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23. Epaceomia? grata. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput, subnscendens, fasfigio latu subpentagonali, stdcis 

 lateralibus nullis ; oculi subprominuli ; prothorax vix carinatus, nigra 

 qnadrivillatus et bic/utlafus, margine postico roiundato ; femora postica 

 nigra bifasciata ; tibice postica pallide purpurea, basi albo fasciatee { 

 alee anliccB pallide cinerecc, villa discali maculari guttisque paucis 

 fuscis ; alcB poslicie diaphance, slrigis duabus apicalibus longi- 

 tudinalibus pallide fuscis. 



Male. Testaceous. Head slightly ascending ; lip of the vertex broad, 

 depressed, subpentagonal ; lateral furrows not apparent ; front erect, with 

 four slight diverging keels; inner keels continuous to the tip of the vertex. 

 Eyes somewhat large and prominent. Prothoiax hardly keeled, with two 

 black stripes on each side; inner stripes tiiuch broader than the outer pair; 

 a black dot on each side of the disk; hind border rounded, not elongated. 

 Hind femora a little longer than the abdomen, with two black irregular 

 bands. Hind tibiae pale purple, with a broad white basal band; spines 

 white, with black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, with a brown macular 

 discal stripe which is accompanied by a few brown dots. Hind wings 

 pellucid, with two pale brown longitudinal apical streaks ; veins black, 

 whitish at the base and along the interior border. Length of the body 

 7^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 15 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



24. Epaciiomia pusilla. 



Mas. Fulva ; caput breve, fusco latissime bivittatus, fastigio sulcisque 

 lateralibus lanceolatis; antenncc testacea, apices versus fusca ; pro- 

 thorax tiigro bivil talus et bistrigatus, carinis lateralibus angtilatis 

 slrigisque duabus latis Iraiisversis leslaceis, margine postico roiundato ; 

 femora postica cxtus nigra viltata, intus nigra biplagiata ; tibia 

 postica albida ; ala antica plagis discalibus, gutlis subcoslalibus 

 punctisque paslicis fuscis. 



Male. Tawny, testaceous beneath. Head short, with a very broad 

 brown stripe on each side above; tip of the vertex depressed, lanceolate; 

 lateral furrows also lanceolate; front erect, with four strongly-marked 

 diverging keels; inner keels not connected, but continuous with those 

 which border the sides of the vertex. Antennae testaceous, brown towards 

 the tips. Prolhorax with three slight keels; lateral keels testaceous, 

 forming a distinct angle on the first transverse furrow, intersecting two 

 black stripes ; a black curved streak on each side traversing a transverse 

 broad testaceous streak; hind border forming a rounded angle. Hind 

 femora pale testaceous, with a black stripe on the outer side and with two 

 large black patches on the inner side. Hind tibiae and hind tarsi whitish; 

 spines with black tips. Wings pellucid. Fore wings with a discal stripe 

 of brown patches, with some brown subcostal dots and with some brown 

 points near the hind border; veins testaceous, white towards the tips, 

 excepting some brown veins along the outer part of the hind border. Hind 



