LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
381 
convex, hardly oblique. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 
10 lines. 
a, Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 
82. PiEDISCA CONFUSANA. 
Mas et foem. Cinerea ; palpi pilosi, capitis latitudine non brevi- 
ores, articulo 3 o brevissimo ; alee anticce apice subrotundatce , 
nigro subconspersee, ferrugineo nebulosce , puncto discali nigro , 
plaga postica strigisque tribus costalibus obliquis fuscis. 
Male and female. Cinereous. Palpi stout, porreet, pilose, as 
long as the breadth of the head ; third joint very short. Antennae 
of the male rather stout. Abdomen, hind wings and under side 
whitish. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, thinly speckled 
with black, slightly and partly clouded with ferruginous ; three 
broad brown costal streaks extending obliquely outward to the disk, 
a brown patch near the base of the interior border and a black 
discal point ; costa and exterior border almost straight, the 
latter rather oblique. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 
6 lines. 
a, b . Sydney. From Mr. Diggles* collection. 
New Zealand. 
83. PiEDISCA LUCIPLAGANA. 
Foem. Cervina ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce acutee , vitta 
antica brevi arena ta ferruginea maculam costalem elongatam 
argenteo-albam includente ; posticce cinereee. 
Female . Fawn-colour, cinereous beneath. Palpi porreet, 
fringed, as long as the breadth of the head ; third joint conical, 
minute. Abdomen and hind wings cinereous. Fore wings acute, 
with a broad short curved ferruginous stripe, which joins the costa 
at each end and incloses a large semioval silvery white costal spot ; 
costa slightly convex towards the base ; exterior border slightly 
excavated in front. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 
8 lines. 
a. Auckland, New Zealand. From Mr. Oxley’s collection. 
