﻿LKPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1855 



, Genus NIGUZA. 



Mas et fam. Corpus sat gvacile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi 

 iscendentes, sat graciles, vix pilosi ; articulus 3us conicus, brevissi- 

 Tius. Antennae graciles, corporis dimidio v;)lde b)ngiores. Abdo- 

 nen conicum, abis posiicas non superans. Pedes loogiusciili ; sat 

 rraciJes, subnudi ; tibiag posticae calcarilnis longis. Alae amplae; 

 mticae apud costani rectae, a pice subrouind itT, niar^^ine exteriore 

 ;ubconvexo sat obliquo. Mas. — Antennae serrata?. Fcem. — Anten- 

 lae simplices. 



Male and femile. Body ratber slender. Proboscis sbort. 

 Palpi ascen<iing, raiher slender, baidly pilose; tbird joint conical, 

 not more iban one fonrtb of tbe len^ii» of tbe second. Antennse 

 slender, njuclj more tban half tlie lenL'lb of the body. Abdomen 

 Donical, not extending beyond the hind wings. Legs rather long 

 and slender, almost bare ; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings 

 ample Fore wings straight along the cosuj, slightly ronnded at the 

 tips, slightly convex and rather oblique ahmg the exterior border. 

 Male. — Antennae serrated. Female. — Antennae simple. 



1. NiGUZA SPIRAMIOIDES. 



r Mas et foem. Pallide cervina ; alee lineis duabvs nigricantibtts, 

 \a subrecta, Qa arcwita^ lineis dtia submarglnalibus nic/yis, 

 ]a diffusa subdentivulata indistincta^ 2a denticulata bene 

 deierminata ; anticce ocello discali magno nigra pupilla, 

 albo. 



Male and female. Pale fawn-colour. Wings with two black- 

 ish lines ; first line nearly straigbt, abbreviated at each end in the 

 liind wings ; second curved, especially in the fore wings : two sub- 

 imarginal black lines; the first diffase, slightly denticulaied, not 

 distinct; the second very distinct, regularly denticulated; marginal 

 line undulating; under side with two black spots and with an inter- 

 mediate brown line. Fore wings with a large black white-pointed 

 ocellus between tbe first and second lines. Hind winos with a 

 black spot beneath by the interior angle. Length of the body 

 7 — 8 lines; of the wings 18 — '20 lines, 

 a.— d. North Australia, Gregory's Expedition. Presented by J. K. 



Elsey, Esq. 



