Old World Lijmantriidx in the National Collection. 405 



EuPROCTis PUEA, nov. 



^ $ . Palpi, frons, pectus, under-side of body, and legs bright 

 ochreous ; antennre, thorax, and fore-wings of a imiform clear lilac 

 grey ; abdomen above with the base and anal tiift ochreous, the remain- 

 ing portions deep black ; actually the four last segments are banded 

 with black, the bands in the $ type specimen being quite close 

 together, while in the others there are slight indications of ochreous 

 segmental lines ; the hind-wings are ochreous, without any markings 

 in either of the males, and with some black suffusion in the 

 abdominal marginal third in the female ; the under-side is pale 

 uniform ochreous, with no markings in the males, and black suffusion 

 in the female as on upper side. 



Expanse of wings ^ U, ? 2tV inches. 



1^,1$, Townsville, Queensland, bred {Dodd). 1 $ , 

 Queensland (Raynor coll.). 



I cannot find that this has been described by any one in 

 Australia, probably because it stands in collections as K 

 edwardsii, Newman; but we have Newman's type, and in 

 my opinion it is quite a different insect, being more nearly 

 allied to R holoxntha, Turner; Newman's type is well 

 figured in Trans. Ent. Soc, 1856, pi. 18, f. 10, and any one 

 comparing it with this beautiful Queensland species will 

 see that it is quite different. 



EUPROCTIS EDWARDSII. 



Teara edivardsii, Newm., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1856, p. 284, pi. 

 18, £f. 9, 10. 

 1 ^ , Australia (type). 



EUPROCTIS OCHREA. 



Gogana ochrea, Butler, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), ii, p. 459 



(1878). 

 Nygmia ochrea, Kirby, Cat. Moths, i, p. 449 (1892). 



1 ^ , 1 ?, Madagascar (types). 



EUPEOCTIS CROCEA. 

 Tcara crocect, Walkei', xxxii, 355 (1865). 

 Nygmia crocea, Kirby, Cat. Moths, i, p. 449 (1892). 

 Artaxa arroqans, Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc, Queensland, xv, 

 p. 140 (1900). 



Type $ , Moreton Bay. 



Lucas' types came from Cairns ; his description exactly 

 suits Walker's type. 



