LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
1017 
Male and female . — Cinereous, slender, white beneath. Palpi 
obtuse, short, hardly broad, slightly ascending, with two oblique 
pale fawn-coloured bands. Antennae smooth. Pectus pure white. 
Abdomen pale luteous. Legs smooth, slender. Wings moderately 
broad ; fringe broad, whitish. Fore wings pale testaceous, varied 
with white, which is mostly prevalent about the exterior border ; 
interior and exterior lines whitish, the former zigzag, the latter ob- 
lique, angular in front ; reniform mark brown, irregular ; marginal 
points brown. Hind wings pale cinereous. Male . — Antennae rather 
stout. Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Length 
of the body 4 — lines ; of the wings 9 — 10 lines. 
a — c. Australia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 
d — h. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 
i. Australia. From Mr. Milne’s collection. 
Scopula? Datclesalis. 
Foem. Ochraceo-ferruginea , gracilis , subtns nivea ; palpi rufes - 
cente-ferruginei , porrecti y squamosi , t/iorace vix breviores ; 
abdomen flavescens ; pedes antici ochracei , tarsis albis ; alee 
fimbria purpurascente ; anticce valde acutee , lineis interiore et 
exleriore obscurioribus undulatis subparallelis valde indis - 
tinctis , costa media alba , margine exteriore recto sat obliquo ; 
posticee flavee , apice subrufescentes. 
Female. Ochraceous-ferruginous, slender, pure white beneath. 
Palpi reddish ferruginous, porrect, squamous-pilose, nearly as long 
as the thorax ; joints concealed by the hairs. Antennae slender. 
Abdomen yellowish. Fore legs ochraceous ; tarsi white. Wings 
moderately broad ; fringe purplish. Fore wings very acute, paler 
along the basal part of the interior border ; interior and exterior 
lines darker, undulating, nearly parallel, very indistinct ; costa white 
in the middle ; exterior border straight, rather oblique. Hind 
wings yellow, slightly tinged with red about the tips. Length of 
the body 5 ? lines; of the wings 12 lines. 
a. New Zealand. From Mr. Churton’s collection. 
Genus MELLA. 
Fcem. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis distineta. Palpi 
longi, porrecti, glabri, squamosi, vix arcuati, thorace non breviores ; 
4 T 2 
