LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 449 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi obliquely 

 ascending, not rising so high as the vertex and not more than half 

 the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely short. Antennae 

 smooth. Abdomen not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 moderately long and stout ; hind tibia? with four rather short spurs. 

 Wings broad. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa hardly convex ; ex- 

 terior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. 



1. Uraba lugens. 



Fcem. Cinerea ; thorax nigro bifasciatus ; alas anticce nigra con- 

 sperscB, linen media subrecta vix obliqua, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore nigris dentatis minus determinatis cinereo pallida 

 marginatis. 



Female. Cinereous. Thorax and fore wings thickly and 

 minutely speckled with black ; the former with two black bands. 

 Fore wings with a middle nearly straight hardly oblique line ; inte- 

 rior and exterior lines black, dentate, less distinct than the middle 

 line; inner side of the interior line and outer side of the exterior 

 line bordered with pale cinereous. Hind wings without any mark- 

 ings. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Preseuted by M. Allport, Esq. 



Genus 65. TOLPIA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, caput paullo superantes ; articulus 3us conicus, parvus. 

 Antennae glabrae, graciles. Abdomen alas posticas superans. Tibiae 

 subfimbriatae, calcaribus longissimis. Alas anticae acuta?, costa sub- 

 recta, margine exteriore subconvexo sat obliquo. 



Female. Body rather stout. Proboscis moderately long. Palpi 

 porrect, hardly pilose, extending a little beyond the head ; third joint 

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

 second. Antennae smooth, slender. Abdomen extending beyond 

 the hind wings. Legs moderately long and stout ; tibiae slightly 

 fringed ; spurs very long. Fore wings acute ; costa almost straight} 

 exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. 



