466 CATALOGUE 01?* 



5. Lepyrodes peritalis. 



Poem* L. lepidali simillima, cervina ; abdominis tegmenta albo 

 marginata ; alee fimbria alba lineam fusee scent.em inteyram 

 includenle ; antica fasciis tribus intersectis albo-vitreis, 3a 

 brevissima, linea exteriore e punctis albis ; postica? vitrei, 

 fasciis duabus fuscescentibus, puncto interior e lineaque sub'- 

 marginali fuscis. 



Female* Very nearly allied to L. lepidalis, but apparently dis- 

 tinct. Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Abdominal segments with 

 white hind borders. Wings with a white fringe which has a 

 brownish line, the latter not interrupted as in L. lepidalis. Fore 

 wings with three irregular intersected vitreous white bands ; third 

 band very short, consisting of two streaks, beyond which there is a 

 line composed of white points. Hind wings much like those 

 of L. lepidalis. Length of the body 2£ — 3 lines ; of the wings 

 6—7 lines. 



a. Ceylon. Presented by E. Templeton, Esq. 

 6. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Australia. 



6. LePYRODES ? IOLEALIS. 



Mas et fcem. Cinereo*fusca ; oculi albo cincti ; palpi porrecti ; 

 articulus 3us longi^conicus, 2i dimidio lonyior ; antenna 

 medio cres ; abdominis segmenta albo marginata; alee fasciis 

 tribus obliquis vagis albis semihyalinis e maculis variis ex 

 parte confluentibus, margine exteriore nigricante ; anticce sub- 

 falcata, 



Male and female. Cinereous-brown, white beneath. Head 

 white about the eyes. Palpi porrect, not longer than the breadth of 

 the head ; third joint elongate-conical, acute, more than half 

 the length of the second. Antennae moderately long. Abdomen 

 extending for nearly half its length beyond the hind wings in the 

 male, shorter in the female ; hind borders of the segments white. 

 Wings with three oblique very irregular white semihyaline bands, 

 which are composed of various partly confluent spots ; exterior bor- 

 der blackish ; fringe brownish, white at the base. Fore wings sub- 

 falcate. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



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



c. Australia. From M. Darnel VuoHection. 



