LEP1D0PTERA HETEROCEHA. (301 



Group (5. 

 Like the sixth European group. 



98. Hadena aspera. 



Cinerea ; thorax lineis duabus obliquis lateralibus nigris ; abdo- 

 men canum ; alee ant.icce lineis tribus nigris et albis undulatis 

 optime determinatis, submarginali valde indistincta, lunulis 

 marginalibus nigris, maculis albis disco cinereis nigra margi- 

 natis, orbiculari elliptica vix abliqua, reniformi extus valde 

 excavata ; posticce albce, cinereo marginata?, lunulis margina- 

 libus nigris. 



Cinereous. Thorax with a black oblique line on each side. 

 Abdomen hoary. Fore wings with three very distinct undulating 

 black and white lines ; submarginal line very indistinct; a row of 

 black marginal lunules; spots white, very distinct, with cinereous 

 centres and black borders ; orbicular elliptical, hardly oblique ; 

 reniform much excavated on the outer side. Hind wings white, 

 with cinereous borders and black marginal lunules. Length of the 

 body 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Argent's collection, 



New Zealand. 

 Group 1. 

 Like the second European group. 



99. Hadena pictula. 



Mas. Nigricante-fusca ; caput et thorax luteo varia ; abdomen 

 rosea bivittatum, cristis luteis ; pedes ex parte luUi ; ala? an- 

 ticce glauco-cinerece, lineis maculisque distinctis luteis nigris 

 que, casta basi subtus rosea ; postica? aneo-fusc&, subtus disco 

 roseo, macula nigricante. 



Dianthecia pictula, White, Taylor, Te Ilea a mani, New Zealand, 

 pi. 1, f. 3. 



New Zealand. 



Male. Blackish brown. Head and thorax with luteous 

 stripes and bands. Abdomen with a broad bright rosy stripe on 



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