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face blackish, terminal joint of palpi whitish. Abdomen blackish- 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish ; j^ectinations twelve, orange. Fore- 

 wings t7^iangular, costa straight, hindmargin bowed, oblique, 

 slightly waved ; pale dove-colour ; a row of irregular black dots, 

 edged posteriorly with orange, from near middle of costa to about 

 one-third inner margin ; a similar row on veins from two-thirds 

 costa to two-thirds inner margin, edged anteriorly with orange ; 

 cilia pale dove-colour, with a darker hindmarginal line. Hind- 

 wings slightly darker than forewings. Cilia as in forewings, 

 with a whitish parting line at base. 



Eucla ; one specimen, in June. 



BOMBYX GALACTODES, Ti. Sp. 



Female, 58-60 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous ; 

 lower part of face ochreous. Abdominal segments paler, thorax 

 mixed with whitish. Antenna3 fuscous ; pectinations four, orange. 

 Legs dark-fuscous, tarsi obscurely ringed with whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate triangular, costa straight, arched towards apex; 

 hindmargin slightly waved oblique ; fuscous, irrorated with white, 

 with darker fuscous markings ; three moderate bands, first from 

 one-fourth costa to one-fourth inner margin, slightly curved out- 

 w^ards ; second from middle of costa to three-fifths inner margin, 

 with a projection outwards above middle, angulated inwards 

 below middle, a white discal dot edged with dark -fuscous midway 

 between the two lines ; third line from four-fifths costa to anal 

 angle, sharply indented inwards beneath costa, thence outwards, 

 and continued strongly dentate to anal angle ; space between 

 second and third lines milky-tvlate, marked only by broMii veins ; 

 a suft'used milky-white patch reaching costa near apex, and con- 

 tinued along posterior edge of third line ; cilia fuscous, tips 

 whitish. Hindwings milky-white, base densely clothed with 

 brownish hairs ; cilia as in forewings. 



Duaringa, Queensland, two specimens, from Mr. G. Barnard, 

 who informs me that they are attached to Casuarina, and form 

 hard woody cocoons on the outside of the bark. In these respects 

 they agree exactly with vitulina, Don, and mioleuca, Meyr., the 

 present species being intermediate. In Meyrick's original 

 description of mio/euca (Tr. Roy. Soc. S.A., XI Y., p. 190, 1891) 

 it is stated that the specimens were taken at "Mount Lofty by Mr. 

 E. Guest, who has taken others." This is erroneous, as Guest 

 never saw the insects until I gave him a pair. They are very 

 local, and can only be obtained by breeding. Even then they are 

 difiicult to get in good condition, as they usually emerge (60 per 

 cent.) between midnight and six o'clock in the morning. Park- 

 side and Knightsbridge are the only places I have found them. 



