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Abdomen extending somewhat -beyond the hind wings. Wings 

 elongate, rather narrow ; fringe long. Fore wings slightly rounded 

 at the tips, minutely and diffusedly brown or blackish-speckled ; 

 marginal points brown; costa straight; exterior border slightly 

 convex, very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



74. SciAPHILA INFIMANA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi albidi, capitis latitudine paullo longiores, 

 articulo So longi-conico ; antenna articulis \a et 2a longis 

 robustis; ala anticce angusta, vix acuta, singulis transversis 

 diffusis fuscis. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi whitish, porrect, a little longer than 

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

 elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antenna? smooth; first and second joints long, stout; 

 second subclavate. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. 

 Wings narrow, elongate. Fore wings hardly acute, transversely 

 and diffusedly speckled with brown ; costa and exterior border 

 straight, the latter moderately oblique. Length of the body 3J lines ; 

 of the wings 9 lines. 



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



75. SCIAPHILA SAXAXA. 



Foem. Cinerea; palpi subdecumbentes, supra fimbriati ; alee sat 

 angustce, linea marginali albida ; antica singulis ferruyineis 

 non transversis, strigulis costalibus obliquis nigricantibus. 



Female. Cinereous. Palpi slightly decumbent, with a short 

 thick fringe on the upper side, as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wiugs. Tibia? and 

 tarsi with whitish bands. Wings elongate, rather narrow, with a 

 whitish marginal line. Fore wings acute, with many various 

 minute longitudiual ferruginous streaks; costa almost straight, with 

 minute oblique blackish streaks. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



