﻿1134 CATALOGUE OF 



Apamea litigiosa, Boisd. Fauna Ent, Mad, Bomb, et Maur. 93, 1, 



pi. 16, f. 3. 

 Lophoptera litigiosa, Guen, Noct. iii. 55^ 1390. 



Madagascar. 



Australia. 



4. Lophoptera squammigera. 



Ferruginosa ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce fuscce^ vitta costali 

 lineis transversis angulosis plus minusve incompletis guttisque 

 marginalibus nigria, plaga elongata discali semihyalina ; pos- 

 ticce vitrece, margine latissimo nigro-cupreo, ciliis albidis. 



Lophoptera squammigera, Guen. Noct. iii. 55. 



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



Var. ? Fusca ; thorax nigro fascia tus ; abdomen cinereum ; alee 

 anticfB lineis transversis guttularibus lunulisque marginalibus 

 nigris, vitta costali alba, reniformi nigro marginata, plaga 

 discali elongata vitrea ; posticce vitrece, margine latissimo 

 cupreo -nigro, 



Var,P Brown. Thorax with black bands. Abdomen cinereous. 

 Fore wings with black transverse dotted lines, and with black margi- 

 nal lunules ; a white stripe extending from the base of the costa, 

 and slightly inclined towards the disk, ending by the reniform spot, 

 which is mostly bordered with black ; behind the latter there is an 

 elongated vitreous patch, which is more distinct than that of var, a. 

 Hind wings vitreous, with very broad cupreous-black borders. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Tasmania. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 8. AUDEA. 



Mas, Corpus robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi ascen- 

 dentes, breviusculi ; articulus 3us longi-conicus, brevissimus. An- 

 tennae fasciculato serratae, corporis dimidio longiores. Thorax 

 dense vestitus. Abdomen longiusculum, alas posticas paullo supe- 

 rans ; fasciculus apicalis parvus. Pedes validi ; antice densissime 

 pilosi ; tibiae posticae apice fasciculatae, calcaribus longis. Alae lon- 

 giusculae, vix latae ; anticae apud costam rectae, apice subangulalae, 

 margine exteriore vix convexo sat obliquo. 



