LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 521 



second. Antennas smooth, slender, about half the length of the fore 

 wings. Abdomeu extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs 

 long, slender ; tibiae slightly pubescent ; spurs long. Wings long. 

 Fore wings acute, very narrow ; costa straight ; exterior border ex- 

 tremely oblique. Hind wings with the fringe very long. 



1. TlMiEA BIVITTATELLA. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba ; alee anticcc costa vi Hague discali ceneo- 

 cervinis, striga sub tits apicali fusca. 



Female. Pure silvery white. Fore wings with the costa and 

 a discal stripe aeneous lawn-colour; under side with a slightly 

 aeneous disk and with an apical brown streak. Length of the body 

 4£ lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Biggies' collection. 



b. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



2. TlMEA COSTELLA. 



Mas. Alba^ subtus ceneo-cinerea ; caput fasciculatum, vertice 

 fusco; palpi gracillimi, capitis latitudine non longiores, arti- 

 culo So lineari ; abdomen cinereum ; tibia posticce fimbriates ; 

 alee antica lanceolatce, argentece, costa fusca; poslicce cinerece. 



Male. White, aeneous-cinereous beneath. Head with a thick 

 prominent tuft, brown between the eyes. Palpi smooth, very slender, 

 as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint linear, as long as 

 the second. Antennae smooth, slender, very much shorter than the 

 fore wings. Abdomen cinereous, extending for half its length beyond 

 the hind wings. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings loug, rather narrow. 

 Fore wings lanceolate, silvery ; costa brown ; exterior border very 

 oblique. Hind wings cinereous ; fringe very loug. Length of the 

 body 3£ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Genus 38. TOPIRIS. 



Mas. Corpus robustum. Proboscis nulla. Palpi brevissimi. 

 Antennae subpectinatae, apice setulosae. Abdomen alas posticas 

 paullo superans, fasciculo apicali magno. Pedes laeves; calcaria 

 longissima. Alae anlicee breviuscnlae, latiusculae, apice sub- 

 rotundatae. 



