Heterocera fj'om the Australian Region. 431 



80. Botys argijrogaster, n. s. 



Pale golden testaceous ; wings becoming gradually pearl-white 

 towards the base ; orbicular spot represented by a golden brown 

 dot ; reniform spot by a little transverse spot of the same colour ; 

 a faint indication of a golden brown wavy discal line ; back of 

 thorax pearl-white, abdomen golden testaceous, becoming darker 

 towards the posterior margins of the segments, which are pearl- 

 white, sides and anal segment pearl-white ; wings below slightly 

 paler than above, pectus white, legs cream-coloured ; venter 

 silvery white. Expanse of wings, 25 mm. 



Viti Islands. 



Belongs to the long-winged group of this too elastic 

 genus. 



Emprepes, Led. 



81. Emp7'cpes insignis, n. s. 



Primaries above rather pale chrome-yellow, with broad internally 

 bismuated shining bronze-brown outer border; a small spot of 

 yellow, with a faint submarginal streak of the same colour above 

 it, near external angle ; costal margin to just beyond the end of 

 the cell, a subbasal transverse stripe and a quadrate spot at the 

 end of the cell (uniting the costa to the angle between the sinua- 

 tions of the external border) black-brown ; secondaries shining 

 bronze-brown ; costal area white, excepting at apex ; fringe 

 greyish ; head above cream-colour ; collar dark brown, with a 

 cream-coloured spot on each side ; thorax ochreous, with a dark 

 brown band across the front ; abdomen pale bronze-brown, with 

 whitish hind margins to the posterior segments ; under surface 

 with the brown areas more golden ; otherwise much as above. 

 Expanse of wings, 17 — 18 mm. 



Male, Gayndah ; female, Peak Downs. 



ScopuLA, Schr. 

 82. Scopula auritincta, n. s. 

 Golden ochraceous, primaries paler towards the inner margin ; 

 base of the wing crossed by a broad imperfect greyish brown 

 8-shaped iigure, not reaching the margins; a quadrate spot closing 

 the cell, and a second large oblique S-shaped figure (open at its 

 extremities) crossing the disc ; this figure is formed by an angulated 

 discal stripe united just about its central angle to a 3-shaped sub- 

 marginal stripe ; neither of these stripes extend to the costal or 



