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half to middle of wings ; a li^ht fuscous band from costa 

 parallel to hind border to before J, inner margin, costal half 

 paler ; a second ill defined, paler line beyond ; a patch of 

 minute black specks on costal third of wing from ^ to -^ costa ; 

 a rich band of chocolate colour bars from i costa to inner 

 margin before anal angle. Cilia whitish grey. Hindwings 

 light reddish ochreous. Cilia as forewings. One specimen^ 

 Brisbane. 



DORATIPHORA QUADRIDENS, NOV. SP. 



^ $ 30-34 V{])\. Head ochreous white. Palpi reddish 

 fuscous. Antennae, stalk ochreous white, pectinations fuscous.^ 

 Thorax reddish fuscous. Abdomen reddish fuscous, rather 

 lighter than thorax. Forewings costa gently wavy, apex 

 rounded, hindmargin bowed, reddish fuscous diffused with tints- 

 of ochreous and shades of red. Forewings costa finely edged 

 with fuscous, broken up into fine dots and freely irrorated in 

 costal area with fuscous and white scales ; at ;.; a band of four 

 conspicuous white spots in disc, the third often divided into two, 

 bordered and banded by rich fuscous shading suffusion toward 

 costa and extending as a line to centre of wing, with a small 

 fuscous dot half way to inn^r margin ; a sufl'used shading of 

 fuscous along hindmargin. Cilia fuscous tinted with pink, and 

 banded with a line of darker fuscous. Hindwings, colour of fore- 

 wings, but shading ochreous white to basal half. Cilia as fore- 

 wings, inner margin ochreous white. Found feeding on the 

 Pteris, or common bracken fern. It is a finely coloured cater- 

 pillar, with stinging spines, which discharge an irritant poison 

 into the hand which carelessly seizes it. Mr. Tyron first reared 

 this species. r)risbane, rare. 



GEOMETRINA. 



GeOMETRIDjE. 

 HYPOCHROMA PURPURISSATA, NOV. SP. 



2 ii ]]{ ]]{. Head ochreous fulvous. -Palpi black. Antennae- 

 purplish fuscous. Thorax fuscous, freely irrorated with grey and 

 black. Abdomen ochreous fuscous, with bands of irrorated 

 black scales across the segments, and laterally diffused with 

 golden yellow. Forewings costa, nearly straight, hindmargin 

 gently crenulate, apical half straight, anal half sharply bowed, 

 fuscous grey, freely dift'used with purple, and dotted with silver 

 specks, and red and grey scales, with fuscous and blackjmarkings. 

 Forewings costa finely edged with black ; basal fascia bowed out- 

 ward, darkest along the veins ; a second broad fascia from ^ 

 costa to ^ inner margin, costal third narrowed to a line, and 



