830 DESCRIPTIOKS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN RHOPALOCERA, 



fifth suboval, beneath costa before apex ; remaining five rather 

 small, forming a submarginal series, two upper smallest and some- 

 times confluent. 



Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales ; locally common, 

 in November and February. One of the handsomest and most 

 distinct species of the genus, but I have never met with it else- 

 where, nor seen it in other collections. 



Tel. chaostola, n. sp. 



(J. 34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen fuscous-grey , 

 palpi becoming whitish beneath, hairs of abdomen yellowish- 

 tinged. Antennae black, annulated with white. Forewings with 

 costa nearly straight, hindmargin rounded, somewhat oblique ; 

 dark ochreous-fuscous, towards base with yellowish hairs ; a 

 slender ochreous-whitish line immediately beneath costal edge on 

 basal half ; spots light ochreous-yellowish, thinly scaled ; one in 

 middle of disc, moderately large, subquadrate ; a second, smaller 

 and suboval, rather near beyond this in middle ; thi'ee very small, 

 adjacent, arranged in a ti'ansverse series beneath costa at f ; two 

 other similar spots obliquely beneath and beyond these ; a strong 

 blackish streak from beyond first discal spot to 5 of inner margin : 

 cilia grey-whitish, barred with fuscous, basal third fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with hindmargin rounded ; dark fuscous, dorsal half with 

 yellowish hairs ; a longitudinal-oblong ochreous-yellow blotch in 

 middle of disc, surrounded by three or four small very cloudy 

 yellowish spots touching it ; cilia white, basal third dark fuscous, 

 on lower half also with a fuscous postmedian line. Forewings 

 beneath rather dark fuscous, much paler along inner margin ; 

 spots as above, but much paler ; a triangular orange blotch 

 extending beneath costa from near base to first spot ; three 

 additional yellowish spots beneath second discal spot, forming 

 with it a transverse series ; a cloudy whitish patch along upper 

 f of hindmai'gin, narrowed to extremities, surrounded by a 

 purplish suffusion. Hindwings beneath rather dark fuscous, 



