986 CATALOGUE OF 



convex, the latter rather oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany Kiver, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 Dr. Barnston. 



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SCIAPHILA ? DIFFUSANA. 



Foem. Carta, subtus albida ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce 

 elongata, apice rotandata, nigro conspersce, fasciis quatuor 

 diff'usis nigricanlibus, lineis duabus transversis angulosis 

 cintreis, gutta discali nigricante ; posticce cinerece. 



Female. Hoary. Body whitish beneath. Palpi shorter than 

 the breadth of the head ; second joint slightly fringed above ; third 

 elongate-conical, less than half the length of the second. Antennae 

 slender ; first joint stout. Abdomen cinereous, extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings. Fore wings elongate, rounded at the tips, 

 thickly speckled with black, with four diffuse blackish bands, of 

 which the second and the third are more conspicuous than the other 

 two ; a zigzag cinereous line between the first and second bands, 

 and another between the third and fourth bands; a blackish discal 

 dot between the second and third bands ; costa hardly convex ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 



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SCIAPHILA TNFIMAMA. 



Mas. Cinerea ; palpi albidi ; antenna arliculis \o et 2o longis 

 robuslis, 2o subclavato ; alee antica angusta, elongata?, vix 

 acutoe,fusco conspcrsa. 



Male. Cinereous. Palpi whitish, porrect, a little longer than 

 the breadth of the head ; second joint with a short fringe ; third 

 elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Antennae smooth ; first and second joints long, stout ; 

 second subclavate. Abdomen extending beyond the hind win<js. 

 Wings narrow, elongate. Fore wings hardly acute, transversely and 

 difTosedly speckled with brown ; costa and exterior border straight, 

 the latter moderately oblique. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a, />. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



