LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 679 



first joint whitish, black at the tip. Thorax with a broad black band. 

 Abdomen and hind wiugs pale ochraceous, the former extending a 

 little beyond the latter. Legs pale ochraceous ; hind tibiae fringed. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, black at the base, with a blackish 

 band, which is excavaied on the outer side in front ; an irregular 

 exterior ferruginous band, which is mostly black towards the costa, 

 and has a glaucous patch between it and the exterior border, which 

 is slightly convex and oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wiugs 9 lines. 



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



b. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



55. (EcOPHORA ASPECTALELLA. 



Mas. Alba ; antenna? subpubescentes ; thorax fascia lata purpu- 

 rascente ; abdomen flavescens ; alee antica lata, fasciis tribus 

 purpurascentibus, la basali antice dilatata, 2a apud costam 

 truncata, 3a latiore puncta dua marginalia albida lineamgue 

 angulosam albidam includente, linea obliqua fusca angulosa 

 inter fascias 2am et Sam; posticce pallide flavce. 



Male. Pale yellow. Head and thorax white, the latter with 

 a broad purplish band. Antennae indistinctly pubescent. Abdomen 

 not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae 

 not fringed. Wings broad, rounded at the tips. Fore wings with 

 three purplish brown irregular bands; first band basal, contracted 

 hindward ; second with two concave curves on its inner side, ob- 

 liquely truncated towards the costa, connected with the third by an 

 oblique zigzag dark brown line; third much broader than the 

 second, extending to the exterior border, containing two whitish 

 margiual points aud a whitish zigzag line, which extends from near 

 the tip of the costa to the hind end of the exterior border, where it 

 is dilated and white; exterior border convex, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings pale yellow, with cinereous tips. Length of the body 3J lines ; 

 of the wings 10 lines. 



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



56. OECOPHORA ELECTELLA. 



Mas. Argentea, subtus aurata ; palpi articulo 2o basi fusco ; ab- 

 domen auratum; alee antica? fasciis tribus obliquis aurato- 



