LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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with an interrupted blackish dorsal line ; under side with two rows 
of black points. Wings elongate, rather broad, with numerous 
little transverse darker streaks ; these are obsolete on part of the 
fore wings. Fore wings acute, with some blackish points, which 
are mostly marginal, with a broad oblique brown costal streak, and 
with some other broad brown streaks, which form an incomplete 
stripe along the interior border, and an incomplete submarginal 
band; costa convex towards the base; exterior border slightly con- 
vex and oblique, except towards the tip. Hind wings cinereous ; 
under side with darker streaks. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 
wings 14 lines. 
a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
71. Teras excessana. 
Mas et fcem. Cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce strigulis 
plurimis transversis obscurioribus ; anticce apice rectangulatce , 
pnneto discali diffusa nigricante ; posticce cinerece. 
Male and female. Fawn-colour, paler beneath. Palpi porrect, 
full as long as the breadth of the head ; third conical, not more 
than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae setulose. 
Abdomen cinereous. Wings with numerous minute transverse 
darker streaks. Fore wings rectangular at the tips, with a blackish 
diffuse diseal point ; costa slightly convex towards the base ; exte- 
rior border very slightly convex and oblique. Hind wings cine- 
reous. Male . — Antennae setulose. Abdomen extending a little 
beyond the hind wings. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 
12 — 14 lines. 
a—c. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley’s collection. 
72. Teras oblongana. 
Fcem. Cinereo-cervina ; alee elongatee , strigis plurimis transversis 
indistinclis obscurioribus ; anticce apice rectangulatce , strigis 
duabus discalibus unaque subcostali strigulisque nonnullis 
nigris ; posticce cinerascentes. 
Female . Dull cinereous fawn-colour, hardly paler beneath. 
Palpi porrect, as long as the breadth of the head ; second joint 
fringed ; third conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 
second. Wings elongate, with numerous transverse minute indis- 
tinct darker streaks. Fore wings acute, rectangular at the tips, 
with three short black streaks, of which two are discal and one is 
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