﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. J 65 I 



calibus nigris atteniiatis strigisque obliquis costalibus nigris 

 magis determinatis^ punctis marginalibus nigris indistinctis^ 

 tuberculis duobus discalibus ; posticce apud ynarginem ex- 

 terior em vix obscuriores. 



Male. Slaty, whitish cinereous heneath. Thorax with two 

 slender hrown bands. Abdomen and hind wings whitish cinereous. 

 Fore wings with a few slender irregular black streaks in the disk, 

 and with oblique more decided black streaks along the costa ; mar- 

 ginal points black, indistinct ; two tubercles on the fore part of the 

 disk. Hind wings hardly darker along the exterior border. Length 

 of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection. 



Genus BOKBOTANA. 



Mas. Corpus sat validum, sublanuginosum. Caput bifasci- 

 culatum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi bre\^es, porrecti, pubescentes ; 

 articulus 3us longi-conicus,brevissimus. Antennae setaceae, corporis 

 dimidio longiores, dimidio basali dense crenulato. Abdomen alas 

 posticas vix superans, apice fasciculatum, fasciculis duabus late- 

 ralibus subapicalibus ; pedes robusti, pubescentes ; tibiae posticae 

 calcaribus longis&imis. Alae mediocres ; anticae costae dimidio 

 basali subconvexo, apice rectangulatae, margine exteriore vix 

 oblique. 



Male. Body rather stout, somewhat lanuginose. Head with 

 two tufts between the antennae. Proboscis short. Palpi short, 

 porrect, pubescent; third joint elongate-conical, about one-fourth of 

 the length of the second. Antennse setaceous, thickly crenulate to 

 more than half their length, more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind wings, with a 

 diverging tuft on each side towards the tip, and with an apical tuft. 

 Legs stout, pubescent ; hind tibiae with very long spurs. Wings 

 moderately broad. Fore wings very slightly convex along the costa 

 for less than half the length from the base; tips almost rectangular ; 

 exterior border hardly oblique. 



1. BOBBOTANA NIVTFASCTA. 



Mas. Ferruginea, albido-cinereo varia ; alee anticce ferrugineo- 

 fusccB, iesiaceo extus subconspersce, fasciis duabus niveis non 

 obliquis^ una interiore angulata, altera exteriore informi 



