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New AUSTRALIAN HETEROCERA. 
By Oswatp B. Lower, F.E.S., &e. 
[Read May 1, 1894. ] 
HEPIALID:. 
HEPIALUS THERMISTIS, 2. sp. 
Female, 108 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, abdomen, antennz and 
legs ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular. Costa 
slightly sinuate in middle ; ochreous-fuscous, strigulated more or 
less with darker; costa with a few obscure darker quadrate 
spots ; traces of an irregular darker band from costa at three- 
fourths to inner margin at three-fourths, most distinct in middle. 
Cilia ochreous-fuscous mixed with whitish. Hindwings with 
hindmargin rounded ; vermillion pink; cilia as in forewings. 
Underside of both wings vermillion pink. This species is very 
different from any other known Australian species 
One specimen from Mackay, Queensland. 
HEpIALUS CYANOCHLORA, n. sp. 
Male, 70-74 mm. Head and thorax grass-green, palpi whitish ; 
abdomen reddish, posteriorly greenish tinged, anterior legs dull 
purplish, tibize with a broad band of green, other legs reddish 
tinged. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly sinuate in 
middle, hindmargin bowed ; pale grass-green, shading into opal- 
escent blue in certain lights, crossed by several transverse strigulie 
or correlated bands of opalescent whitish; a slightly curved 
oblique white fascia from three-fourths costa to beyond middle of 
inner-margin, edged posteriorly by a dark-green line, anteriorly 
suffused into ground-colour; costa purplish-fuscous in middle, 
with three small whitish-green spots at equal distances; cilia 
opal-whitish, tinged with green. Hindwings with hindmargin 
rounded ; pale opalescent blue ; costa and hairs at base salmon- 
pink. 
Two specimens at Mackay, Queensland, in December. My 
specimens are not in the best condition, but quite good enough 
to denote a peculiarly beautiful species. 
BOMBYCID. 
PINARA ERUBESCENS, 2. sp. 
Male, 50 mm.; female, 75 mm. Head, palpi, legs and thorax 
ochreous, terminal joint of palpi purplish-red. Abdomen ochreous- 
