792 CATALOGUE OP 



Australia. 



42. SCOPULA DlCEALIS. 



Fcem. Testacea, gracilis; palpi cervini, por recti, sat graciles, 

 subtus albi, articulo So longi-conico ; palpi maxillares distincti; 

 alee latiusculce, lineis interiore et exteriore nigricantibus denti" 

 culatis subundulatis, punctis marginalibus nigris ; anticce 

 acutce, subfalcatce, linea exteriore flexa, orbiculari et reniformi 

 nigricante marginatis, ilia oblonga ; posticce pallidiores, apud 

 marginem exteriorem obscuriores, gutta discali nigricante. 



Female. Testaceous, slender, white beneath. Palpi fawn- 

 colour, porrect, rather slender, a little longer than the breadth of the 

 head, white beneath ; third joint elongate-conical, about one-third 

 of the length of the second. Maxillary palpi distinct. Antennae 

 slender. Wings rather broad, not long ; interior and exterior lines 

 blackish, denticulated, slightly undulating; marginal points black. 

 Fore wings acute, almost falcate ; exterior line bent ; orbicular and 

 reniform marks void, with blackish borders, the former oblong, the 

 latter of the normal shape. Hind wings paler than the fore wings, 

 except towards the exterior border, with a blackish discal dot. Length 

 of the body 4 ? lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



43. Scopula Massalis. 



Mas. Rufescente-cervina, gracilis, subtus alba ; palpi porrecti, 

 articulo So parvo conico acuto ,• antennae sat robusta? ; abdomen 

 alas posticas non superans ; alee sat angustce, fimbria albida 

 inter lineata ; anticce valde acuta, linea exteriore nigricante 

 perobliqua intus valde diffusa extus albido marginata, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris, striga discali interrupta albida ; posticce 

 cinerece. 



Male. Reddish fawn-colour, slender, white beneath. Front 

 prominent. Palpi porrect, not long, moderately broad ; third joint 

 small, conical, acute. Antennae rather stout. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings. Wings rather narrow ; fringe white, 

 interlined with cinereous. Fore wings very acute, with a very 

 oblique blackish exterior line, which is very diffuse on the inner 

 side and is bordered with whitish on the outer side ; marginal lunules 

 black ; a whitish interrupted streak extending from the base to beyond 



