LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 795 



brown, incomplete. Fore wings acute, subfalcate, ochraceous at the 

 base, and with an ochraceous apical patch, which is slightly bordered 

 ;with brown on its inner side ; middle part with two large ochraceous 

 spots, which represent the orbicular and reniform marks, or almost 

 wholly pale ochraceous ; exterior border slightly undulating. Hind 

 wings broadly, but often incompletely pale ochraceous along the ex- 

 terior border ; this hue is brown bordered on the inner side ; a brown 

 discal spot, exterior border slightly flexuous. Male — Palpi not so 

 long as the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, about half 

 the length of the second. Antennae stout, pubescent, hardly serrated. 

 Female.— Palpi longer than the breadth of the head. Antennae 

 simple. Length of the body 5 — 6 lines; of the wings 12 — 14 

 lines. 



a — d. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

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

 /. — ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



New Zealand. 



48. SCOPULA? FLAVIDALIS. 



Mas et foem. Ochracea uui cervina, gracilis ; palpi rostriformes, 

 porreeti ant subincumbentes^ capitis latitudine paullo longiores, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; palpi maxillares valde distincti ; abdo- 

 men cinereum, segmentis albo marginatis ; ala? lineis interiore 

 et exteriore cinereis denticulatis subundulatis, punctis margin- 

 alibus nigris ; antic& acuta?, orbiculari et renifonni magms 

 cinereis, hac extus excavata, ilia oblonga ; posticus spatio lato 

 marginali cinereo, gutta discali nigricante. Mas. — Antenna 

 robusta, compressa?, subpubescentes. 



Margaritia flavidalis, Daubleday. DieffenbacKs New Zealand, i. 

 | 287, 125. 



Male and female. Ochraceous or fawn-colour, slender, pale 

 beneath. Palpi rostriform, porrect or slightly incumbent, a little 

 longer than the breadth of the head, white beneath ; third joint lan- 

 ceolate, shorter than the second. Maxillary palpi very distinct. 

 Abdomen cinereous ; hind borders of the segments white. Wings 

 moderately broad ; interior and exterior lines cinereous, denticulated, 

 slightly undulating; marginal points black. Fore wings acute; 

 orbicular and reniform marks large, cinereous, the former oblong, 

 the latter excavated on its outer side. Hind wings with a broad 



