LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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third joint more slender than the second and about half its length. 
Antennae moderately pectinated, very much longer than the thorax 
and about half the length of the body. Abdomen extending for 
more than one-third of its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 
stout, pilose; hind tibiae with four moderately long spurs. Wings 
moderately broad. Fore wings very slightly convex in front, 
rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border; 
second inferior vein about as far from the first as from the third ; 
third rather further from the fourth than from the second. 
This genus and Cossodes connect the Cossidce with Cryptopha- 
sia , and through the latter with the Micro- Lepidoptera. 
1. CuLAMA AUSTRALIS. 
Mas. Murina ; caput et thorax nigricantia ; alee anticce strip u- 
lis plurimis transversis nigris ; posticce pallidiores , apud cos - 
tarn subalbidce. 
Cossus australis, Stephens , MSS. 
Male. Mouse-colour. Head and thorax blackish. Fore 
wings with many transverse black streaks, which towards the tips 
are narrower and more continuous than elsewhere. Hind wings 
paler than the fore wings, almost whitish along the costa. Length 
of the body 11 lines ; of the wings 26 lines. 
a. Australia. From Mr. Argent’s collection. 
Genus 4. COSSODES. 
Fcem. Corpus crassum. Palpi breves, caput non superantes ; 
articulus 3us parvus. Antennae setaceae, simplices, thorace paullo 
longiores. Abdomen alas posticas plus dimidio superans. Pedes 
validi, dense pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor mediocriter 
longis. Alae sat angustae, non longae ; anticae apud costam vix con 
vexae, apice rotundatae, margine exteriore mediocriter obliquo. 
Cossodes, White , Appendix , Capt. Greys Journ. Exped. Discov. 
Austral. 
Turoma, Boisd. Herr.-Schceff Lep. Exot. Sp. Ser. 1. 
Female. Body thick. Palpi porrect, extending as far as the 
head ; third joint small, slender, somewhat conical. Antennae seta- 
ceous, simple, a little longer than the thorax. Abdomen extending for 
rather more than half its length beyond the hind wings. Legs 
stout, densely pilose; hind tibiae w r ith four moderately long spurs. 
Wings rather narrow, not long. Fore wings hardly convex in front, 
rounded at the tips, moderately oblique along the exterior border ; 
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