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winofs with white veins, those lowiirds llie tips paiil)' hlaclc. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; expansion of ihe fore wings 12 lines. 



a. Australia, From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



25. Epacromia turbida. 



Mas. Testacea ; caput et prothorax tiif/ricante guadristrif/nta ; caput 

 breve, fasligio subpentagonali niyricanle uninolalo, sulcis laleraiibus 

 nidlis ; antenna fuscce, basi pallide Jlavee ; prothorax brevis, non 

 carinatus, postice fuloiis, mmgine poslico rotundato ; abdominis 

 dorsum basi fuscum ; femora poslica nigra quadristrigata ; tibia pos- 

 liciB purpurascenles, basi al bi do fascial ce ; alee anticw pallide cinerece, 

 strigis duabus ex parte gultuluribus vittaque intermedia maculari 

 fuscis ; alcE posticcc diuphance, apice fuscescentes. Fcem. — Caput 

 non strigatum ; prothoracis striga brevissimcB ; tibia: posticce viri- 

 descente albida;, subtus fuscescente unialrigatcB ; aim anticce fusco 

 quingue-seriatim guttata, macula costali fuaca, spatio exteriore 

 jfuscescente nebuloso ; ala postica apice diaphana. 



Male. Testaceous. Head and prothorax on each side with two 

 hlaokish oblique streaks. Head short, with a blackish mark on the tip of 

 the vertex, which is depressed and sulipentajj;onal ; lateral furrows obsolete ; 

 front hardly oblique, with four distinct diverging- keels ; inner keels not 

 connected between the sockets of the antennae. Antennee brown, pale 

 yellow towards the base. Prothorax short, not keeled, tawny between the 

 second transverse furrow and the hind border, which is munded. Abdomen 

 brown above towards the base. Hind femora with two broad irregular 

 black streaks on each side. Hind iibi;e purplish, with a whitish band near 

 the base; spines whitish, with black tips. Fore wings pale cinereous, with 

 two brown partly gnttular streaks extending from the base, one costal, the 

 other on the hind border; an intermediate stripe of brown spots; costa 

 slightly rounded near the base. Hind wings pellucid, brownish at the tips ; 

 veins yellowish, white at the base and along the interior border. Length of 

 the body 8 lines; expansion of the fore wings 13 lines. 



Female. Head without any blackish marks. Streaks on the prothorax 

 very short. Hind tibiic whitish, with a slight green tinge; a short brownish 

 streak beneath. Fore wings wiih five rows of brown dots ; a brown spot 

 adjoining the rounded part of the costa; exterior part mostly clouded with 

 pale brown. Hind wings not brownish at the tips ; a dark brown costal 

 streak. Length of the body 9^ lines; expansion of the fore wings 23 lines. 



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

 h. Australia. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Oceania. 



26. Epacromia Oceanica. 



Foem. Testacea ; caput nigricante etfuscescente quadristrigatum,f(tstigio 

 subheptagonali, sulcis lateralibus luiis quadratis ; prothorax nigra 

 fuscus, carinii tribus testaccis {lateralibus angulalis) bene deter- 

 7ninaiis, inargine postico produclo roluudnto ; femora postica extus 

 fusco triplagiata ; aUe anticce fusco guttata, maculis paucis e venis 

 fusco marginutis ; ahe poslica diaphana. 



