276 CATALOGUE OF 



Perigea tonsa, Guen. Noct. i. 232, 376. 

 Australia. 



22. Perigea albinasus. 



Foem. Rufo-fusca, cinereo varia ; caput antice album; palpi 

 albi ; thorax lineis transversis albidis ; abdomen pallide cine- 

 renm ; pedes albido fasciati ; alee anticce lineis transversis 

 cinereis, una exteriore duabusque submarginalibus, maculis 

 reniformi et orbiculari obscurioribus ex parte cinereo margi- 

 natis ; posticce fuscescentes, basi cinereo?, ciliis albidis. 



Female. Reddish-brown, mingled with cinereous. Head white 

 in front. Palpi mostly white. Thorax with whitish transverse 

 lines. Abdomen pale cinereous. Legs with whitish bands. Fore 

 wings with one exterior and two submarginal cinereous transverse 

 lines ; reniform and orbicular spots rather darker than the wing 

 elsewhere ; their borders partly cinereous. Hind wings brownish, 

 cinereous towards the base ; cilise whitish. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



Country unknown. 

 23. Perigea decens. 

 Rufescens ; abdomen cincrcnm, subcristatum ; ala anticce albo 

 punctata, cotta margineque exteriore albo guttatis, macula 

 orbiculari subobsoleta, reniformi albo notata, testaceo margi- 

 nata, tinea transversa exteriore angulosa incompleta testacea ; 

 posticce pallide cinerea 9 marginibus fuscescentibus, ciliis 

 a/ hi (lis. 



Reddish. Abdomen cinereous, slightly crested. Fore winps 

 with a white point; costa and exterior border with white dots; or- 

 bicular spot almost obsolete ; a white mark on the reniform spot, 

 which lias a testaceous border; an incomplete exterior zigzag 

 transverse testaceous line. Hind win^s pale cinereous, with 



brownish borders; cilia? whitish. Length of the body 5 6 lines ; 



of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a—c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



