LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 787 



Allied to Depressaria. Female. — Body rather stout. Proboscis 

 short. Palpi curved, ascending high above the vertex, twice as long 

 as the breadth of the head ; second joint squamous-hirsute ; third 

 setiform, a little shorter than the second. Antennas smooth, slender. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs rather 

 long and stout ; hind tibiae slightly pilose ; spurs long. Wings 

 long, moderately broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, 

 with a few tufts of obliquely elevated scales ; costa slightly notched 

 beyond the middle ; exterior border hardly convex, slightly oblique. 



1. IZATHA ATTACTELLA. 



Mas. Cana, nigricante conspersa ; palporum articulus Sus nigru 

 canle trifasciatus ; alee anticce guttis discalibus parvis trans- 

 versis fuscis, vitta tenui fracta nigra, punctis discalibus 

 nigricantibus elongatis ; posticce pallide cinerece. Var. — Alee 

 anticce fusco nebulosce, 



Male. Hoary, minutely blackish-speckled, cinereous and 

 shining beneath. Third joint of the palpi with three blackish bands. 

 Fore wings with a black slightly dislocated line, which is darkest 

 and most concise towards the base, and does not extend to the tip 

 of the wing ; marginal points blackish, elongated, extending also 

 along the exterior part of the costa ; some small transverse irregular 

 brown dots in the disk. Hind wings pale cinereous, shining. Var. 

 • — Fore wings clouded with brown. Length of the body 6 — 8 lines; 

 of the wings 16 — 20 lines. 



a — m. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton, 

 o, p. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Genus 75. CHEZALA. 



Fcem. Corpus sat robustum. Palpi vix arcuati, capitis lati- 

 tudine plus duplo longiores ; articulus 2us pubescens ; 3us setiformis, 

 2o brevior. Tibiae posticae late fimbriatae. Alas anticae amplae, 

 subacutae. 



Allied to Depressaria. Female. — Body moderately stout. Palpi 

 hardly curved, much longer than twice the breadth of the head ; 

 6econd joint pubescent; third setiform, shorter than the second. 

 Hind tibiae broadly friuged. Wings ample. Fore wings slightly 

 acnte. 



