LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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there is an elongated ferruginous black-marked patch ; fringe some- 
times brownish; exterior border oblique hindward. Hind wings 
pale cinereous, with transverse darker speckles. Length of the 
body 3 — 3^ lines; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 
a, b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman s collection. 
Africa. 
80. Penthina scabellana. 
scabellana, ZL 
South Africa. 
Australia. 
81. Penthina trifasciana. 
Foem. Albido-einerea ; thorax fusco conspersus ; alee anticce 
apice rotundatce, guttis nonnullis nigris, f asciis quatuor inde- 
terminatis fuscis , la basali , 4a valde divisa marginem exte- 
riorem attingente ; postica fuscescente-cinerece. 
Female . Whitish cinereous. Thorax speckled with brown. 
Fore wings rounded at the tips, with several black dots, and with 
four irregular brown bands ; first band basal; second more regular 
than the others; fourth very irregular, much divided, extending to 
the exterior border; costa and exterior border slightly convex, the 
latter rather oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. Length of 
the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Higgles’ collection. 
82. Penthina? indecretana. 
Foem. Sordide cana , subtus teslaceo subtincta ; alee anticce acutce , 
latiusculce, nigricante conspersce et punctata, fasciis duabus 
nigricantibus late interrupts ; posticce fuscescente-cinereoe. 
Female . Dingy hoary, with a slight testaceous tinge beneath. 
Wings elongate, rather broad. Fore wings acute, very minutely 
blackish speckled, with several blackish points, which are mostly on 
the veins; two incomplete oblique bauds; first widely interrupted, 
much abbreviated hindward ; second narrower and less regular than 
the first, obsolete hindward; costa slightly convex; exterior border 
convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings brownish cinereous. 
Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
