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21. DlANTHiECIA RUPTILINEA. 



Vinerea, nigro conspersa ; alee anticce lituris nonnullis costalibus 

 lineisque incomplete angulosis nigris, macuhs discalibus 

 nigricantibus albido marginatis, orbiculari albido lineata, 

 maculis duabus exterioribus nigricantibus, hnea submargi- 

 nali angulosa albida, lunulis marginalibus nigris albido mar- 

 ginatis ; posticce alba, lunulis marginalibus nigris. 

 Cinereous. Thorax and fore wings sprinkled with black. 

 Third joint of the palpi less than one-fourth of the length ot the 

 second. Antenna simple. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the 

 hind wings. Hind tibise with long spurs. Fore wings entire and 

 moderately oblique along the exterior border, with some black cos- 

 tal marks* and some incomplete zigzag black lines ; discai spots 

 blackish with whitish borders; orbicular divided by a whitish line ; 

 two blackish spots between the reniform and the zigzag whitish 

 submarginal line ; a row of black marginal lunules, with whitish 

 borders. Hind wings white, with minute black marginal lunules. 

 Length of the body 6 lines : of the wings 14 lines. 

 a, b. Port Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



Australia. 

 22. DianthjECIa?? intekfebens. 

 Ferruginea; palpi ex parte nigri ; antenna nigra ; thorax fasciis 

 nigricantibus ; alee anticce lineis nigris duplicatis undulatis 

 incompletis antice ex parte diffusis, lunulis marginalibus 

 nigris, orbiculari e gutta pallida, reniformi e litura nigra ; 

 posticce subferrugineo-cinereee, ciliis canis. 

 Ferruginous. Palpi porrect, partly black, extending a little 

 bevond the head ; third joint very minute, not one-sixth of the 

 length of the second. Antennae black. Thorax with blackish 

 bands. Abdomen wanting. Fore wings with the transverse lines 

 black, double, undulating, incomplete and irregular, and partly dif- 

 fuse in front; a row of black marginal lunules ; discai spots almost 

 obsolete, the orbicular distinguished by a pale dot, the reniform by 

 a black mark. Hind wings cinereous, with a slight ferruginous 

 tinge, and with hoary cilise. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 

 a, Adelaide, Presented by the Entomological Club, 



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