LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the bind wings. Wings 
elongate, rather narrow ; fringe long. Fore wings slightly rounded 
at the tips, minutely and diffusedly brown or blackish-speckled ; 
marginal points brown; costa straight; exterior border slightly 
convex, very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 
IQ lines. 
a, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
74. SciAPHILA INFIMANA. 
Mas. Cinerea ; palpi albidi , capitis latitudine paullo longiores , 
articulo So longi-conico ; antennae articulis la et 2 a longis 
robuslis ; alee anticce angustce, vix acutce, strigulis transversis 
diffusis fuscis. 
Male. Cinereous. Palpi whitish, porrect, a little longer than 
the breadth of the head; second joint with a short fringe; third 
elongate-conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 
second. Antennie smooth; first and second joints long, stout; 
second subclavate. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. 
Wings narrow, elongate. Fore wings hardly acute, transversely 
and diffusedly speckled with brown ; costa and exterior border 
straight, the latter moderately oblique. Length of the body 3^ lines ; 
of the wings 9 lines. 
a, b. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
75. SciAPHILA SAXANA. 
Fcem. Cinerea ; palpi subdecumbentes, supra jimbriati ; alee sat 
angustce , tinea marginali albida ; anticce strigulis ferruyineis 
non transversis , strigulis coslalibus obliquis nigricantibus. 
Female. Cinereous. Palpi slightly decumbent, with a short 
thick fringe on the upper side, as long as the breadth of the head ; 
third joint conical, not more than one-sixth of the length of the 
second. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Tibiae and 
tarsi with whitish bands. Wings elongate, rather narrow, with a 
whitish marginal line. Fore wings acute, with many various 
minute longitudinal ferruginous streaks; costa almost straight, with 
minute oblique blackish streaks. Length of the body 3 lines ; of 
the wings 8 lines. 
a. New Zealand. Presented by Col. Bolton. 
