BY THOS. P. LUCAS, 3I.K.C.S.E., ETC, 



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band extending over hind third to hind half of wing ; while in 

 others again, the whole wing is rich black. Hindwings white, 

 but in some J specimens the posterior third to half of the 

 wing is smoke colour, and in others again, the whole wing is 

 rich black. 



Melbourne and Tasmania ; near to K. uhsoletu. 



Mr. Barnard, of Duaringa, bred a female of this species in 

 Tasmania, and in a few hours some forty males, including all 

 the above varieties had flown mto the room — thus conclusively 

 proving their oneness of species. 



PoKTHESlA (V) IKRORATA, Sp.nOV. 



^ Head and thorax black, mottled with grey and fulvous 

 grey hairs. Palpi black. Antennae fulvous fuscous, with long 

 black pectinations. Abdomen black, mottled with grey hairs, 

 posterior segments, with dots of fulvous ochreous laterally, and 

 caudal segment fringed with fulvous hairs. Forewings moderately 

 dilate ; costa base rounded, nearly straight ; hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; fulvous ochreous, irrorated, dusted, and mottled with 

 fuscous black ; a black band at base, projected and diffused along 

 costa to I-, along inner margin to j, and in a medium band, the 

 black diffused and intermingled with ground colour to join the 

 second fascia, which has its posterior border from h costa to f 

 inner margin, and with basal band contains a circle of ground 

 colour near inner margin ; this basal and median fascia are 

 more or less irrorated into a diffused fascia by the numerous 

 scattered black scales ; a third fascia has anterior border from ^ 

 costa in an irregular rounded sweep to ^ inner margin, and 

 posterior border from just before apex of costa to just before 

 anal angle of inner border, attenuated to a point to near ^ hind 

 margin, and thus forming a rounded arch on either side ; the 

 space between 2nd and 3rd fascia is equally irrorated ground 

 colour and black ; the hindmarginal fourth of wing is sparingly 

 dusted W'ith black ; a fine hindmarginal line black. Cilia 

 fulvous ochreous and black. Hindwings fulvous ochreous ; inner 

 border, with black scales and hairs, and apical portion of wing 

 dusted with black — in some specimens as a short clouded fascia 

 to i liindmargin. Cilia fulvous ochreous, sparingly dusted with 

 black. 



