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61. SCTAPHTLA ABSCONDITANA. 



Foera. Cana, subtus cinerea ; alee anticce vix acuta, strigulis 

 plurimis transversis diffusis indistinctis pallide fuscescenti- 

 bus, strigulis paucis nigris, vitta postica fuscescente, lituris 

 duabus posticis interioribus obscure fuscis ; postica? fuscce. 



Female. Hoary, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, fall as 

 long: as the breadth of the head; second joint with a short thick 

 fringe above; third conical, very minute, nut more than one-sixth 

 of the length of the second. Fore wings hardly acute, with 

 numerous minute transverse diffuse indistinct pale brownish 

 streaks and with a few transverse black streaks; a brownish 

 stripe extending from the middle of the base to three-fourths 

 of the length of the interior border, where the fringe is black ; 

 two small dark brown marks hindward near the base; costa 

 very slightly convex ; exterior border straight, slightly oblique. 

 Hind wiugs brown; costa white, except towards the tip ; exterior 

 border slightly excavated in front. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



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



62. SCIAPHILA DEBILIANA. 



Mas. Cinerea; alee strigulis plurimis transversis fuscis ; anticce 

 apice subrotundata?, fasciis tribus obliquis fuscis, la e macula 

 postica, 2a ex parte vacua, Set e plaga costali. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi porrect, much shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint fringed ; third extremely short. 

 Antennae setulose. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings with numerous minute transverse brown streaks. Fore 

 wings slightly rounded at the tips, with indications of three brown 

 oblique bands; first band represented by a large spot near the base 

 of the interior border; second with its disk partly void; third 

 forming an exterior costal patch; costa very slightly convex; 

 exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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