LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCEBA. 747 



base, two or three along the costa, and an irregular and interrupted 

 black streak at some distance in front of the interior angle ; orbicu- 

 lar and reniform spots obsolete. Hind wings slightly aeneous ; 

 cilia? white. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Hindostan. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



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OrTHOSTa SUB NIGRA. 



Mas. Cana, subtus nigra ; palpi nigri, apice albi ; antenna vix 

 citiatce ; alai anticce nigro subconspersce, costa nigro biguttata 

 aut triguttata, lineis transversis subobsoletis, orbiculari e 

 gutta nigra, reniformi fusca extus valde excavata, gutta con- 

 tig ua lutea ; posticce cinerece. 



Female. Hoary, black beneath. Antenna) very minutely 

 ciliated. Palpi black, white towards the tips. Thorax and fore 

 wings with very minute black speckles. Fore wings with two or 

 three black dots on the costa ; transverse lines almost obsolete ; 

 orbicular spot distinguished by a black dot ; reniform brown, much 

 excavated on the outer side, where it is accompanied by a luteous 

 dot. Hind wings cinereous, black beneath, like the fore wings ; 

 each of the four wings beneath with an indistinct deep black 

 lunule. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



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



b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Orthosia? lunifera. 



Fcem. Cinerea; alai antica nigro conspersa, lineis transversis 

 angulosis nigris indistinctis aut subobsoletis, claviformi et 

 orbiculari subobsoletis, reniformi nigra lunatd ; postica subtus 

 gutta discali lineaque antice dilatata fuscis. 



Female. Cinereous. Thorax and fore wings minutely speckled 

 with black. Fore wings with the usual transverse lines black, zig- 

 zag, indistinct or incomplete ; claviform and orbicular spots almost 

 obsolete ; reniform distinguished by a black lunule. Hind wings 

 beneath with a brown discal dot, and a brown line which is dilated 

 about the tip. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



a. Adelaide. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



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