LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 945 



55. Pterophorus diffusalis. 



Mas. Pallide ochraceus ; caput et abdomen albida ; ake aniicce 

 fascia post media lineaque transversa submarginali albis,fim- 

 , bria pilis pautis niyris ; posticce penicilli postici apice pilis 

 nigris squamosis ornate. 



Male. Pale ochraceous. Head, abdomen and legs mostly 

 whitish. Fore wings with a white band at a little beyond two-thirds 

 of the length, and with a white transverse submarginal line ; a few 

 black hairs on the fringe of each cleft. Hind wings with several 

 black squamous hairs near the tip of the third or hindmost plume, 

 which is very slender. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 

 12 lines. 



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



56. Pterophorus obliteealis. 



Mas. Albus, sat robustus ; abdomen pallide testaceum, segmentis 

 albo marginatis ; alee lineis quatuor transversis indistinctis 

 pallide testaceis, 3a submarginali, 4a marginali, 



Male. White, rather stout. Abdomen pale testaceous ; hind 

 borders of the segments white. Wings with four indistinct trans- 

 verse pale testaceous lines ; first line before the middle ; second 

 beyond the middle; third submarginal ; fourth marginal. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



New Zealand. 



57. Pterophorus innotatalis. 



Mas. Pallide ochraceus ; pedes argenteo-albidi ; alee tenuissima ; 

 postica? cinereo-cenecB. 



Male. Pale ochraceous, slender. Legs silvery whitish, without 

 any markings. Plumes of the wings extremely narrow. Fore wings 

 unvaried, very acute. Hind wings cinereous-seneous, divided at 

 the base into two plumes. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



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



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