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upturned, reaching the hind-margin about the middle, the apical 

 area, hinder angle, and outer half of the inner margin mottled 

 with greyish-white ; cilia of hind-margin white, barred on the 

 veins with broad patches of pale umber-brown. Hindwing pale 

 salmon-red, the base cream-yellow, suffused with smoky-brown 

 above, two abbreviated oblique narrow brown bars extending 

 from abdominal margin towards middle, a triangvilar white patch 

 at hinder angle, beyond which is a small rich brown patch edged 

 posteriorly with bluish scales ; veins 4-7 ornamented beyond the 

 middle with narrow streaks of white scales, relieved in the middle 

 by black. Cilia of hind-margin from apical angle to hinder angle 

 white, barred on the veins with umber-brown. Abdomen pale 

 umber-brown, mottled with whitish and ochreous scales, the base 

 and patches of scales at the sides cream-yellow. Beneath the 

 wings are light brown, the bases whitish, with a sinuous trans- 

 verse marking on both fore and hindwing near the apex extending 

 from costa to inner margin ; hinder part of thorax and abdomen 

 white. Legs brown ; inner side of anterior and intermediate 

 femora white ; posterior femora wholly white except a light brown 

 patch externally at base and a similar patch internally behind the 

 spurs. Expanse of wings, 102 mm. ; length of body, 40 mm, 



Brisbane, Queensland; Lower Hunter River, New South Wales. 



This rare species, j^erhaps the most beautiful of the Australian 

 Hawk-moths, has existed for many years in more than one local 

 collection, but as far as I am aware has never yet received a name. 

 A single specimen obtained at Ash Island, Hunter River, in 1860 

 or thereabouts, by the late Mr. A. W. Scott is now in the collection 

 of the Australian Museum, and I have seen other specimens from 

 the same district and from Brisbane, the latter in the possession 

 of Mr. F. G. T. Smith. 



Macrosila Edwardsi is allied to M. casuarince, Fabr., the most 

 abundant of our SjDhingidse, but is entirely different in colour and 

 marking, and has the palpi longer, more erect, and outstanding. 



