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yellow, reticulated with vermilion; abdomen vermilion, spotted 

 with black ; wings and body below glossy vermilion, front 

 coxa; yellow. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Allied to T. Icettfera, but without grey bands or lines in 

 primaries. 



Subfamily Hypsinje^ Butler. 

 Genus Damalis, Hiibner. 



32. Damalis alciphron. 

 Phalana-Attactis alctphron, Gveimev, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 133. fig. E (1779). 

 New Guinea. 



Family ChalcosiidsD. 



Genus Dysphania, Hiibner. 

 33. Dysphania chalyheata^ n. sp. 



Hyaline greyish ; markings arranged as in D. numana 

 {Eusdiema helenetta^ Walker) ; borders and spots purplish 

 black ; submarginal spots barely indicated above, excepting 

 the subapical oblique series in primaries ; thorax orange- 

 yellow ; abdomen golden yellow, whitish above. Expanse 

 of wings 3 inches 4 lines. 



It is just possible that this may prove to be the male of 

 D. 7iumana) but I know of no parallel instance of dissimilarity 

 in the sexes. I think it more probable that it is the Austra- 

 lian representative of that species. 



Genus PE.ESOS, Walker. 



34. Proisos mariana. 

 Eiisemia mariana, White, ^"oyage of the ' Rattlesnake.' 



Family Hyblseidse. 

 Genus Hybl^a, Fabricius. 

 35. Hyhlcea puera. 

 Phaltena-Nociua ptiera, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 103. figs. D, E (1779). 



Family Ommatophoridge. 



Genus Patula, Guenee. 



36. Patula MacFarlanei, n. sp. 



Allied to P. macrops ; larger, greyer in colouring, the ocellus 

 and the dark bar beyond it much more oblique, the subbasal 

 bands of primaries converging towards costa, ill-defined, and 



