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PAPERS READ. 



STRAY NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA. 



By a. Sidney Ollipf, 

 Government Entomologist, New South "Wales. 



No. 1. 



Under the above title I propose from time to time to oflfer 

 remarks on new and little-known species that may come under my 

 observation. In this, the first of these notices, I describe a 

 singularly fine species of Hawk-moth which I have failed to find 

 in Boisduval's Monograph or Butler's Catalogue of the group 

 although it has been known to Sydney collectors for many years. 

 In deciding upon its affinities I have had the friendly advice of 

 that experienced lepidopterist Mr. Henry Edwards, with whose 

 name I have ventured to associate it. 



SPHINGID^. 



Macrosila Edwardsi, sp.n. 



Head and thorax rich umber-brown, mottled with ochreous- 

 yellow and brown scales, the latter with a narrow transverse band 

 antei'iorly and a cream-yellow patch on each side at the base ; the 

 patagia and hind margin edged with dark umber-brown ; palpi long, 

 erect, upstanding, white beneath, umber-brown above and for the 

 apical half below. Antennee light umber-brown above, paler 

 beneath. Forewing rich umber-brown, with greyish-white mark- 

 ings, a few light brown and ochreous scales mingled with the dark 

 scales ; a bright cream-yellow patch at the base extending more 

 than half way towards the costa, which is mottled near the base 

 with greyish-white scales ; three irregular transverse bands com- 

 posed of greyish-white scales before middle ; two similar bauds 

 near apex extending from costa towards hind-margin, the first 

 narrow and interrupted about the middle of wing, second broad, 



