LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Male. Very pale fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint fringed above ; 
third conical, very minute. Antennje very minutely setulose and 
pubescent. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. 
Fore wings slightly acute, speckled with fawn-colour ; four deeper 
fawn-coloured marks ; first mark small, near the base of the costa ; 
second forming an oblique middle band, which is diffuse on the 
outer side, and is concisely bordered on the inner side by a pale 
line, the latter partly marked with black ; third mark forming an 
exterior costal streak ; fourth forming an oblique submarginal band, 
joining the first band on the interior border ; costa convex towards 
the base ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique; marginal 
space with three lines of brown points. Hind wings cinereous, with 
minute brownish streaks, which are most distinct on the under side. 
Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Sydney. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
63. Teras basialbana. 
Mas. Pallidc rufescens ; palpi porrecti , articulo 2 o fimbriato ; 
alee anticce apice subrotundata, fusco nigroque strigatce , dimi - 
dio basali albido, fascia fusees cente lata obliqua extus diffusa, 
costa basi nigro punctata , punctis marginalibus nigris ; pos- 
ticce albce , strigis plurimis pallide fuscescentibus. 
Male . Pale reddish, mostly cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 
shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint with a short 
thick fringe above ; third conical, very minute. Abdomen pale ci- 
nereous, extending somewhat beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 
thinly and transversely streaked with brown, and exteriorly with 
black, somewhat rounded at the tips ; nearly half the basal surface 
whitish, concisely divided from the exterior half by a broad oblique 
brownish band, which is diffuse on the outer side ; marginal points 
black ; costa slightly convex, with two or three black points near 
the base ; exterior border convex, moderately oblique. H iud wings 
white, with numerous transverse minute pale brownish streaks. 
Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 
a. Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq. 
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