LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 695 



Male. Very pale fawn-colour. Under side, abdomen and 

 bind wings pale cinereous. Palpi very much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint slightly curved ; third straight, setiform, 

 much shorter than the second. Antenna? pubescent. Abdomen 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs slender ; hind tibia? 

 fringed. Wings elongate, rather narrow, rounded at the tips. Fore 

 wings brown-speckled, with three blackish points; first point before 

 one-third of the length ; second a little before the middle ; third 

 beyond the middle ; a row of* very minute blackish marginal points ; 

 exterior border extremely oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



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



87. OECOPHORA SUBDUCTELLA. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba ; caput et thorax cenea ; alee anticce vitta 

 strigas duas anticas obliquas emittente vittaque postica bian- 

 gulata ceneis ; posticce pallide cinerea. 



Female. Silvery white. Head and thorax aeneous. Legs 

 squamous. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings hardly acute, 

 with an irregular middle aeneous stripe, which emits two branches 

 towards the costa ; first branch inclined inward ; second inclined 

 outward; a hinder aeneous stripe, which rests on the base of the 

 interior border and forms two angles ; first angle connected with the 

 anterior stripe ; second touching the interior border near the interior 

 angle of the wing ; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings pale 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir. J. Richardson. 



88. (ECOPHORA CONNEXELLA. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba ; palporum articulus 2us ochraceus ; abdo- 

 men flavo-cinereum ; aim anticce strig a antica obliqua, striga 

 exteriore obliqua angulata, macula apud angulum interiorem 

 lineaque tenui submarginali aurato-ochraceis ; posticce Jlavo- 

 cinerece. 



Female. Silvery white. Palpi much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint ochraceous, except at the tip ; third joint 

 setiform, a little shorter than the second. Antennae slender. Ab- 

 domen and hind wings yellowish cinereous. Legs smooth, slender. 

 Wings narrow, slightly acute ; fringe very long. Fore wings with 



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