1420 CATALOGUE OF 



Ferruginous. Head hoary in front. Palpi hoary above, dark 

 ferruginous beneath. Antennae whitish. Abdomen and hind wings 

 reddish. Tarsi blackish ; joints with white tips. Wings with 

 a white-bordered fringe. Fore wings with two very slender oblique 

 pale bands, with an intermediate discal spot, and with an exterior 

 band of blackish dots. Male. — Fore wings with a white discal 

 spot, with a larger hinder whitish mark, hoary towards the exterior 

 border. Female. — Fore wings with a brown discal spot, mostly 

 somewhat testaceous. Length of the body 9 — 12 lines ; of the 

 wings 18—28 lines. 



Var. /3, Fcem. Rufo-cervina ; caput supra albidum ; palpi supra 

 albidi, lateribus nigrieantibus ; antenna alba, ramis fulvis ,- 

 abdomen pallide cervinum ; tibia apices versus nigra ; tarsi 

 nigri, albo cincti ; ala antica fasciis duabus obliquis subun- 

 dulosis guttaque discali intermedia albidis, fasciaque exteriore 

 e guttis nigrieantibus. 



Female. Reddish fawn-colour. Head whitish above. Palpi 

 whitish above, with a black stripe along each outer side. Antenna? 

 white, with tawny branches. Abdomen pale fawn-colour. Tibiae 

 with some white hairs, black towards the tips, which are white. 

 Tarsi black, with white bands. Wings with white-bordered cilia?. 

 Fore wings with two slender oblique slightly undulating whitish 

 bands, with a whitish intermediate discal mark, and with an 

 irregular exterior band composed of blackish dots. Length of 

 the body 12 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 



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



e — g. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



h. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



3. OPSIRHINA NASUTA. 



Mas. Rufo-ferrugineus ; abdomen apice testaceum ; ala antica 

 fasciis nonnullis subobsoletis angulosis obscurioribus guttaque 

 discali fusca. 



Bombyx nasuta, Lewin, Prodr. Ent. 6, pi. 5. 



Lasiocampa nasuta, Boisd. Voy. de I Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 228. 



Male. Reddish ferruginous. Palpi extending far beyond the 

 head. Antennae testaceous. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. Fore 

 wings with some very indistinct slender zigzag darker bands, which 

 cease at three-fourths of the length from the base, and with a brown 

 discal dot. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



