372 CATALOGUE OF 



exterior border straight, slightly oblique. Length of the body 

 2|- lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



135. CONCHYLIS QUINQUENOTATA. 



Foem. Pallid e lutea % subtus rufesce?ite-nchracea ; thorax antice 

 fusco fasciatus ; pectus argenteum ; abdomen rufescente-ochra- 

 ceum, subtus aureo -argenteum ; ala anticce fascia obliqua 

 cinereo-fusca, linea submarginali ferrvginea. 



Female, Pale luteous, smooth, reddish ochraceous beneath. 

 Palpi smooth, slender, porrect, much shorter than the breadth of 

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

 of the second. Thorax with a brown band in front. Pectus silvery. 

 Abdomen reddish ochraceous, gilded silvery beneath. Fore wings 

 rectangular at the tips, with an oblique dark cinereous-brown band, 

 which proceeds from the costa to the disk and there terminates ; a 

 ferruginous submarginal line, much abbreviated hindward, dilated 

 to the exterior border in front; costa and exterior border almost 

 straight, the latter not oblique. Hind wings reddish ; fringe ochra- 

 ceous. Length of the body 2% lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus RETINIA. 



12. Retinia Georgiana. 



Mas. Subeervino-argentea ; caput et thorax rufescente-cervina ; 

 abdomen cinereum, apice cervinum ; ala? anticae vix acuta, 

 lineis octo transversis devils variis ochraceis ; posticce ceneo* 

 cervina, fimbria a I bid a. 



Male, Silvery, sericeous, tinged with fawn-colour, more cine- 

 reous beneath. Head and thorax reddish fav\n-colour. Palpi por- 

 rect, stout, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint extremely 

 short. Aiuerinae siout, very minutely setulose. Abdomen cinereous, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings ; tip fawn-colour. Fore 

 wings hardly acute, with eight various irregular transverse ochra- 

 ceous lines; first and second lines slender; third broader in the 

 middle; fourth still broader; filth and sixth slender, dilated towards 

 the costa ; vseventh obliquely connecting the sixth with the eighth, 

 which is marginal and incomplete. Hind wings aeneous fawn- 



