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beneath; terminal joint minute, pointed. Antennae in ^ with 

 basal half pectinated, apical half simple; in ^ simple. Thorax 

 with loose hairs forming a slight posterior crest. Posterior tibiae 

 with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with 2 from f , 3 from shortly 

 before angle, 6 from upper angle of cell or from near base of 

 areole, 7 f rom end of areole or from 8 + 9 near areole, 10 from 

 areole. Hindwings with 3 and 4 closely approximated at base, 

 G and 7 stalked, 8 approximated to near end of cell. 

 Type, Dmnina bariksice, Lew. 



13. DaNIMA BANKSI^. 



Bomhyx banksicE, Lew., Lepid. N.S.W. (1822) pl.ix. 



(J9' SS-S'i nim. Head and palpi fuscous. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous, stalk towards apex dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous 

 with a few white and ochreous scales; patagia white with a few 

 ochreous scales. Abdomen bright ochreous; three terminal seg- 

 ments and under surface dark fuscous; apical hairs of ^ whitish. 

 Legs dark fuscous. Forewings in ^ elongate, in 2 elongate-tri- 

 angular, costa in ^ straight to near apex, in 9 moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded, strongly oblique; grey with 

 sparsely scattered large triangular white scales; markings blackish 

 irrorated with ochreous; a small spot beneath costa near base; a 

 larger spot on costa at |; abroad streak from mid-costa obliquely 

 outwards, becoming longitudinal in disc, not reaching termen; a 

 small suffused spot on costa at |-; a fuscous suffusion on base of 

 dorsum; three spots on fold, sometimes suffiisedly connected with 

 dorsum; cilia grey. Hindwings with termen gently rounded; in 

 (J whitish, suffused with fuscous towards inner margin; in $ 

 wholly fuscous; cilia in ^ whitish, in 9 fuscous with whitish apices, 

 on inner margin mixed with ochreous. 



Q. Brisbane, in January — Vic. Melbourne (L3^ell). 



Gen. 10. D E s T o L M I A. 

 Bestolmia, Wlk., Brit. Mus. Cat. v. p. 991. 



Head shortly rough-haired. Eyes naked. Tongue well developed. 

 Palpi short, porrect; second joint densely scaled beneath; terminal 



