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CATALOGUE OF 
than the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, very minute. 
Antennae very minutely setulose and pubescent. Abdomen cinereous, 
extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings hardly 
acute, with indistinct ferruginous marks, which are most apparent 
along the costa; a broad ferruginous stripe which occupies most of 
the interior border and forms an angle towards the disk, where it is 
interrupted, and is partly and it regularly bordered with black; a 
whitish discal point; costa nearly straight; exterior border slightly 
convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings cinereous, iudistinctly 
tessellated with brown. Length of the body 4\ lines ; of the wings 
11 lines. 
a. Auckland, New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
68. SciAPHILA TRANSTRIG ANA. 
Mas. Cinerea ; alee anticce subacutce , striyulis plurimis trans - 
versis fuscescentibus nonnullisque nigris , striya basali vix 
obliqua antice abbreviuta playaque costali obliqua anyulata 
niyricantibus , playis quatuor parvis pallide fuscescentibus ; 
posticce fuscescentes, fimbria cinerea . 
Male. Cinereous. Front prominent. Palpi decumbent, 
almost as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, not 
more than one-sixth of the length of the second. Antennae minutely 
setulose. Wings elongate. Fore wings slightly acute, with 
numerous minute transverse brownish streaks, which are very in- 
distinct in the interior part of the disk, and are accompanied by 
some black streaks in the exterior part and along the borders; 
a blackish hardly oblique streak near the base, abbreviated towards 
the costa; an angular blackish patch extending obliquely outward 
from the costa to the disk, broadest near the costa ; four small pale 
brownish patches, two behind and two beyond the angular one ; 
costa very slightly convex ; exterior border convex and oblique 
hindward, slightly impressed in front. Hind wings brownish ; 
fringe cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 
10 lines. 
a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley’s collection. 
