LF.PIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1119 



1. Pelora Oxlei. 



Mas. Obscure fusca ; caput supra rufescens, flavo bimaculatum ; 

 palpi rufescentes ; thorax maculis sex rufescentzbus ; abdomen 

 fascia basalt rufescente, apice Icete flavo ; pedes ex parte flavo 

 pilosi ; alee subcinerece, semihyalinai, maryinibus obscure fus- 

 cis, 



Male. Dark brown. Head above and palpi reddish ; a pale 

 yellow spot on each side by the antennae. Thorax with three red- 

 dish spots on each side. Abdomen with a reddish band near the 

 base, bright pale yellow at the tip. Legs partly clothed with pale 

 yellow hairs. Wings grayish, semihyaline, with dark brown bor- 

 ders. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10. lines. 



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



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



c. Sydney. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Foem. Rufo-fusca ; caput supra et thoracis discus ochraceo-fulva ; 

 pedes ex parte flavo-hirti ; abdomen nigricans, disco subtus 

 ochraceo fulvo ; alee anticce cano undulosee, margine exteriore 

 cano nitente ; postica? cinereee. 



Bombyx (Doratifera ?) Oxlei, Newman, Zoologist, ccxi. 



Female. Reddish brown. Head above and disk of the thorax 

 orange-tawny. Legs partly clothed wilh pale yellow hairs. Abdo- 

 men blackish ; disk beneath orange-tawny. Fore wings with hoary 

 undulations, wholly hoary and shining along the exterior border. 

 Hind wings gray, with a hoary fringe. Length of the body 7 lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. New Holland. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



2. Pelora pinguis. 



Fcem. Albido-cervina, incrassata, pilosissima ; abdomen lanugine 

 nigra dense vestitum ; pedes pallide fusci, tibia anteriores fas- 

 ciis argenteis ; alee anticce fasciis duabus obliquis incompletis 

 cervinis. 



Female. Whitish fawn-colour. Body short, hairy, very stout. 

 Palpi short, pilose; third joint minute, conical, acute. Antennae 



