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Female. Grayish black, cinereous beneath. Palpi slightly 

 ascending; second joint rather long; third conical, not one-fourth 

 of the length of the second. Abdomen dark cinereous, with black 

 crests, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings with 

 the usual lines deep black, undulating, indistinct ; spots large, with 

 deep black borders ; orbicular rather larger tban the reniform ; ex- 

 terior border very slightly denticulated. Hind wings brownish, 

 whitish in front. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 



Group 5. 

 Like the fifth European group. 



97. Hadena punctisigna. 



Mas. Ferruginea ; antennce subsetacecr ; thorax fusco fasciatus ; 

 abdomen cinereum ; alee antica lituris costalibus nigris palli- 

 disque, lineis transversis angulosis pallidis nigro marginatis, 

 linea submarginali undulata, venis margi?ialibus nigro- cinereo 

 nebulosis, lunulis marginalibus nigris, orbiculari et reniformi 

 nigro marginatis, postice nigro-cinereo nebulosis, orbiculari 

 magna, reniformi testacea ; postica ferrugineo-cinerea, ciliis 

 rufescentibus. 



Male. Ferruginous. Third joint of the palpi cylindrical, 

 about one-third of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 

 setaceous. Thorax with brown bands. Abdomen cinereous. Fore 

 wings with black and pale marks along the costa ; transverse lines 

 angulose, pale, with blackish borders ; submarginal line undulating, 

 the veins between it and the exterior border clouded with blackish 

 gray; a row of black marginal lunules ; a large brown patch 

 behind the discal spots, which are mostly bordered with black, and 

 have their hind parts clouded with blackish gray ; orbicular spot 

 elongated, oblique, larger than the reniform, which is mostly testa- 

 ceous. Hind vvinjrs cinereous, with a ferruginous tinge; ciliae red- 

 dish. Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Tasmania. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



b. Tasmania. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



