lepidoptera heterocera. 851 



7. Teara rotundata. 



Mas. Albida ; capitis latera antica nigra ; palpi nigri ; antennce 

 ramis fulvis ; abdomen supra fulvum ; femora tibiceque an- 

 tica intus nigra, tarsi antici nigro fasciati ; alee anticce fasciis 

 duabus duplicatis angulosis subinterruptis nigris ; posticce 

 cinerece, apud discum albidce, albo ciliatce. 



Male. Whitish. Head black on each side in front. Palpi 

 black. Antennae with tawny branches. Abdomen tawny above. 

 Fore femora and fore tibiae black on the inner side; fore tarsi with 

 black bands. Fore wings w T ith some black marks at the base, aud 

 with two irregular angular double almost interrupted black bands, 

 one at one-third of the length, the other at a little beyond two- 

 thirds; under side with a black discal dot. Hind wings gray, 

 whitish in the disk, and with a white fringe. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by — Walcott, Esq. 



8. Teara easciata. 



Foem. Alba ; caput supra fuscescens ; palpi fusci, basi testacei ; 

 antennce testacece ; thorax fasciis duabus angustis fuscis ; pec- 

 tus testaceum ; abdomen fascia latissima nigra ; pedes fusci, 

 tarsis ftavis fusco fasciatis ; ala anticce fuscce, apices versus 

 albce ; posticce fuscce, albo ciliatce. 



Female. — White. Head brownish above. Palpi brown, testa- 

 ceous towards the base. Antennae testaceous. Thorax with two 

 slender brown bands, partly clothed with testaceous hairs. Pectus 

 testaceous. Abdomen with a very broad band, which is deep black 

 above, brown beneath. Legs mostly brown ; tarsi yellow, with 

 brown bands. Fore wings brown, white above for more than one- 

 third of the length from the tips, and for about oue-third of the 

 breadth from the interior border; fringe with brown spots. Hind 

 wings brown, with a white fringe. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 18 lines. 



jSew South Wales. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



9. Teara variegata. 



Alba; palpi nigri, apice albi ; antennce testacece; thorax fuscus, 

 rufo albouue varius, antice alb us ; abdomen supra luteum fas- 

 ciis interriiptis nigris ; alee anticce maculis nonnullis discalibus 

 rufis ; posticce pallide fuscce fasciis media arcuata obscuriore. 

 Mas. — Alee anticce fasciis nonnullis macularibus fuscis, 

 Foem. — Alee anticce fusca maculis variis albis. 



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