LEPIDOPTERA H F.TEUOCEEA. 855 



Bombyx vitulina, Donov. Epit. Ins. New Holl. pi. 



Liparis vitulina, Boisd. Voy. cle V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lip. 217, 1. 



White. Head slightly testaceous on each side. Palpi testa- 

 ceous, brown towards the tips. Antenna; brown, with ferruginous 

 branches. Thorax with an oblique brown streak on each side, and 

 with an hindward broad brown stripe; hind part brown. Abdomen 

 brown, white at the tip, partly white on each side. Legs brown ; 

 tarsi with testaceous bands; anterior tibia; with a testaceous band ; 

 tibia; thickly clothed with white hairs. Fore wings partly shaded 

 with brown, with a brown spot at the base, a brown ocellus in the 

 disk, and with three brown bands ; the two outermost zigzag. Hind 

 wings brown, with a whitish oblique discal band. Cilia of the four 

 wings alternately brown and white. Length of the body 8 — 11 

 lines; of the wings 18 — 26 lines. 



a, b. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. New Holland. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



d, e. New Holland. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 /, g. New Holland. 



Genus 49. SINAGA. 



Mas. Corpus robustum, pilosum. Proboscis obsoleta ? Palpi 

 porrecti, dense pilosi, caput paullo superantes ; articulus lus brevis; 

 3us parvus, conicus. Antenna? subpectinatae, thorace non longiores. 

 Abdomen alas non superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae calcari- 

 bus apicalibus exiguis. Alae sat lata? ; antics apud costam margi- 

 nemque exteriorem subrectae, apice subangulatae. 



Male. Body stout, pilose. Proboscis obsolete ? Palpi densely 

 pilose, porrect, extending somewhat beyond the head ; first joint short ; 

 third small, conical. Antennae slightly pectinated, not longer than 

 the thorax. Abdomen not extending beyond the thorax. Legs 

 stout; hind tibiae with minute apical spurs. Wings moderately 

 broad. Fore wings nearly straight in front, slightly angular at the 

 tips, oblique and nearly straight along the exterior border ; interior 

 angle rounded ; second inferior vein much further from the third 

 than from the first; third much further from the fourth than from 

 the second. 



1. SiNAGA SUBFASCIATA. 



Mas, Cervina ; caput supra et thorax antice alba ; palpi snbtus 

 e.t apice albi ; antennce nigra ; pedes nigri, albo hirti, tarsis 

 nigro-cinctis ; alee anticce fasciis tribus obliquis albis ; posticcc 

 fascia albida. 



