BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 771 



moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded, 

 inner margin in £ somewhat prominent beyond middle ; brown, 

 very finely sprinkled with yellow-whitish ; veins and folds 

 slenderly yellow- whitish ; a whitish-ochreous basal patch extending 

 on costa to J and on inner margin to \, outer edge very ill- 

 defined, containing six round black dots, of which three are 

 subcostal, two on submedian fold, and one on outer edge above 

 middle ; transverse vein suffused obscurely with whitish-ochreous : 

 cilia brown. Hind wings orange ; two moderate suboval blackish 

 spots, first below middle, second beyond middle, sometimes with a 

 few connecting blackish scales ; a small cloudy blackish spot 

 below first, nearly touching anal angle ; cilia orange. 



Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales ; common (Coll. 

 Macleay and Masters.) 



114. Hyps, chloropyga, "Walk. 



( Eypsa chloropyga, Walk. Bomb. 455; H. analis, ib. 1677; 

 Agape cyanopyga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. OVI, 4.) 



<J). 56-62 mm. Head and thorax deep yellow ; a black anterior 

 dot on each patagium. Palpi pale greyish-ochreous, upper 

 longitudinal half black. Antennoe black, with a white longi- 

 tudinal streak. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, segments 2-4 narrowly 

 blackish at base above, anal segment large, deep metallic blackish- 

 green. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior femora dark fuscous 

 above. Eorewings elongate-triangular, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; deep yellow ; a 

 black almost basal dot on costa and another in middle near base ; 

 five small round reddish spots in disc, first before £, second 

 beyond and above first, third beyond and below second, fourth 

 central, fifth beyond fourth ; sometimes a sixth between fourth 

 and fifth : cilia deep yellow. Hindwings and cilia deep ochreous- 

 yellow. 



Cape York, Cooktown, and Bowen, Queensland ; three 

 specimens (Coll. Macleay). Also from Ceram and Amboina. 

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