﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEEOCERA. 1111 



1. Crioa ACRONYCTOIDES. 



Fcem. Cana ; palpi nigra notati ; aniennce fulvcB; thorax nigra 

 conspersus ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticcs nigra conspersce 

 et nebuloscE, lineis duabus angulosis, strigis submarginalibus 

 lunulisque marginalibus nigris, reniformi nigra exlus exca- 

 vata ; posticce pallide cinerece, margine lato fusco. 



Female. Hoary. Palpi marked with black. AnteniiaB tawny. 

 Thorax speckled with black. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings 

 speckled and partly clouded with black, with two zigzag and very 

 irregular deep black lines; reniform spot black, much excavated on 

 the outer side ; a row of deep black submarginal streaks between 

 the veins; marginal lunules deep black. Hind wings pale cine- 

 reous, with broad brown borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



Genus 24. THEIA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Caput sat magnum. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi breviusculi, sat validi, oblique ascendentes ; arti- 

 culus 3us clavatus, 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae subcrenulatse, 

 corporis dimidio paullo breviores. Thorax crassus. Abdomen lan- 

 ceolatum, alas posticas paullo superans, fasciculo longiusculo api- 

 cali. Pedes validi, pilis longis vestiti; tibiae posticae calcaribus 

 longissimis. Alae latiusculae, subdenticulatae ; antics apud costam 

 rectae, angulo apicali subrotundato, margine exteviore sat obliquo. 



Male, Body stout. Head rather large. Proboscis moderately 

 long. Palpi rather short and stout, obliquely ascending ; third 

 joint clavate, about half the length of the second. AntennaB very 

 minutely crenulate, a little less than half the length of the body. 

 Thorax very stout. Abdomen lanceolate, extending a little beyond 

 the hind wings, with rather long apical tufts. Legs stout, clothed 

 with long hairs ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings rather 

 broad, slightly denticulated. Fore wings straight along the costa, 

 with the apical angle somewhat rounded ; exterior border rather 

 oblique. 



