562 LEPIDOPTEBA HETEKOCEBA. 



deeply pectinated, rather more than half the length of the body. 

 Abdomen not extending so far as the hind wings. Legs rather 

 slender; fore tibiae armed beneath with a long tooth; hind tibiae 

 with four long spurs. Wings broad, not long. Fore wings almost 

 straight in front, oblique along the apical border ; hind angle hardly 

 rounded ; first, second, and third inferior veins approximate at the 

 base ; fourth remote. 



1. Castulo plagiata. 



Luteo-testacea ; caput, antennce, thoracis fascia lata, antennce et 

 pedes nigra ,- alee anticce fasciis duabus latissimis maculaque 

 intermedia viridi-nigris ; posticce gutta media margineque 

 nigris. 



Pale luteous. Head, palpi, antennae, a broad band across the 

 thorax, and legs black. Abdomen blackish beneath. Fore wings 

 greenish black, with an irregularly curved pale luteous band which 

 contains a black spot, and is continued along the hind border to the 

 base where it is dilated. Hind wings with a black dot in the middle 

 of the disk and with a black border which has a gray fringe. Length 

 of the body 4 \ lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



Var. jg. Viridi-nigra ; palpi pedesque testacei ; antenna fusae ; 

 prothorax testaceus nigro biguttatus ; abdominis segmenta tes- 

 taceo marginata; alee anticce basi fasciaque lataguttam nigram 

 includente testaceis ; posticce testacece nigro-fusco late mar- 

 ginatce. 



Greenish black. Palpi testaceous, with black hairs. Antennae 

 brown. Prothorax testaceous, with a black dot on each side. 

 Pectus with testaceous hairs. Abdomen with a testaceous band on 

 the hind border of each segment. Legs testaceous, slightly shaded 

 with brown. Fore wings testaceous at the base and with a broad 

 testaceous band beyond the middle ; this band includes a black spot 

 and is undulating and concave on the inner side, and more concave 

 on the outer side, and is connected by a slender stripe along the 

 hind border with the testaceous base. Hind wings testaceous with 

 broad blackish brown borders. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 

 b — g. New Holland. Presented by Major-General Hardwicke. 

 A. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



