LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1031 



QECOPHORA RETRACTELLA. 



C upreo -purpurea ; caput antice et corpus subtus argenteo-alba; 

 alcp anticce apice rotundatce, fascia obliqua latissima ante 

 media aurato-jiava ; posticce cuprece, angustce. 



Cupreous-purple. Head iu front, body beneath, palpi, antennae 

 and legs silvery white. Antennae much shorter than the fore wings. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a very broad oblique gilded 

 yellow band, which is very near the base. Hind wings cupreous, 

 narrow ; fringe very long. Length of the body 2 — 2\ lines ; of the 

 wings 6 — 7 lines. 



a, 6. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Biggies' collection. 



CECOPHORA ACUTELLA. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba ; caput et thorax aurato-flava ; palpi capitis 

 latitudine multo longiores ; abdomen alas posiicas longe su- 

 perans ; aim anticce acuta, vittis duabus auratis, la maculam 

 strigasque duas emittente, 2o lineolam album includente ; pos- 

 ticus ceneo-cinerea?. 



Female. Silvery white. Head and thorax gilded yellow. 

 Palpi smooth, much longer than twice the breadth of the head ; third 

 joint very slender, shorter than the second. Abdomen extending 

 much beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae fringed. Wings mode- 

 rately broad. Fore wings acute, with two gilded stripes, which are 

 connected at the base ; first stripe near the costa, emitting a spot 

 and two exterior streaks from its hind side; first streak acutely 

 angular inward ; second oblique; second stripe including a short 

 white line uear its base ; exterior border straight, very oblique. 

 Hind wings aeueous-cinereous. Length ol the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 10 lines. 

 a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



CECOPHORA CONTENTELLA. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba; caput pallide ochraceum ; palpi capitis 

 latitudine duplo longiores, arliculo 2o basi nigricante ; thorax 

 cupreo fasciatus ; abdomen cupreum ; alee anticce subacute?, 

 fasciis quatuor lineaque marginali cupreis ; posticce cuprece. 



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