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QUEENSLAND liEPIDOPTERA 



gently rounded, hindmargin very obli(iuely rounded, black, with 

 ochreous spots, more or less suffused with orange red. Fore- 

 wings with first two spots across middle of wing, subcostal one 

 small, broader posteriorly, inner one elongated toward but not 

 as far as anal angle ; the second row of three dots are small, the 

 subcostal one linear, and alone, the inner two contiguous divided 

 only by vein four. Cilia black. Hind wings orange red, with a 

 fine black line dividing oft" one fourth costal portion, and bor- 

 dered by deep black, narrow on inner margin and inner half of 

 hind margin, and thence covering anal half of wing. Cilia as 

 forewings. Bellenden Ker Lucas-Eye Expedition. 



BOMBYCID^. 



KOMB\'X FRUGALIS, NOV. SP. 



^ 35 VI )){. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen sepia fuscous, 

 or smoky brown. Antennae, stalk ochreous white, pectinations 

 ochreous yellow, 1 — 4, narrowing rapidly before apex. Fore- 

 wings costa straight, apex rounded, hindmargin gently rounded; 

 sepia fuscous or smoky brown. Forewings costa darker 

 fuscous, veins reddish fuscous, a small diffused discal sj ot black, 

 a few scattered irrorated white scales on borders, and a darker 

 suti'usion on inner margin. Cilia darker than ground colour of 

 wing. Hindwings as forewings. Cilia whitish grey with 

 fuscous line at base, and sending transverse bars across. 

 Brisbane at lisrht. 



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BOMBYX FIGURATA, NOV. SP. 



^ 32 Dpi^. $ 45 v\Vi. Head rich chocolate fuscous, face 

 reddish ochreous. Palpi reddish ochreous, fringed with cho- 

 colate fuscous. AntennfP, stalk chocolate fuscous, pectinations 

 reddish ochreous. Thorax fuscous drab, with a white and 

 fuscous irrorated band or collar, a whitish line continuous with 

 costa of forewings, and posteriorly a conspicuous broad white 

 patch on either side. Abdomen grey white, with anal segment 

 fringed with fuscous hairs. Forewings, costa gently arched, 

 hindmargin rounded, woolly white, with fuscous and chocolate 

 bauds and lines ; fine costal chocolate line thinning at apex, a 

 broad transverse wavy chocolate band near base from costa to 

 opposite i inner margin ; a second curved band from -} inner 

 margm, with three waves to median vein, thence bent at right- 

 angles along median to ^ ; the transverse half is lighter fuscous 

 between boundary lines, and the median vein half contains three 

 conspicuous white dots ; a third band curves round from f 

 costa, and parallel with hind margin, to -i, inner margin, 



