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212. aS'. suhmarginalis Walk. 



( Ilerbula suhmarginalis Walk., Suppl. 1286; //. mulliferalis ib., 

 1286.) 



Ceram. I have seen this species, but do not possess it. 



213. S. ophiosema Low. 

 {Siniaethis ophiosema Low., Trans. Roy.Soc. S. Austr. 1896,167.) 

 Townsville and Kockhampton, Queensland, in November, 

 December, February, and May. Posterior tarsi with basal joint 

 rough-scaled, blackish with white tip, second joint yellow-ochreous 

 with white tip, other three black. 



21 4. aS*. hUesceiLS Feld. 

 {Simaethis hitescens Feld., Reis. Nov. pi. cxxxviii, 16.) 

 Amboina. Not known to me. 



215. aS'. cyanotoxa, n.sj). 



^. 16 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-orange, thorax with 

 central transverse blackish bar, posteriorly infuscated. Palpi 

 orange, second and terminal joints with basal and subapical 

 blackish rings. Antennae whitish ringed with black. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous mixed with brownish-orange, apex deep orange. 

 Posterior legs orange banded with blackish, tibiae and basal joint 

 of tarsi rough-scaled above, third joint of tarsi snow-white above. 

 For^-wings triangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 gently rounded, rather oblique; black; an almost basal ochreous- 

 orange fascia and line immediately following, angulated near 

 costa; first line steel-blue edged with orange, from I of costa to 

 f of dorsum, angulated above middle; immediately beyond this 

 an irregular line of orange-ochreous suffusion, acutely angulated 

 in middle; an oblique steel-blue discal mark beyond middle, 

 surrounded with ochreous-orange; second line steel-blue edged 

 with orange, widely broken inwards below middle, upper portion 

 evenl}^ curved, lower inwardly oblique, the two portions connected 

 by a fine orange line; this is very closely followed throughout by 

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