BY E. MEYBICK. 653 



3. Forewings without transverse fascia 85. punctilinea. 



Forewings with transverse fascia 4. 



4. Forewings with one fascia only 86. selenaea. 



Forewings with second fascia and connecting 



streak 87. clara. 



85. Thai, punctilinea, Walk. 



( Thalaina punctilinea, Walk. Suppl. 288.) 



9- 51 mm. Head deep ferruginous-orange, face blackish, 

 becoming whitish beneath. Thorax white, anterior margin 

 broadly pale brownish, with a small orange spot on each shoulder. 

 Forewings with apex very slightly prominent, hindmargin rounded, 

 slightly waved ; 11 anastomosing with 12 only ; silvery-white; a 

 deep ferruginous-orange streak along basal fifth of costa, margined 

 beneath by a black dot at base ; a few black and orange scales 

 on inner margin towards middle : cilia deep ferruginous-orange, 

 becoming white towards anal angle. Hind wings with hindmargin 

 rounded, waved; white; a small irregular grey spot towards apex. 

 Undersurface of hindwings white, with a large round apical blotch, 

 of which upper half is deep orange except towards hindmargin, 

 where it is light purplish-grey, lower half black. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; also in Tasmania ; two specimens. This 

 may possibly be a variety of the following species, but as no 

 connecting forms have occurred, it is desirable to keep them 

 separate at present. 



86. Thai, selenaea, Dbld. 



(Callimorpha selenaea, Dbld., Eyre's Disc. Austr. I, 437, pi. v, 

 3 ; Absyrtes magnificaria, Chen., Hist. Nat. Pap. 5, Gn. X, 226 ; 

 Thalaina klenaea, Walk. Bomb. 660 ; T. australiaria, HS., Exot. 

 333.) 



§. 45-52 mm. Head deep ferruginous-orange, face blackish. 

 Forewings with apex slightly prominent, hindmargin rounded, 

 slightly waved ; 11 anastomosing with 12 only; silvery -white ; a 

 deep ferruginous-orange streak along basal fifth of costa, sometimes 



