LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 339 



towards the tips. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a — c. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

 d, e. New Holland. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 



18. EUPROCTIS OBSOLETA. 



Mas et foem. Alba; palpi testacei, supra nigricantes ; antenna 

 ramis 7iigris ; pedes antici intus lutei. Mas. — Alee anticcE apice 

 subcinerece, macula postica nigra, subtus ad costam et apices 

 versus nigricantes. Foem. — Abdomen apice fusco dense lanu- 

 ginosum. 



Var. ft. Foem. Abdomen apud luteum. 



Var. y. Fcem. Testaceo-alba ; palpi supra fusci ; abdomen apicem 

 versus luteo dense pilosum, apice fusco hirtum. 



Bombyx obsoleta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1,463. Donov. JEpit. Ins. 



New Holl. pi. 

 Liparis obsoleta, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 218, 3. 



Male and female. White. Antenna? with black branches. 

 Fore legs more or less luteous on the inner side. Legs occasionally 

 streaked with black. Male. — Fore wings with an indistinct grayish 

 tint at the tips and with a black spot by the interior angle ; under 

 side blackish on the costa and about the tips. Fern. — Abdomen 

 clothed with luteous hairs on each side towards the tip, which 

 is thickly clothed beneath with brown lanuginose hairs. Length of 

 the body 4 — 7 lines ; of the wings 11 — 18 lines. 



Var. ft. Fern. Abdomen luteous at the tip. 



Fern. White, with a very slight testaceous tinge, which hardly 

 appears on the hind wings. Palpi brown above. Antennae black, 

 white above. Abdomen thickly clothed towards the tip with luteous 

 hairs, the tip with brown hairs. 



a — g. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 h. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by the Rev. Augustus Beaufort. 

 i,j. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 k, I. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 m % n. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

 o — q. Van Dieman's Laud. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 

 r. Sydney. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 

 5 — .t. New Holland. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 y. New Holland. Presented by Capt. Grey. 

 z. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



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