ; alee singulis plurimis transversis fuscis ; an- 

 ticce acuta, plaga elongata nigricante apud marginem interi- 

 orem, costa ferrugineo guttata extus reflexa. 



Reddish fawn-colour, paler beneath ; fringe ferruginous. Wings 

 with numerous minute transverse brown streaks. Fore wings acute, 

 with a large elongated blackish patch along the interior border ; 

 costa with ferruginous dots, slightly coucave and reflexed exteriorly, 

 convex towards the base; exterior border straight, hardly oblique. 

 Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



13. Pandemis consocian a. 



Foem. Testacea ; palpi porrecti, articulo 2o dense pubescente ; ala 

 strigulis plurimis fuscis ; anticce nigro subconsper see, fascia 

 media obliqua fusca nigro marginata, dimidio exteriore rufes- 

 cente-eervino, lituris costalibus nigricantibus ; posticce pallide 

 cinerece. 



Female. Testaceous. Palpi porrect, much shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint thickly pubescent above ; third 

 conical, slightly declining, not more than one-fourth of the length 

 of the second. Wings with numerous minute transverse browu 

 streaks. Fore wings acute, thinly speckled with black; more than 

 half the exterior surface reddish fawn-colour, divided from the 

 interior part by an oblique brown band, which is mostly bordered 



