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Underside. — Forewings orange-yeJlow, lighter towards base, 

 markings dark-fuscous ; a small spot in middle of cell, obsolete 

 in female ; a spot within and near end of cell, larger in female ; 

 a moderate band, from middle of costa to two-thirds above inner 

 margin, angulated outwards in middle ; a lunate mark beneath, 

 in female meeting band ; another band from costa near apex to 

 near anal angle, very broad, and much paler on costa, con- 

 tracted below middle, anal jDortion touching posterior extremity 

 of lunate mark ; a narrow hindmarginal band ; a black ocellus 

 ringed with yellow, with a minute white eye ; a round yellowish 

 spot immediately beneath. Hindwings yellowish-brown, mixed 

 with bluish-grey ; three strongly-waved dark -brown lines from 

 costa at one-third, one-half, and five-sixths resjDectively, to inner 

 margin at one-third, one-half, and anal angle ; a series of three 

 black ocelli, edged with yellow, and ringed with brown, one above 

 anal angle (largest), two near apex, lower the smallest ; two 

 minute white spots betv,^een first and second ocelli, a double 

 dark-brown hindmarginal line. 



Betw een Banksii and Philerope, but quite distinct from either. 

 Melbourne, Victoria, from Mr. F. Spry. 



Heteroeera. 



Bombyeina. 

 COSSID.E. 



COSSUS RHYTIPHORUS, n. sp. 



Male, 66-70 nnn. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 dark slaty-grey, palpi porrected, twice the length of eye. Anten- 

 nal pectinations four. Thorax with a narrow black anterior 

 band and two longitudinal stripes, one on each shoulder. Legs 

 dark slaty-grey, tarsi obscurely ringed with whitish. Forewings 

 moderate, costa evenly arched ; hindmargin rounded, oblique, 

 dark slaty-grey, with numerous black transverse strigulse, edged 

 with whitish or ochreous, having the appearance of raised cracked 

 lines ; five irregular, short, black streaks on costa, between base 

 and middle, irregularly and interruj^tedly to or near inner mar- 

 gin ; an irregular Y-shaped Ijlack mark from costa near middle 

 obscurely continued to inner margin near middle ; five or six 

 similar, but much more obscure, marks on costa from beyond 

 middle to apex, leaving middle of costa with a clear space of 

 ground-colour, except a minute dot ; black markings more distinct 

 towards anal angle, where they form four or more irregular trans- 

 verse streaks ; a narrow black streak from base to anal angle, 

 cutting last-mentioned streaks more distinct posteriorly ; cilia 

 ashy-grey-whitish, darker basally. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded, slightly sinuate towards anal angle, wliich becomes 



