﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEIJA. 1315 



part, which is bright rose-colour. Length of the body 12 — 14 lines ; 

 of the wings 36 — 40 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by His Excellency Sir G. Grev. 



b. ? 



Genus 10. BEREGRA. 



Corpus valde robustum. Proboscis valida, mediocris. Palpi 

 erecti ; articulus 2us validus, pilosus, vix aicuatus ; 3us subclava- 

 tus. Antenna siinplices, validtiC, corporis diinidio valde longiores. 

 Abdomen basi supra dense vestitum. Pedes pilosi, sat validi ; tibiae 

 posticae calcaribus lougis. Alag validee, raediocres ; anticas apud 

 costam rectas, apice rotundatoe, mavgine exteriore obliquo vix den- 

 ticulato. Mas. — Palporum articulus Susbrevis. Fcem. Palporum 

 articulus 3us 2i dimidio longior. 



Body very stout. Proboscis stout, moderately lonn;. Palpi 

 vertical; second joint stout, pilose, hardly curved; third subcla- 

 vate. Antenna? simple, siout, much mure than half the length of 

 the body. Abdomen tiiickly clothed above towards the base. Legs 

 pilose, rather stout; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings stout, mo- 

 derately broad. Fore wini^s straight along the costa, rounded 

 at the tips, moderately oblique and hardly denticulated along the 

 exterior border. Male. — Third joint of tiie palpi not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the second. Female. — Third joint of the 

 palpi more than half the length of the second. 



1. Behegea eeplenens. 



Albido'Cana, subtus cinerea ; thorax cervino fasciatus ; abdomen 

 supra cervinum ; al(S anticce ceneo-cervirKje^ extus albidce, fas- 

 ciis nonnullis undulatis fuscis, fascia submarginuli cervina 

 intus nigro marginata, ocello interiore subcostali ; posticce 

 obscure fuscce^ basi albidcc^ fascia media undulata alba fusco 

 interlineata, fascia brevi exteriore nigra cyaneo interlineata, 

 fascia submarginali abbreviata margineque albidis. 



Whitish hoary, cinereous beneath. Thorax with fawn-coloured 

 bands. Abdomen mostly fawn-coloured above. Fore wings some- 

 what fawn-colour, with a slight aeneous tinge, with some undu- 

 lating brown bands, and with white speckles, which are most 

 numerous towards the exterior border, the latter being almost 

 wholly white ; submarginal band fawn-colour, bordered with black 

 on the inner side, indistinct hind ward ; an oblong ocellus near the 



