LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 621 



1. Capusa SENILIS. 



Fcem. Cinerea, ex parte cana ; abdomen canum ; alee anticce 

 fasciis duabus canis angulosis indutinctis et incompletis, vitta 

 alba, orbiculari et reniformi e lituris duabus indeterminatis 

 nigricantibus ; posticce albce, apice nigrce. 



Female. Cinereous, partly hoary. Abdomen hoary. Fore 

 wings with two indistinct and incomplete angulose gray bands, and 

 with a white stripe ; orbicular and reniform spots distinguished by 

 two indefinite blackish marks. Hind wings white, black at the tips, 

 and more slightly so along the exterior border. Length of the 

 body 9 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by K. Butler, Esq. 



Genus 8. RHUDA. 



Corpus robustum. Proboscis breviuscula. Palpi porrecti, 

 caput superautes ; articulus 3us cylindricus, 2i triente aequalis. 

 Antennae subciliatae, corporis dimidio non breviores. Abdomen alas 

 posticas Xriente superans. Pedes validi ; tibiae postieae calcaribus 

 longis. Alae longuisculae, sat angustae, apud costam recta?, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore subconvexo perobliquo. 



Body stout. Proboscis rather short. Palpi porrect, extending 

 somewhat beyond the head ; third joint cylindrical, about one-third 

 of the length oi' the second. Antennae slightly ciliated, full half the 

 length of the body. Abdomen extending for one-third of its length 

 beyond the hind wings. Legs stout ; hind tibiae with long spurs. 

 Wings rather long and narrow, straight in front, rounded at the 

 tips, slightly convex and very oblique along the exterior border. 



1. Rhdda basifera. 



Fcem. Olivaceo-viridis ; thorax fasciis incompletis albidis ; ab- 

 domen fusco-cinereum, basi luteum ; alee anticce roseo-albidce , 

 vittis duabus ceneo-fuscis, antica angulosa nigro strigata et 

 marginata i strigis lineaque undulata submarginalibus nigris, 

 ciliis fuscis basi albo guttatis ; posticce luteal, margine latis- 

 simo ceneo~fusco y ciliis albido-luteis. 



Female. Olive-green. Thorax with incomplete whitish bands. 

 Abdomen brownish cinereous, luteous at the base. Fore wings 

 whitish with a rosy tinge, with some black streaks near the exterior 



