998 CATALOGUE OF 



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OfiOSANA ? CARPOCAPSELLA. 



Fcem. Schistacea; palpi verticem non superantes ; antenna gra- 

 ciles ; aim antica apice rotundata, strigis transversis fuscis 

 integris et interruptis, spatio exteriore subcupreo, punctis tribus 

 marginalibus atris cupreo marginatis ; postica lutece, cupreo 

 late marginatum. 



Female. Slaty cinereous, stout, smooth. Palpi smooth, erect, 

 not rising higher than the vertex; second joint curved ; third straight, 

 lanceolate, snorter than the second. Antennse slender. Fore winirs 

 rounded at the tips, with several brown transverse streaks, which are 

 interrupted towards the base, but are complete in the exterior part, 

 and form the ground hue along the exterior border ; exterior cine- 

 reous part and fringe tinged with cupreous ; three deep black 

 cupreous-bordered points along the hind part of the exterior border, 

 Hind wings luteous, with a very broad dark cupreous border, which 

 is excavated on the inner side; fringe partly luteous. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



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



Orosana? percussana. 



Mas. Cupreo-nigricans ; alee antica? apice s ub rotunda t&, lineis 

 transversis cinereis ex parte chalybais, strigis sub marginalibus 

 cinereis minimis, guttis marginalibus atris ex parte chalybao 

 marginatis ; posticus fimbria pallide cinerea. 



Male. Cupreous-blackish. Body cinereous beneath. Palpi 

 erect, smooth, slender, hardly rising higher than the vertex ; second 

 joint slightly curved ; third lanceolate, a little shorter than the 

 second. Antennae rather long and stout, minutely setulose and 

 pubescent. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; some trans- 

 verse cinereous lines, a few of which are chalybeous hindward ; disk 

 near the exterior border with extremely minute longitudinal cinereous 

 streaks ; marginal dots deep black, parily chalybeous-bordered ; 

 exterior border slightly convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings 

 with a pale cinereous fringe. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



