?98 CATALOGUE OF LEPIDOPTERA HETEROOERA. 



Male. Purplish cinereous, slender, white beneath, like S. 

 Plangonalis in structure. Palpi porrect, long, not broad, very acute, 

 white beneath towards the base ; third joint concealed by the hairs. 

 Maxillary palpi distinct, ascending. Antennae stout, compressed, 

 hardly pubescent. Abdomen whitish cinereous, extending some- 

 what beyond the hind wings, reddish at the tip. Fore tibiae red, 

 short ; middle tibiae somewhat dilated. Wings moderately broad. 

 Fore wings rounded at the tips ; interior and exterior lines brown ; 

 interior line undulating, with a red spot on its interior side in front ; 

 exterior line oblique, lunulate, its inner side bordered with yellow 

 in the middle and with hyaline white in front; a triangular whitish 

 costal spot, which is white and hyaline hindward, and two exterior 

 costal whitish dots ; exterior border dilated in the middle. Hind 

 wings whitish cinereous, brownish along the exterior border and 

 with an indistinct brownish exterior line. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by the Rev. W. Colenso. 



b. New Zealand. From Major Parry's collection. 



53. Scopula Ceinisalts. 



Mas et foem. Lutea, gracilis, subtus alba ; palpi cervini, por- 

 recti, acutii articulo So parvo ; abdomen cinereum ; alee 

 anticce subacutce, lineis interiore et exteriore denticulatis, hac 

 Jlexa, orbiculari punctiformi, reniformi lunulata ; posticce 

 albida?, margine exteriore testaceo. Mas. — Abdomen alas 

 posticas sat superans. 



Male and female. Luteous, slender, white beneath. Palpi 

 fawn-colour, porrect, acute, not long nor broad, white beneath; 

 third joint minute. Maxillary palpi slender, distinct. Abdo- 

 men cinereous. Fore wings slightly acute ; interior and exte- 

 rior lines denticulated, a little darker than the ground-colour, the 

 latter bent ; punctiform orbicular" mark and lunulate reniform mark 

 like the lines in hue. Hind wings whitish, testaceous along the ex- 

 terior border. Male. — Antennae smooth. Abdomen extending 

 rather beyond the hind wings. Length of the body 3^—4 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



a. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



6, c. ? 



Printed by Edward Newman, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate Street. 





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