LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. ?J. 



third joint very minute, concealed by the hairs. Antenna? squamous 

 Thorax brown on each side in front. Abdomen extending raihi 

 beyond the hind wings; hind borders of the segments brown ai 

 white; tip brown, with two white stripes. Legs smooth; anteri 

 femora striped with brown ; fore tibiae brown, tufted. Wings modi 

 rately broad ; exterior and submarginal lines brown, straight, oblique, 

 the latter diffuse ; marginal line brown; fringe whitish, interlined 

 with brown. Fore wings acute, with an upright interior brown line ; 

 costa brown, with an iridescent tuft before the middle. Hind winj. 

 with the exterior and submarginal lines abbreviated hindward ; int( 

 rior line nearly obsolete. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 8 lines. 



a — c. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 

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



310. BOTYS PlASUSALIS. 



Mas. Testaceo-alba, gracilis ; palpi fusci, ascendentes, arcua 

 lati, breves, subtus basi albi, articulo So brevissimo ; antennce 

 breviusculce ; thoracis latera aniica fuscescentia; abdomen 

 alas posticas longe superans ; alee elongates, linea extern 

 purpurea valde undulata extus albido diffuse, marginata ; 

 antica acutce, linea interiore et costa basali purpureis, orbicu- 

 lari punctiformi, reniformi lunulata. 



Male. Testaceous-white, slender, shining while beneat. 

 Palpi brown, ascending, curved, broad, short, white beneath towar 

 the base ; third joint extremely minute. Antennae rather short. 

 Thorax brownish on each side in front. Abdomen extending far 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender ; fore tibiae brown 

 towards the tips. Wings elongate, slightly cinereous towards the 

 exterior border ; exterior line purple, very undulating, diffused:, 

 bordered with whitish on the outer side. Fore wings acute; in 

 rior line and the costa from thence to the base purple ; punctifor » 

 orbicular mark and lunulate reniform mark purple. Length of the 

 body 7 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



311. Botys Pharaxalis. 



Fcem. Fusca, gracilis, subtus albida ; palpi porrecti, brer 

 lati, subtus nivei ,• palpi maxillares distincti ; pectus am 



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