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A young larva from North Queensland, presented by C. French, 

 Esq., is also referred to this species. 



Epilampra obscura, spec. nov. 



Female.— J)vi\\ reddish-brown, with numerous, fine, impressed 

 dots, and slightly asjDerous granulations. Head with a brownish 

 or black band at the vertex, sometimes extending to the middle 

 of the labrum. Antenna pale brownish, basal joints much 

 paler. Pronotum wdth fore and lateral margins dirty-yellowish, 

 this colour extending to the elytra and metanotum, hindmargin 

 narrowly pale, interrupted by the raised black vittae ; disk dark- 

 brown, with a narrow reddish median line and paler markings 

 surrounding darker ill-defined spots or dots. Elytra lobiform, 

 short, oval, with a dark medial line and dark impressed dots. 

 Meso- and meta-notum similar to pronotum. Abdomen banded 

 transversely with reddish brown and dusky yellowish, lateral 

 margin darker than the disk, hindmargins with black vitt?e. 

 Supra-anal lamina truncate. Ventral segments with larger and 

 smaller black blotches ; subgenital lamina black, except some 

 small reddish spots at the base and a reddish streak at the 

 apex, 



Adult Fern. Fern, larva. 

 Length of body ... ... 23 mm. 13 mm. 



Length of elytra ... ... 3 " — 



Length of pronotum ... 5 " 3 " 



Width of pronotum ... 10 " 7 " 



Width of abdomen ... 15 " 10 " 



Habitat. — Northern Territory of South Australia (S.A. 



Museum). Presented by Hon. Dr. W. Magarey. The larva is 



without the reddish tints. 



Epilampra propria. Walker. 



Blackish, very shining. Head with a black band at rertex 

 and tw^o reddish or blackish ones across the face. Antennae pale 

 brownish. Pronotum with distinctly scattered impressed dots, 

 fore and lateral margins dirty yellowish, with black dots, border 

 incurved, narrowly brown ; disk shiningly black, with a short, 

 lurid median line and 2-4 lurid spots near it ; hindmargin alter- 

 nately black and pale, straight. Elytra of male very long, costa 

 pale yellowish, space before radial vein broadly ])lackish, 

 remainder dull brown. Wings large, smoky brown, veins black. 

 Elytra of female uniform, apex subtruncate, with a more or less 

 extended black median line and black dots. Coxai streaked 

 black in front. Abdomen of male pale below except piceous 

 submarginal spots ; of female with very narrow pale lateral 

 margin dorsally, each segment with six small, ill-defined, double 



