LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 997' 



micantibus nigro cinctis, fasciis duabus indeterminatis sub- 

 arcuatis albidis, striga basali chalybea, fimbria cinereo mar- 

 ginata. 



Male. Ferruginous. Palpi acute, not longer than the breadth 

 of the head, with a long dense fringe beneath ; third joint lanceolate, 

 much shorter than the second. Antenna? setose. Fore wings rounded 

 at the tips, with two irregular whitish slightly curved bands, and with 

 several glittering chalybeous black-bordered dots ; first band before 

 the middle, more oblique than the second, which is beyond the 

 middle; a chalybeous streak along the basal part of the costa; fringe 

 bordered by two cinereous lines. Length of the body 2 lines; of 

 the wiugs 6 lines. 



Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



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SlMAETHTS ? ABSTITELLA. 



Fcem. Cuprea ; caput pectus et abdomen cinerea ; palpi ascend- 

 entes, capitis latitudine paullo breviores, articulo 2o fimbriate, 

 3o iineari ; antenna albido annulate ; aim anticce latinscuta, 

 vix acuta, fasciis quatuor dijfusis albidis, linea angulosa con- 

 cisa alba. 



Female. Bright cupreous. Head, palpi, pectus and abdomen 

 cinereous. Palpi obliquely ascending, a little shorter than the 

 breadth of the head ; second joint fringed beneath ; third linear, 

 x^ntennae very slender, with whitish rings. Wings rather broad. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, with four diffuse whitish bands; first, 

 second and third bands before the middle ; fourth exterior, bounded 

 on the inner side by a concise zigzag white line. Length of the 

 body 3^ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 



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CHOBEUTIS AUSTRALIA 



australis, Zl. 

 South Africa. 



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