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by a small extra spot. I have one female specimen in which the 

 first and third spots, normally widely separate, are confluent. 



Brisbane, Stradbrooke Island, and Moreton Bay District 

 generally ; Ballandean, Maryborough, Rockhampton, and Cook- 

 town, Queensland ; Tentertield, Grafton,Sydney, and WoUongong^ 

 New South Wales ; also from Tasmania. Common and generally 

 distributed. 



Hydrusa phepsalotis, Meyr. PI. v., fig. 13. 



This may be distinguished best from H. annulata by the small, 

 intensely orange spots on the wings. The anal tuft, orange, with 

 black sides, is characteristic, but is occasionally found as a variety 

 in the latter species, as is the obsolescence of upper part of basal 

 spot of hindwings. 



Var. cethiops. In the Macleay Museum are two specimens 

 from Sydney and Illawarra, in which the spots on the wings are 

 extremely small. In both the distal spots of the hindwings are 

 absent. In one the posterior spots of the forewings are absent^ 

 only three minute basal spots being present. 



Maryborough and Mount Tambourine, Queensland ; Sydney 

 and Illawarra, ISTew South Wales. 



Hydrusa recedens, Luc. 



(Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1891.) 



Male, 17 mm. Head and face ochreous-yellow ; a few fuscous 

 scales between antennae. Antennae black to apex. Thorax 

 black, with some ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly, patagia 

 fuscous or light-ochreous-yellow. Abdomen with hairy yellow 

 scales, bases of segments black ; seven yellow markings on dorsal 

 surface ; tuft pale-ochreous, at sides fuscous. Forewings blacky 

 rather thinly scaled, without iridescence ; spots pale-ochreous, 

 semitransparent ; first and second spots quadrangular ; third 

 triangular ; a well-developed lenticular spot between second and 

 third ; fourth narrow-elongate, surmounted by a faint ochreous 

 line; connecting spot indicated by a small dot; fifth spot 

 roundish, evenly bisected. Hindwings with basal spot well 

 developed ; distal moderate, remote, upper segment small. 



Immediately distinguished by its small size from all other 

 species. It appears to be variable ; the colour of the patagia 

 difiers in the two specimens. The lenticular spot between 

 second and third spots would be a good character if constant. In 

 the hairy abdomen it differs from all except H. orphnaa. 



Duaringa, Queensland. 



Hydrusa eschatias, 

 I have only seen the type in the Macleay Museum. The 

 locality is unknown. 



