LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCERA. 775 



Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs rosy; 

 hind tibiae broadly fringed, with gilded yellow hairs. Fore win^s 

 acute, very falcate, with a bright red diseal line, which emits a short 

 less distinct streak directly hindward; a crease in the hinder disk 

 extending to the end of the interior border; exterior border ex- 

 tremely oblique. Hind wings with a rosy tinge towards the tips. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



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



d. Australia. From Mr. Hunter's collection. 



3. Palparia rectiorella. 



Mas, Pallide flava; antenna subsetulosa? ; abdomen albidum, 

 segmentis 2o Soque roseo tinctis ; alee antica? vix falcata?, 

 cosla subconvexa, margine exteriore subrecto perobliquo ; postica? 

 roseo-albida?. 



Male. Pale yellow. Palpi very much longer than the breadth 

 of the head ; second joint with a very long porrect fringe ; third 

 setiform, as long as the second. Antenna? very minutely setuiose. 

 Abdomen whitish, with a rosy tinge on the second and third seg- 

 ments. Fore wings acute, hardly falcate ; costa slightly convex ; 

 exterior border almost straight, very oblique. Hind wings whitish, 

 with a rosy tinge, which does not extend to the base nor to the fringe. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 17 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



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



4. Palparia aurigena. 



Mas. Rosea; antenna? dense setosa? ; abdomen roseo -alb idum ; 

 tibia? postica? robusta? ; ala? antica? acuta? , flaw substrigata?, 

 costa vix convexa ; postica? flavo-alba?, roseo marginata?. 

 Foam. — Ala? antica? rosea?, minus acuta?; antenna? glabra?, 

 graciles. Var. /3.* — Caput, thorax et ala? antica? la?tissime 

 ochracea. 



Male. Eosy. Palpi much longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; second joint furnished with a long lanceolate porrect tuft ; 

 third linear, slender, much shorter than the second. Antennas thickly 

 setose. Abdomen rosy whitish, extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth ; hind tibiae slightly incrassated. Fore wings 

 acute, indistinctly streaked with yellow ; costa and exterior border 



