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separating them are homologdus td the yellow respectively white markings ol' 

 hcUconm, bnt are in plagiata mncli enlarged, especially the yellow border oF the 

 outer black spots, which forms an nudnlatc transverse band. The hinder portion of 

 the band is usnally joined to the spot standing near the abdominal margin npou the 

 onter portion of the cavity of the wing. The patch beyond the apex of the cell 

 varies somewhat in size and shape, and is in one of om- females connected with the 

 waved transverse band by a streak in the cell ; a similar longitudinal streak is in 

 the same specimen marked behind vein 2. There is sometimes a black dot in the 

 patch in S and ? . Tlie two black macular bands of the hind wing vary considerably; 

 the spots of the outer band are sometimes merged together, with the veins between 

 them either faintly marked yellow or partly also black, while in other specimens 

 the spots are small and well se])arated from one another : tlie largest mark is that 

 behind veiu 2. The inner band consists of three spots, which either stand soiiarate 

 or are joined to each other by means of some small additional spots ; the two 

 posterior spots are often produced basally in c? and ?. The antennae as in A. 

 Jteliconia : the claspers and harpe of the i similar to those of hdiconia, but the 

 harpe nmeh flatter, less curved dorsally, and in a view from above more equally 

 rounded. 



Hah. North Australia, as far south as Clarence R., N. S. Wales : 14 cJ, 6 ? . 



K. J. 



17. Asota woodfordi. 



Ht/psa lonndfordl Druce, P. Z. S. p. 221. t. 13. f. 2 (1888) (Viti Levu). 



We know this handsome species only from the figure, and cauuot tell whether 

 it is allied in structure to plaffiata or not. 



Ilab. Suva, Viti Levn, Fiji Islands, 1 ? in Mr. H. Druce's collection. K. .J. 



18. Asota Mvia. 



Niicluafulria Donovan, Ins. N. Boll. t. 39. f. 4 (1805) (N. Holland). 

 aielmhifulf'ia, Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, Up. p. 214. n. 2 (1832) (N. Holland). 

 Spihsoma (f)fulvia, Walker, List Lap. Eet. B. M. III. p. 079. n. 35 (1855) (N. Holland). 

 Aganaisfiilvia, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Bet. I. p. 386. n. 14 (1892) (Pro ^j.). 



Butler as well as Snellen do not mention this species iu their revision of the 

 Aganaidae ; Kirby enumerates it correctly among the Aganaidac, but puts as a 

 synonym to it Boisduval's Chelonia costata, which is a true Arctiid. 



A.fidma i.s known to us only from New Britain and New Ireland, autl it is not 

 imjirobabln that Donovan's locality (New Holland) is erroneous. Our specimens 

 agree very well with Donovan's figure, except that the outer black costal spot of 

 Donovan's figure is absent from all our specimens but one. 



There are no black spots on the thorax ; the dorsal spots of the abdomen are 

 also obliterated, there being only a trace of them at the very base of the middle 

 segments; the ventral abdominal spots arc very slightly marked. Tlie palpi are 

 black, with the under and outer sides of the first two joints bull-colour. 



The veins of the forewing are fuscous, except close to the base ; the submedian 

 fold is also more or less extended fuscous, while there is mostly no fuscous line iu 

 the median cell ; at the base of the cell there is sometimes a small black dot. 

 Hindwing uniform in colour above, but the extremities of the veins are sometimes 

 obviously fuscous. 



