BY K. J. TILLYARD. 



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scarcely piiiclied at all, 8-10 not enlarged. Aiiriclfs (Text-fig.3) 



very large, bright yellow above, edged with dark bi-owii outwards 



and })osteriorly; underside brown. Colour of abdomen l)lackish- 



brow Ji: 1, with a pair of lateral yellowish-green marks; 2, with 



three pairs of short narrow marks of the same colour; 3-(i, each 



with a conspicuous pair of dorsal yellowish-green stripes pointed 



in front, placed between base and transverse carina; jjosterior to 



this carina, a pair of small basa.l spots wide apart, 



and a similar pair of small apical spots; sides 



with an elongated patch of bright yellow between 



base and transverse carina; 7-S similarly marked, 



but with the pattern modified by tlie approach /* 



of the transverse carina nearer to base, thus 



shortening the anterior stripes and lengtheniiig 



the apical spots; also the lateral yellow markings 



extend apically beyond the carina; 9, with a pair 



of dorsal yellow markings, triangular, with their 



vertices placed basally on the segment; also a O. 



pair of lateral basal yellow spots; 10, with two 



large yellow spots isolating an irregularly trapezoidal basal black 



patch. Dorsally on 6-9 are conspicuous patches of grey hairs. 



Beneath the inferior apj^end age, seg. 10 carries a rounded tubercle 



with two projecting teeth, sharply pointed, black. 



Appendages (Plate xxiii., figs. 1-2): superior 1-2 mm., 

 black, pointed, flattened, somewhat twisted; hifcriov 1-4 mm., 

 trifitl, the middle lobe very wide, truncated, yellow bordered with 

 black; the lateral lobes black, cornute, divergent. 



^. Toial length., 52 ; abdomen., 36 ; foreiviny, 34*5 ; hiudwiny, 

 o3-5mm. Differs from ^ as follows: — Wings broader, with more 

 rounded tips; all the wing-spots much larger; base of hind wing- 

 narrow, the posterior border sloping gradually awa\' almost in a 

 straight line at an angle of 45^ to the wing-axis, then curving 

 evenly round to reach the widest part of the wing just before the 

 termination of Cu.. Frons and face darkei', the vellow on the 



Text-fitr.3.* 



■" Auricles oiA)rJtiptfnJia anricuJata, u.g. et sp. ; a, male; h, female; ( x 10). 



