286 EUPHYIA. By L. B. Prout. 



taining the coll-dot. Underside whitish, with blackisli cell-dots aud interiupted subterminal band, forewing also 

 with a strongly angled postmedian band. 



buhromafa. E. bichrotTiata Guen. I have not been able to match this type, which I studied carefvdly sorae years ago, 



but Dr. Turner wrote me that he had a sjjecinien from Ta.sniania wliich agreed fairly well and that he was 

 satisfied that this name shonld supjalant longuescens, rejiresenting the Tasmanian race; in any case nearly 

 related. It differs somewhat in shape, the apex of the forewing being slightly more falcate, the termen faintly 

 sinuate between the oth subco.stal and Ist radial, the hindwing with an appreciably sharper tooth at the 3rd 

 radial than elsewhere. The iipperside is very similar to that of languescens type, the markings niore blurred 

 than in many examples. The underside has the cell-dots enlarged. that of the hindwing larger than in almost 

 any langui-scens Avliich T have seen; apical border of forewing broad tt) beliind the 2nd radial, then suddenly 

 narrowed. but i'ontinuing (outside the subterminal) to the hindniargin; border of hindwing lu'oadened, reaching 

 the termen but not reaching the eosta (indeed fading away about the 2nd radial), the jtart on tlie proximal side 

 of the subtenninal macular and not "black" (as Guenee gives) but brown. Tasmania. the tyjie $ in the Paris 



languescens. Museum. — langucsccns Rosenstoch (28 e). founded on a $ from "South Australia". is known also from New 

 South Wales. Victoria and Tasmania (see above). Antennal ciliation of the rj short. Forewing above variable 

 in markings. often (chiefly in the SS'-) with a better exjiressed median band than in the type $. Hindwing 

 with its anterior part usually clear orange-yellow. the dark markings only developing towards the abdominal 

 legion; at times there is also a shadowy subterminal basal. Underside sharply marked, with dark subterminal 

 concolor. shades on the hindwing (reaching costa) and on the anterior half of the forewing. — ab. concolor noi\ is a re- 

 markable ?. recorded by Turner, in wliich the hindwing has no yellow finge, but is almost concolorous with 

 the forewing. Type in the Lyell collection. probably from (lisborne. 



doUopis. E. doliopis Meyr. (2<s e). Related to languescens, but with the o ciliation twice as long (about 1). Fore- 



wing with termen rather more oblique, median band with more definite distal projection; more reddisli-mixed 

 than in aglaodes. Hindwing generally duller or more clouded than in langxescens. Underside less sharply marked, 

 lacking the strong dark subterminal shades. South Australian. 



opipara. E. opipara Tum. (= oriotes Turn., M. S.) (2s e). A rather large and ample-winged species. in the shape 



of the forewing and of its broad median band slightly reminiscent of the large New Zealand Dasyuris. The 

 yellow ground of the hindwing not very bright, the subterminal maculation of the underside reproduced more 

 weakly above. Discovered on Mount Hotham, Victoria; subsequently found on Mount Kosciusko. 



deltoidata. E. deltoidata Walk. (28 e). Excessively variable in coloration and in the breadth. and even the shape, 



of the median band of the forewing ; yet its size and wing-form aiid the absence of any similar species in New 

 Zealand render its recognition easy. The conspicuously white central dot of the subterminal is a relatively 

 constant feature, but even this is occasionally suppressed. Hindwing always more or less ochreous and with 

 very weak markings; sometimes more, sometimes less, suft'used with greyish or whitish. Widely distributed 

 and common; recorded also from Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands. Walkers type, from Auckland. 

 plagifurrafa. has a half-!)and, rather nearly resembling that of the first-named aberration, but more quadrate. — ab. plagi- 

 furcata Walk. (= hawthornei Th.-Mieg) has the half-band which represents almost the only darkening of the 

 median area curiously misshapen, a very long and acute indentation being developed in its distal side in front 

 of the 2nd radial. Rare, but recurrent; occasional intermediates occur. Walkers dingy tyj)e is from Auckland. 



perversaüt. Thierry-Mieg's brighter hawthornei from Springfield. — ab. perversata Feld, has the median band unequally 

 inclarata. bisected. the ground-colour crossing it about the fold. — ab. inclarata \\ alk. is a common form, with the median 



perductata. band complete, its distal edge twice sinuate inward. — ab. perductata Walk. (= conversata Walk., inopiata 



Feld.) (28 e) has the median band broader than in normal qq, its edges blacker than the rest of the band, the 



bisiynata. distal edge almost straight. — ab. bisignata Walk, is a $ somewhat similar to perductata (of which both the 



cited types are (^(^) but with the median band darker. its edges not noticeably differentiated from its inferior. 



(leseriptata. — ö-ab. descriptata Walk, has the band sliajied about as in perductata but narrowed. There is, naturally. no 

 sharp line of demarcation and the separate name was proljably even less needed than most of the others. — 



pasihiaria. ab. pastinaHa Guen. in not quite intelligibly differentiated, but as the median band is entire, with its anterior 



part enclosing round the cell-dot an ashy-grey patch which is prolonged and constricted on the Costa T gatlier 



congressata. that it is a combination of tlie plagifurcata with the more normal group. Described from the $. — ab. congressata 



Walk, is a small, smoky, comparatively unicolorous $ and has the hindwing also somewhat dull and dark- 



aggregaia. .suffused, suggesting incipient melanism. — ab. aggregata Walk, is the antithesis of perductata and descriptata 



in that the median band has developed a strong bilubed piojection between the 3rd radial and the 2nd median. 



congregata. The type and the other most pronoimced examples whicli I iiave seen are $$. — al). congregata Walk. (= mono- 

 liata Feld.) (28 f). These types are also $$, characterized by the warm ground-colour of tiie forewing and 

 weakened markings of the distal area, so that the aberration is comparable (es^aecially when the post median 



