BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 767 



B. Hindwings without marginal band. 



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a. Hindwings without dark markings 114. chloropyga. 



b. ,, with blackish markings. 



1. Hindwings with subterminal series of 



black spots 111. caricae. 



2. Hindwings without subterminal series of 



black spots 113. nesophora. 



108. Hyps, basilissa, n. sp. 



^ Q. 68-72 mm. Head white, crown and forehead orange- 

 Palpi black, upper longitudinal half of second joint and base 

 of first joint white. Antennse dark grey, with a white streak 

 above towards base, ciliations J. Thorax white, sprinkled with 

 orange, collar and margins of patagia orange, a posterior 

 round spot, one on each shoulder, and one in middle of each 

 patagium black. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, towards base white, 

 with dorsal row of black dots, beneath white with two rows of 

 small black spots. Legs white, femora and tibiae striped with 

 black. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa strongly arched, apex 

 obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; light grey, greenish-tinged ; 

 veins and folds white • a small orange basal spot ; a black dot on 

 costa almost at base, and a small black spot in middle very near 

 base ; a broad irregularly curved white fascia from costa at #, 

 narrowed beneath, and reaching to near inner margin at |, below 

 middle with black band of undersurf ace showing through obscurely: 

 cilia dark grey, with white spots on veins. Hindwings white ; a 

 moderate subtriangular black spot towards costa beyond middle ; 

 a moderate blue-black hindmarginal band, inner edge dentate, 

 broadest at apex, attenuated to anal angle ; cilia grey, with white 

 spots on veins. 



Cooktown and Cairns, Queensland ; four specimens (Coll. 

 Macleay). Allied to H. dominia, Cr., and II. marmorea, Walk., 

 but with hindmarginal band of hindwings entire. 



