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apical ^ simple. Thorax pale ochreous, more or legs suffused with 

 reddish or rarely with fuscous, with two irregular blackish trans- 

 verse bars. Abdomen whitish-ochreous irrorated with reddish 

 and fuscous, with a double dorsal series of small blackish spots. 

 Forewings triangular, hindmargin slightly waved, hardly bowed, 

 rather oblique ; pale ochreous or fuscous, often more or less wholly 

 suffused with reddish, with numerous waved fuscous or blackish 

 lines, varying in intensity ; sometimes a more or less general 

 whitish irroration ; median band in ^ moderate, in 9 broader, 

 formed by two groups of three lines each enclosing a clear space, 

 both groups more or less suffused with dark fuscous or blackish, 

 especially above middle, sometimes whole band suffused with dark 

 fuscous, anterior edge slightly curved, posterior edge forming a 

 short obtuse projection on median third, slightly sinuate above 

 this ; a black median discal dot ; a pale waved subterminal line, 

 often obscure ; a triangular dark fuscous or reddish-fuscous 

 suffusion on hindmargin Vjeneath apex ; a blackish hindmarginal 

 line : cilia pale fuscous mixed with reddish and whitish-ochreous, 

 with faint darker fuscous bars. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 somewhat waved, rounded ; pale fuscous, with numerous slightly 

 curved obscure darker fuscous lines ; posterior edge of median 

 band somewhat unevenly curved and sinuate ; hindmarginal line 

 and cilia as in forewings. 



var. C?) urhana. 9. Forewings with median band and almost 

 whole hindmarginal area suffused with blackish-grey, except upper 

 half of pale fascia following median band, which therefore becomes 

 conspicuous ; median band broad, projection of posterior margin 

 rather more prominent than in ^. Hindwings suffused with 

 rather dark grey. 



Duaringa and Toowoomba (2000 feet), Queensland ; Grlen Innes 

 (3500 feet), Newcastle, Sydney, and Mount Kosciusko (4700 feet), 

 New South Wales ; Melbourne and Fernshaw, Victoria ; Mount 

 Lofty, South Australia ; Perth and Albany, West Australia ; from 

 August to January, and in April, usually very common every- 

 where. Whether the insect which I have called above var. urhana 

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