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fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, tinged witli yellowisli on sides. 

 Legs dark purple-fuscous, posterior tibite yellosv, posterior tarsi 

 yellowish with dark fuscous rings at base of joints. Fore-wings 

 moderately broad, hind-margin considerably oblique; deep yellow 

 aj)ical portion beyond an inwardly curved line from three-fifths 

 of costa to f of inner-margin purple (light reddish-purple scales 

 being thickly strewn on a black ground, towards anal angle in 

 longitudinal lines); a suffused dark fuscous streak along costa 

 from base to middle ; a dark fuscous streak along lower half of 

 division-line of the yellow and purple portions, immediately 

 beyond which are two small deep blue spots one in middle, the 

 other above inner-margin ; a broader dark fuscous streak from 

 costa at junction of yellow and purple portions to anal angle, 

 slightly curved inwards, bordered posteriorly on its lower half 

 with purple-blue ; a very oblique, short, dark fuscous streak from 

 costal extremity of this streak towards hind-margin a little below 

 apex, above which is a deep purple-blue spot, and the extreme 

 costa is yellow ; four round black spots on lower part of hind- 

 margin, surrounded by ochreous scales, and alternating with 

 three smaller longitudinally elongate black spots ; a metallic 

 purple line along base of cilia, rest of cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous, on costa yellowish. 



This very handsome species is superficially very dissimilar to 

 all its congeners from its yellow and purple colouring ; in this it 

 has at first sight an external resemblance to some of the Oecop}iorid(Z 

 but, apart from structural points, may be known from them by 

 the black hind-marginal spots. It appears tolerably common, 

 though retired in habit ; occurring round Sydne}' and Parramatta, 

 and in Queensland at Helidon, from September to November, 

 and again in February and March. 



The larval and pupal stages of this species are very singular. 

 Larva very elongate, tolerably cylindrical but slightly flattened, 

 smooth, head, second and anal segments with a few short blackish 



