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69. SciAPHILA TURBULENTANA. 



Mas. Pallide cervina, subtus cinerascens ; alee antica apice 

 rectangulatce, strigulis plurimis transver sis fuscis, fascia basali 

 obliqua abbreviata nigricante-fusca, plaga magna pallide 

 cinerea, macula exteriore costali strigaque ad/mc exteriore 

 obliqua subundulataliturisquenonnullis costalibus nigricante- 

 fuscis ; posticce cinerece, strigulis plurimis obscurioribus. 



Male. Pale fawn-colour, somewhat cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 slightly decumbent, full as long as the breadth of the head ; second 

 joint slightly fringed above; third conical, not more than one-sixth 

 of the length of the second. Antennae setulose. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips, with minute transverse brown streaks, and with 

 a blackish brown oblique band near the base ; this band is abbrevi- 



i ated towards the costa, and borders a large pale cinereous patch, 

 which is contiguous on the outer side to a large irregular blackish 

 brown costal spot ; an exterior oblique slightly undulating blackish 

 brown streak, which proceeds inward from the costa to the disk ; 

 some small blackish brown marks along the exterior part of the 



i costa; costa hardly convex; exterior border slightly convex and 

 oblique. Hind wings cinereous, with numerous minute transverse 



i darker streaks. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



70. SciAPHILA FUSIFERANA. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi capitis latitudine vix breviores, articulo 3o 

 conico ; thorax litura discali fusca ; ala antica sat angusta, 

 vix acutce, fusco subtessellatce, lineis duabus trans versis inde- 

 terminatis e punctis nigris. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi porrect, nearly as long as the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint with a short fringe , third conical, 

 not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Thorax 

 brownish cinereous, with a brown transverse diseal mark. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, hardly acute, indistinctly tessellated with 

 brown; two transverse lines of black points on the veins; exterior 

 line indicated by only two points; costa almost straight; exterior 

 border very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



a. New Zealaud. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



