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markings as in forewings, but subterminal entire and better 

 defined; cilia as in forewings. 



Cooktown, Queensland; one specimen in October. 



EiElASTEIAN^. 

 Raparna marmorea, n. sjp. 



Female, 25 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and a.bdo- 

 men light reddish-ochreous. Legs greyish. Forewings elon- 

 gate, moderate, costa hardly arched, termen rounded, oblique, 

 apex somewhat prominent ; ochreous, mixed with dull reddish ; 

 two or three irregular streaks of dull reddish from costa to- 

 wards innerma.rgin; two small black dots, transversely placed, 

 in middle of disc ; a broad coppery-purplish patch, outer edge 

 nearly straight from costa at apex to innermargin at one- 

 fourth, dark anteriorly, and containing a large roundish 

 spot of ground color a,t anal angle, mixed with reddish and 

 with a fine waved whitish line, indicating subterminal, in 

 middle; a fine bluish-metallic waved line, from costa before 

 apex to innermargin at two-thirds, indented at one-third and 

 with a strong sinuation below middle ; a row of blackish dots 

 before termen, more or less edged posteriorly with dull puiplish 

 flecks ; cilia ochreous, at base blackish. Hindwings with ter- 

 men waved, prominent in middle and below apex ; light cop- 

 pery purplish ; basal one-sixth of wing ochreous, separation 

 well defined ; a post-median band of light reddish orange, con- 

 taining on innermargin near a. short irregular streak of deep 

 reddish scales; blackish dots along termen as in forewings; 

 a fine fuscous line along termen ; cilia dull reddish-orange. 



A beautifully marked insect. 



Duaringa, Queensland; one specimen in November. 



Raparna byrsopa, n. sp. 

 Female, 24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, head 

 and thorax mixed with dull whitish, palpi internally dull- 

 ochreous. Antennae fuscous. Legs gareyish. Forewings 

 elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, termen slightly 

 waved, rounded; blackish-fuscous, crossed by several waved 

 irregular transverse dull whitish lines; all markings except 

 median line obscured by general ground color; median line 

 moderately thick, black angulated outwards above middle, 

 from before middle of costa to before middle of innermargin ; 

 subterminal line dull whitish, moderately prominent, waved ; a 

 row of sharply defined black dots along termen, preceded by a 

 row of similar sized whitish dots ; cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with termen waved; color, markings, and cilia as in 



