LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 377 



there is an elongated ferruginous black-marked patch ; fringe some- 

 times brownish; exterior border oblique hindward. Hind wings 

 pale cinereous, with transverse darker speckles. Length of the 

 body 3— 3J lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a, b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



Africa. 



80. PENTHINA SCA13ELLANA. 



scabellana, ZL 

 South Africa. 



Australia. 



81. Pen thin a trifasciana. 



Foem. Albido-cinerea ; thorax fusco conspersus ; alee anlicce 

 opice rotundatce, guttis nonnullis nigris, fasciis quatuor inde- 

 terminath fuscis, \a basali, Aa valde divisa marginem exte- 

 riorem attingente ; posticce fuscescente-cinerece. 



Female. Whitish cinereous. Thorax speckled with brown. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with several black dots, and with 

 four irregular brown bands; first band basal; second more regular 

 than the others; fourth very irregular, much divided, extending to 

 the exterior border; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the 

 latter rather oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of 

 the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



82. Penthina? indecretana. 



Foem. Sordide cana, subtus testaceo subtincta ; alee antiece acuta, 

 latiuscuuc, nigricante conspersce et punctata?, fasciis duabus 

 nigricantibus late interrupts ; postica? fuscescente-cinerea?. 



Female. Dingy hoary, with a slight testaceous tinge beneath. 

 Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore wings acute, very minutely 

 blackish speckled, with several blackish points, which are mostly on 

 the veins; two incomplete oblique bands; first widely interrupted, 

 much abbreviated hindward; second narrower and less regular than 

 i the first, obsolete hindward; costa slightly convex ; exterior border 

 ! convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. 

 Length of the bod) 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



