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another below cell : second a spot in cell at twothirds. with a 

 spot above and another below cell : third a bar marking end 

 of cell : fourth, a discal, broad, irregular band of spots, from 

 vein 8 to dorsum : fifth, subterminal, narrow, strongly waved : 

 terminal line brown-black inwardly edged whitish : termen 

 with a series of obscure spots orange, that at tornus, and that 

 between vein 2 and vein 3, clearer, larger, and centred brown- 

 black. 



Female. Above. Forewing dark bronze brown : a broad 

 central area, reaching costa beyond cell, reaching base and 

 almost reaching tornus, blue : termen lined brown-black : cilia 

 grey-brown. Hindwing blue : costa and apex broadly dark 

 bronze brown : termen narrowly brown-black with a narrow 

 line, broader towards tornus, blue, a spot between vein 2 and 

 vein 3 and an obscure spot nearer tornus, brown-black : cilia 

 whitish, at veins brown-black. 



Beneath as in male : spots of discal band broader : obscure 

 orange spots of termen of hindwing sometimes extending faintly 

 into tornus of forewing. 



Localities. Ocean Grove, October, November, December. 

 Wandin. Sydney, October, January, February. 



In order to avoid confusion between this species and Pseitdo- 

 dipsas cyrilns, we have drawn up a description of the latter 

 species in similar terms : this description we have taken from 

 the type series bred by Anderson and Spr\. 



PsEUDODiPSAS CYRILUS, Anderson and Spry. Victorian 

 Naturalist, vol. xiv. (1897), pp. 5, 6, 7 (with figures). 



Expanse. Male, 14 mm. Female, 16 mm. Forewing with 

 costa almost straight : apex subacute : termen almost straight 

 in the male and very slightly rounded in the female. Hindwing 

 with termen slightly sinuate and produced between vein 2 

 and vein 3. 



Male. Above. Forewing pale bronze brown : termen lined 

 dark brown : cilia grey-brown. Hindwing pale bronze brown : 

 termen very narrowly dark brown, with a narrow line from 

 vein la to vein 3, bluish white, and a spot between vein 2 and 

 vein 3 and another spot nearer tornus, brown-black : cilia 

 whitish, at veins brown-black. 



Beneath. Forewing i)ale brown, markings pale brown 

 edged brown and then faintly greyish : first band across cell 

 at onethird : second across cell at twothirds and continued 

 obscurely below cell : third marking end of cell : fourth, discal, 

 narrow, almost straight, from vein 10 to vein i : fifth, sub- 

 terminal. iMown. linear, from vein 7 to vein i : terminal line, 

 narrow, brown. Hindwing pale brown, markings pale brown 

 edged brown and then faintly greyish : first a spot in cell at 

 onethird with a smaller spot above and another below cell : 



