LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 381 



convex, hardly oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the ttings 



10 Hues. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



82. P.EDISCA COXFUSANA. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea ; pa'pi pilnsi, capitis latitudine non brevi- 

 ores, articulo oo brrvusimo ; alee anticce apice subrotundatce, 

 nigra subconsperscz, ferrugineo nebulosce. puncto discati nigra, 

 plaga postica Urigitqwt tribus eottmUbut obliquis fuscis. 



Male and female. Cinereous. Palpi stout, poiTect, pilose, as 

 long as the breadth of the bead ; third joint very short. Antennae 

 of the male rather stunt. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 

 whitish. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, thinly speckled 

 with black, slightly and paitlv clouded with ferruginous; three 

 broad brown cosial streak> extending obliquely outward to the di^k, 

 a brown patch near the base of the interior border and a black 

 discal point ; costa and exterior border almost straight, the 

 latter rather oblique. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wiugs 

 6 lines. 



a, b, Sydney. From Mr. Diggles* collection. 



New Zealand. 



83. P^LDISCA LL CI FLAG ANA. 



Foem. Cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce acuta?, vitta 

 aiHica brevi arena ta ferruginea maculam coatalem elongatam 

 argenteo-atbam includente ; posticee cinerea?. 



Female. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 friDged, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, 

 minute. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings acute, 

 with a broad short curved ferruginous stripe, which joins the costa 

 at each end and incloses a large semioval silvery white costal spot ; 

 costa slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border slightly 

 excavated in front. Length of the body 3 lines; of the v\ings 

 8 lines. 

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



