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closely) preceded by an indistinct double medial line ; 

 subterniinal fairly distinct throughout, angled inward at SC^ 

 and behind IV ; the purple shading of the border deeper 

 than on fore ^\ ing ; a red shade from near apex to behind 

 R\ corresponding to the shade from near apex on fore wing; 

 on arrow-mark on IV. Underside of both wings somewhat 

 as above, but with less pink irroration except beyond 

 postmedial line, which is single, minutely waved, distinct; 

 other lines practically obsolete ; terminal shades weaker than 

 above, especially on hind wing, the fore wing without dark 

 apical and ar*row-marks. 



Mt. Poi, -200 feet— 1 9 . 



in the absence of the cf, it is impossible to assign to 

 this species its true position in the genus. Perhaps near 

 to T.'tephraea {Zethes tephraea Turner, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., xxxiv, p. 348, 1909, Queensland). Probably neai-est 

 to an inidescribed species. 



Hypeninae. 



In view of the fact that the key definitipn of this subfamily 

 given in Cat. Lep. Phal., iv, certainly does not in all cases 

 hold good, a preliminary note on w|iat is here meant by the 

 name may not be out of place. 



In the niajority of Ophiderinae P- of the hind wing is 

 given off from close to angle of cell, whilst in many of the 

 Hypeninae it is given off at from ^ to f discocellulars ; 

 but there are a large number of exceptions. For example : 

 in two of the best-known Hypenid genera, Nodaria and 

 Siniplicia, IV is given off almost from the angle; but both 

 these genera are distinguished l)y the very long sickle-shaped 

 palpus and also, in the cT, by the sheath on the fore leg, 

 concealing the tibia and (usually) one or two segments of 

 the tarsus. This is a not uncommon character in the 

 Hypeninae but 1 have not . at present come across any 

 example of it in the Ophiderinae. 



Ajthbugh t am not at present prepared to give any infallible 

 distinction between the two subfamilies, the following points 

 may be taken as a general guide. Sir G. Hampson's 

 distinction based upon vein R^ (to be used with certain 

 reservations). The exceptional length of palpus, which is 

 usually either sickle-shaped (as in Simplicia), with the 

 second segment curved throughout, or straight and normally 



