BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 457 



apex almost or quite confluent with the angle of the dilated portion 

 of central fascia ; a small blackish spot on costa between triangular 

 patch and apex : cilia pale ochreous, becoming more whitish at 

 anal angle, obscurely barred with blackish. Hindwings in male 

 ochreous-whitish, greyish-whitish at apex, cilia ochreous-white ; 

 in female pale ochreous-grey, posteriorly darker, cilia pale 

 ochreous-grey with a darker basal line. 



A small but conspicuously distinct species, at once known by 

 the well-contrasted blackish markings on a white ground. 



I took one specimen on the forest-clad hills between Kangaroo 

 Valley and Moss Vale, New South Wales, in January ; and 

 subsequently six others in dense scrub near Eosewood, Queens- 

 land, in September. 



12. Cap. plathanana, n. sp. 



$ ? . 5|"-6". Head, palpi, and antennae blackish-fuscous. 

 Thorax pale yellow, anterior margin narrowly blackish-fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, anal tuft of male whitish-yellow, of 

 female blackish-fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa gently 

 arched, hardly bent, hindmargin rounded ; pale golden-yellow, 

 with two direct transverse blackish-fuscous fasciae suffused with 

 bluish-grey -metallic scales except on their margins ; first at one- 

 third, nearly straight, rather narrow, irregularly margined, 

 sending a slender dark fuscous streak along extreme costal edge 

 to base ; second much broader, parallel, from about four-fifths 

 of costa to anal angle, somewhat contracted in middle, broadest 

 on costa : cilia ochreous-yellow, beneath the second fascia blackish. 

 Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish, with a grey basal line. 



This peculiarly marked and beautiful species differs widely 

 from all others in the yellow ground-colour, and the position of 

 the two direct parallel fasciae. 



I took two specimens (male and female) in the bush near Sydney 

 in December and February ; and have seen a third from the 

 same locality. 

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