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than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, very minute. 

 Antennae very minutely setulose and pubescent* Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly 

 acute, with indistinct ferruginous marks, which are most apparent 

 along the costa ; a broad ferruginous stripe which occupies most of 

 the interior border and forms an angle towards the disk, where it is 

 interrupted, and is partly and ii regularly bordered with black; a 

 whitish discal point; costa nearly straight; exterior border slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous, indistinctly 

 tessellated with brown. Length of the body 4J- lines ; of the wings 

 11 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



68. SciAPHILA TEANSTRIGANA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce subaculce, strigulis plurimis trans- 

 versis fuscescentibus nonnullisque nigris % striga basali vix 

 obliqua antice abbreviata plagaque costali obliqua angulata 

 nigricantibus, plagis quatuor parvis pallide fuscescentibus ; 

 posticce fuscescentes, fimbria cinerea. 



Male. Cinereous. Front prominent. Palpi decumbent, 

 almost as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, not 

 more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 setulose. Wings elongate. Fore wings slightly acute, with 

 numerous minute transverse brownish streaks, which are very in- 

 distinct in the interior part of the disk, and are accompanied by 

 some black streaks in the exterior part and along the borders ; 

 a blackish hardly oblique streak near the base, abbreviated towards 

 the costa ; an angular blackish patch extending obliquely outward 

 from the costa to the disk, broadest near the costa ; four small pale 

 brownish patches, two behind and two beyond the angular one ; 

 costa very slightly convex ; exterior border convex and oblique 

 hindward, slightly impressed in front. Hind wings brownish ; 

 fringe cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley's collection. 



