﻿LEPTDOPTERA HETEROCERl. 1737 



the length of the second, which is very pilose. Antennae stout. 

 Thorax with an indistinct brownish band in front. Abdomen 

 rather broad, a little paler than the thorax. Fore wing^s with a 

 black basal streak ; transverse lines black, double, undulating, very 

 indistinct ; a row of slight black streaks on the veins beyond the 

 exterior line ; orbicular and reniform rather paler than the ground- 

 colour of the wing, the former elliptical, the latter subquadrate, 

 with a whitish dot on its hind side ; marginal points blackish. 

 Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of the bpdy 

 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Churton's collection. 



XyLINA ? DECEPTURA. 



Fcem. Cinerea; 'palporum articulus 3us albidus linearis, 2i pilo- 

 sissimi dimidio longior ; abdomen subfiiscescens ; alee aniicce 

 lineis pallidis et nigricantibiis undulatis valde indisiinctis, 

 striga basali nigricante, orbiculari et reniformi indistinctis 

 nigricante et pailido marginatis ; posticce pallidiores subcenece, 

 fimbria albida. 



Female. Cinereous. Third joint of the palpi whitish, linear, 

 more than half the length of the second, which is very pilose. Ab- 

 domen with a slight brownish tinge. Fore wings with the lines 

 pale and blackish, undulating, very indistinct; a blackish basal 

 streak, accompanied by a smaller pale one ; orbicular and reniform 

 marks indistinct, with blackish and pale borders ; the former nar- 

 rower than that of the preceding species. Hind wings a little paler 

 than the fore wings, with a slight aeneous tinge; fringe whitish. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 15 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Churton's collection. 



Xylina provida. 



Mas. Pallide cinerea, subtus albida; palpi oblique ascendentes, 

 subangulatce pilosissimce ; articulus 3us apice subtumidus, 2i 

 dimidio longior ; antennce subcrenulatce breviusculcB, thorax 

 fascia antica angusta nigra ; abdomen alas posticas superans, 

 fasciculo apicali magno ; alee anticce lineis nigris denticulatis 

 incompletis, submarginali subobsoleta, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigris, orbiculari et reniformi, albo et nigro marginatis, hac 



7 L 



