LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. j J73 



8. Eriogaster INCOMPTA. 

 Mas. Sordide cervina ; abdomen testatum, alas postieas trieni, 

 superans ; ahe antic* fasciis duabus angnstis Miquii ttru 

 gisque exterioribus albido-testaceU guttaque discali intermedia 

 alba; postica aibido-testaeea?. 



Male. Dingy fawn-colour. Abdomen more testaceous, ex- 

 tending for one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Fore 

 wings slightly flecked with brown, adorned with a white discal dot 

 between two slender oblique whitish testaceous hands; some indis- 

 tinct whitish testaceous streaks forming an interrupted band towards 

 the exterior border. Hind wings whitish testaceous. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Australia. 



Group I. 



Foem. Corpus sat robustum. Palpi pilosi, brevissimi. An- 

 tenna? vix pectinatae, thorace paullo longiores. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticus paullo superans, apice sublanuginosum Pedes breves, graciles. 

 Ala? anticae apice subacumiuata?, margine exteriore perobliquo, 

 areola discali aperta. 



Female. Body moderately stout. Palpi pilose, very short. 

 Antennae hardly pectinated, a little longer than the thorax. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings, slightly lanuginose 

 at the tip. Legs short, slender. Fore wings slightly acuminated, 

 •extremely oblique along the exterior border ; discal areolet open ; 

 first and second inferior veins contiguous at the base ; third very 

 remote. 



Tbe following species differs from the typical form of Eriogas- 

 ter, and seems to be nearly allied to the Saturniidce. 



9. Eriogaster? simplex. 



Foem. Cervina; antenna testacea? ; aim cinerascentes, ant'ua 

 fasciis subobsoletis obscurioribus, postiea pallidiores. 

 Female. Fawn-colour. Antennae testaceous. Wings grayish. 

 Fore wiugs with two or three straight darker oblique very indistinct 

 bands. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 U. Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



