﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1177 



it ceases; a black streak along the interior border. Length of the 

 body 8 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



a, Moreton Bay. From Mr. Biggie's collection. 



Nr Oceania. 



11. Hypocala velans. 



PiceO'fusca^ suhtus sordide testacea ; abdomen sordide testaceum, 

 fasciis latis piceo-fuscis ; alec anticce nigro subconsperscB, fas- 

 ciis duabus interioribus indisiinctis lumdisque marginalibus 

 nigris, reniformi subtestaceo inclusa, linea submarginali albida 

 undulata incompleta ; posticcB cupreo-fuscce ; strigis duabus, 

 litura discali margineque interiore testaceis. 



Piceous-brown, dingy testaceous beneath. Abdomen dingy 

 testaceous, with a broad piceous brown band on each segment. 

 Fore wings slightly sprinkled with black, with two irregular indis- 

 tinct interior black bands ; space about the reniform spot mostly 

 dingy testaceous ; submarginal line whitish, undulating, incom- 

 plete; marginal lunules black, much elongated. Hind wings 

 cupreous-brown, with two streaks proceeding from the base, a 

 curved discal mark and the interior border testaceous ; ciliae paler. 

 Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Sandwich Islands. (Capt. Beechey's Voyage). Presented by the 

 Lords of the Admiralty. 



Fam. 3. CATOCALID^. 



Statura magna aut mediocris. Corpus robustum. Proboscis 

 robusta, sat lunga aut mediocris. Palpi oblique, ascendentes, vix 

 elongati, articulis distinctis, 3o sat longo aut brevissimo. Autennag 

 longae, simplices. Tborax cristatus, dense pilosus. Abdomen 

 longum, conicum, dorso villoso. Pedes validi, poslici calcaribus 

 longis. Alae amplae, denticulatae; anticae plus minusve cinereae et 

 nebulosae, lineis transversis fasciisque distinctis ; posticse saepissime 

 roseaa aut luteae, fascia margineque nigris. 



Catocalidse, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 167. Dap, Guen, I^oct, iii. 79. 



Size large or moderate. Body robust. Proboscis stout, rather 

 long, or of moderate length. Palpi obliquely ascending, hardly 



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