BY E. MEYEICK, B.A. 475 



Larva feeding gregariously on Eucalyptus sp. — (" White 

 Gum") in a large nest of leaves and silk; pupa in the same 

 position. Imago emerges at intervals during November. 



I received a specimen of this species from Mr. E. Gruest, who 

 informs me that it is very common in the larva state on Mount 

 Lofty range, near Adelaide, and very easy to rear, but never 

 found at large in the imago state ; in these particulars, as well as 

 in the larval habits communicated by him, it agrees precisely with 

 a. Jiemifeles. 



41. Jlel. hemiteles„ n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. flavis, macula dorsi, fascia marginis postici 

 utrimque attenuata, interdum macula costae media suffusa angulum 

 analem versus producta purpureis, puncto disci nigro ; post, griseis. 



(^ ? . 19-23 mm. Head deep yellow, face paler. Palpi 

 ochreous- white at base, second joint dark fuscous mixed with 

 whitish, apex yellow, terminal joint yellow, apex dark fuscous 

 anteriorly. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax deep yellow, 

 anterior margin and a square spot on anterior half of back dark 

 purplish-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Anterior and 

 middle tibiae and all tarsi dark fuscous, apex of joints very 

 narrowly ochreous-whitish ; posterior tibiae whitish-ochreous ; 

 femora beneath white. Forewings moderate, costa gently and 

 evenly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate, moder- 

 ately oblique ; deep yellow ; costal edge paler, at base dark 

 fuscous ; a dark fuscous-purple quadrilateral blotch on inner 

 margin beyond middle, upper anterior angle on fold, upper 

 posterior angle reaching half across wing, terminating in a dark 

 fuscous dot, posterior side rather suffused ; a moderate dark 

 fuscous-purple hindmarginal band, attenuated to a point at ajjex 

 and anal angle, anterior edge rounded, apical extremity dark 

 fuscous ; sometimes a very irregularly quadrilateral suffused dark 

 fuscous-purple blotch on middle of costa, sometimes connected 

 with inner margin by a fuscous-purple suffusion between dorsal 



