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CATALOGUE OF 
brown bands, between which there is a pale fawn-coloured diffuse 
subcostal mark; a black streak behind the latter, extending inter- 
ruptedly to the exterior border; costa almost straight; exterior 
border slightly convex, very oblique. Hind wings brownish cine- 
reous ; marginal line pale cinereous. Length of the body 3J lines ; 
of the wings 9 lines. 
a, Tasmania, Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 
59. SciAPHILA BASIFERANA. 
Fcem. Alba; caput et thorax nigra ; palpi caput vix superantes ; 
antennce basi albo fasciculatce ; alee anticce apice subrotundalce , 
basi , fasciis duabus , gutta costali guttaque postica guttisque 
tribus marginalibus nigris ; posticce cinerece. 
Female . White. Head and thorax black. Palpi black, por- 
rect, hardly extending beyond the head. Antennae black, with a 
white tuft on each at the base. Abdomen cinereous. Anterior 
legs blackish; joints of the tarsi with whitish tips. Wings with a 
long fringe. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, black at the 
base, with two black bands, of which the second is abbreviated near 
the interior border; a black dot on the costa between the bands, 
and another on the interior border; three black dots on the exterior 
border, which is rather oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of 
the body 2% lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert’s collection. 
60. SciAPHILA EJECTANA. 
Mas. Obscure cinerea ; palpi [atissime fimbriati, capitis latitudine 
non breviores , articulo 3 o conico ; alee anticce angustce , vix 
acutcBj ferrugineo varice , guttis duabus strigaque exteriore , 
costa liturisque costalibus parvis obliquis nigris . 
Male. Dark cinereous. Palpi porrect, very broadly fringed, 
as long as the breadth of the head; third joint conical, not more 
than one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennae stout. 
Fore wings narrow, hardly acute, partly ferruginous-tinged, with 
two black dots on the exterior disk, and with a more exterior black 
longitudinal streak, which extends to the tip; second dot near the 
interior angle; costa straight, with a few minute oblique black 
marks ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; 
of the wings 8 lines. 
a. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert’s collection. 
