LEPIDOPTERiL HETEROCERA. 699 



Male. Purplish brown. Palpi slender, nearly twice longer 

 than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, shorter than the 

 second. Antennae very minutely pubescent. Abdomen aeneous, 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Wings elongate, mode- 

 rately broad, rounded at the tips; fringe long. Fore wings with 

 the eosta yellowish, except towards ihe base and towards the tip ; a 

 yellow stripe along the interior border, attenuated exteriorly, not 

 extending to the interior angle ; exterior border very oblique. 

 Hind wings aeneous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



«, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Boltou. 



9(3. (EcOPHORA PICARELLA. 



Mas. Alba ; palpi niyro bifasciati; thorax guttis duabus anticis, 

 fascia macnluque postica nigris ; pedes nigri, albo fasciati ; 

 alee anlicm lituris exlerioribus fasciisque quatuor devils nigris, 

 fascia \a basalt excavata, 2a Saque valde angnlosis, 4a antice 

 f areata postice attenuata et abbreviata ; posticm apices versus 

 aut omnino obscure cinerea. 



Male. Pure white. Head black in front. Palpi much longer 

 than the breadth of the head; second joint black towards the base ; 

 third setiform, with a black band, as long as the second. Antennae 

 black, smooih. Thorax with a black mark on each side in front, 

 with a black band, and with a black bindward spot. Abdomen 

 cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs black, 

 stout, with some white bands ; fore legs mostly white beneath, their 

 tibiae slightly pilose. Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips, with four very irregular black bands 

 and with some small exterior black marks ; first band basal, deeply 

 excavated ; second and third deeply and very irregularly zigzag, the 

 third with an elongated black spot behind it; fourth attenuated 

 hindward, not extending to the interior border, forked in front, the 

 inner fork interrupted ; exterior marks along the costa between the 

 third and fourth bands, and along the exterior border, which is 

 slightly convex and oblique; under side blackish. Hind wings dark 

 cinereous towards the tips, and with an oblique elongated spot of 

 the same hue in the disk. Var. /3. — Hind wings wholly dark cine- 

 reous. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Churton's collection. 



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



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