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CATALOGUE OF 
Epiolus antipoda, Boisd. Herr.- S chaff. LSp. Exot . Sp. S6r. 1, pi. 
40, f. 44. 
Pale brown. Fore wings rather darker near the base, with five 
irregular incomplete oblique bands composed of black partly white- 
bordered dots. Hind wings a little darker than the fore wings, with 
two or three slender incomplete oblique slightly undulating blackish 
bands. 
New Zealand. 
Genus 5. FRAUS. 
Mas. Corpus sat graeile. Caput et thorax pilosissima. Palpi 
obsoleti. Antennae mediocriter pectinatae, thorace non breviores. 
Abdomen alas posticas paullo superans. Pedes graciles, pilosi ; 
tibiae posticae pilis longis fasciculatae. Alae angustae, non longs ; 
anticae apud costam rectae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore me- 
diocriter obliquo. 
Fraus, Stephens, MSS. 
Male. Body moderately slender. Head and thorax very 
pilose. Palpi obsolete. Antennae moderately pectinated, full as 
long as the thorax. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind 
wings. Legs slender, pilose ; hind tibiae tufted with long hairs. 
Wings narrow, not long. Fore wings straight in front, rounded at 
the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border ; structure of 
the veins much like that of Hepialus. 
1. Fraus simulans. 
Mas. Cervina ; caput et thorax ferruginea ; antennee albidce 
ramis fuscis; alee anticce vitta strigisque posticis diffusis 
argenteis. 
Frails simulans, Stephens, MSS. 
Male. Fawn-colour. Head and thorax ferruginous. Antennae 
whitish, with brown branches. Fore wings with an irregular silvery 
stripe near the costa, and with some slight diffused silvery marks 
hindward. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Van Dieman’s Land. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
b. Van Dieman’s Land. From Mr. A. J. Smiths collection. 
