LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1421 



i. Australia. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 

 >— i. Van Dieman's Laud. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 .'— o. Australia. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 ?. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by tbe Rev. Augustus Beaufort. 

 j. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood's collection. 

 \ Adelaide. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 

 ?. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

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

 *A Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 f, w. Van Dieman's Land, 

 c. Australia. 



4. Opsirhina nana. 



Mas. Ferrugineo-rufa ; palpi caput longe super antes, articulo So 

 elongate* ; antenna testacecs ramis nigricantibus ; ala posticce 

 fascia indeterminata nigricantc. 



Male. Ferruginous-red. Palpi extending far beyond the 

 bead ; third joint elongated. Antennae testaceous, with blackish 

 branches. Hind wings with an imperfect blackish band. Length 

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



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



Genus 10. POLYMONA. 



Fcem, Corpus robustum. Proboscis non conspicua. Palpi 

 porrecti, acurninati, caput sat longe superantes. Antennae thorace 

 breviores, mediocriter peetinatae, basim versus late peetinatae. Ab- 

 domen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus duobus apicalibus minimis. Alae mediocriter peetinatae, 

 margine exteriore denticulate ; anticae apud costam subrectae, mar- 

 gine exteriore mediocriter obliquo antice hamato. 



Female. Body stout. Proboscis not visible. Palpi stout, 

 porrect, acuminated, extending rather far beyond the head. An- 

 tenna? shorter than the thorax, moderately pectinated, rather deeply 

 so towards the base. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with two very minute apical spurs. 

 tWings moderately broad, denticulated along the exterior border. 

 jFore wings straight in front till near the tips, where they arc 

 ;slightly rounded, hooked before the middle of the exterior border, 

 which is moderately oblique ; second inferior vein full four times 



urther from the third than from the first ; third very remote from 



he second and from the fourth. 



