LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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extending very little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings ochra- 
ceous between the base and the interior line, paler beyond the reni- 
fortn mark, excepting a diffuse apical patch ; lines blackish ; interior 
line straight, upright; exterior line bent; its fore part composed of 
points. Hind wings pale luteous ; the black border rather narrow, 
broadest at the tip, interrupted in the middle, not extending to the 
interior angle. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 12 lines. 
a. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
Australia. 
8. Mecyna Ornithopteralis. 
Ferruginea aut nigro-fusca, sublus alba ; palpi porrecti ; abdomen 
luteum ; alee subtus fiavee , costa rosea ; anticce glaucescentes , 
linea exteriore fiexa e punctis nigris , orbiculari et reniformi 
nigris ; posticce lulece , margine lato atro intus undulato vix 
interrupto , fimbria lutea antice nigricante. Mas. — Tibice 
intermedice dilatatce . Var . — Alee anticce fascia lata cinerea. 
c, d. Australia. From M. Darnel’s collection. 
e,/. New South Wales. From Mr. Wood’s collection. 
g . Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection. 
h , i. Australia. Presented by Sir G. Grey. 
Var. Minor; alee posticce margine angustiore. 
j. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 
Genus 20. HERCULIA. 
Fcem. Corpus robustum. Frons bifasciculata. Proboscis 
robusta. Palpi graciles, subascendentes, subangulati ; articulus 
3us longi-conicus. Antennae validae, breviusculae. Thorax robustus ; 
tegulae longae, squamosae. Abdomen conicum, alas posticas superans. 
Pedes robusti, pilosi ; tibiae posteriores dilatatae. Alae densae, latius- 
culae, concolores, lituris non diversis ; anticae subfalcatae, margine 
exteriore subconvexo. 
Female . Body stout. Front with a tuft on each side. Pro- 
boscis stout, moderately long. Palpi slender, slightly ascending ; 
second joint hardly curved; third elongate-conical, slightly de- 
clining, about one-fourth of the length of the second, with which it 
