LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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69. SCIAPHILA TURBULENTANA. 
Mas. Pallide cervina , subtus cinerascens ; alee antic a apice 
rectangulatce , strigulis plurimis transversis fuscis, fascia basali 
obliqua abbreviata n igri cante -fuse a , plaga magna pallide 
cinerea , macula exteriore costali strigaque adkuc exteriore 
obliqua subundulata liturisque nonnullis costalibus nigricante - 
fuscis ; posticce cinerece , strigulis plurimis obscurioribus . 
Male. Pale fawn-colour, somewhat cinereous beneath. Palpi 
slightly decumbent, full as long as the breadth of the head ; second 
joint slightly fringed above; third conical, not more than one-sixth 
of the length of the second. Antennas setulose. Fore wings rect- 
angular at the tips, with minute transverse brown streaks, and with 
a blackish brown oblique band near the base ; this band is abbrevi- 
ated towards the costa, and borders a large pale cinereous patch, 
which is contiguous on the outer side to a large irregular blackish 
brown costal spot; an exterior oblique slightly undulating blackish 
brown streak, which proceeds inward from the costa to the disk ; 
some small blackish brown marks along the exterior part of the 
costa; costa hardly convex; exterior border slightly convex and 
oblique. Hind wings cinereous, with numerous minute transverse 
darker streaks. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxleys collection. 
70. SciAPHILA FUSIFERANA. 
Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi capitis latitudine vix breviores , articulo 3 o 
conico ; thorax litura discali fusca ; alee anticce sat angustce , 
vix acut.ce , fusco subtessellatce , lineis daabus trarisversis inde - 
terminatis e punctis nigris. 
Female . Cinereous. Palpi porrect, nearly as long as the 
breadth of the head : second joint with a short fringe ; third conical, 
not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. Thorax 
brownish cinereous, with a brown transverse discal mark. Fore 
wings rather narrow, hardly acute, indistinctly tessellated with 
brown; two transverse lines of black points on the veins; exterior 
line indicated by only two points; costa almost straight; exterior 
border very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 
12 lines. 
a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
