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consideration, were forwarded to me in an imperfect state, but 

 the numerous component parts, still perfect, render tlie restora- 

 tion of the remains, a task of no great difficulty, and a matter of 

 considerable certainty. 



The female insect was captured, while at rest on the trunk 

 of a tree, by my friend J. E. Stacy, Esq., while on a journey 

 between Port Macquarie aiid Newcastle ; to him, therefore, as its 

 discoverer, I dedicate the specific name. 



A short time afterwards the male was sent to me in a letter 

 by the late Dr. Stephenson, of Chatham, Manning River, accom- 

 panied with the following remai'ks : — " I found these splendid 

 remains in a spider's web, and as it might be probable you may 

 not have seen the insect before, I have taken the liberty of for- 

 warding them to you." 



The Manning River, as you are aware, is a short distance to 

 the southward of Port Macquarie, and in the line of road to 

 Newcastle, so that the two specimens of this rare insect were 

 obtained nearly in the same locality, although at different 

 periods. 



Hepialid^. Brit. Mus. Cat. Lep. Bet., p. 1548. 

 Genus. Zelottpia. 



Corpus crassum ; abdomen longumj alas posticas superans ; 



alee longiB, angustas, apice sub-acuminatte, margine exteriore per- 



obliquo, tantum versus apicem lineis alternis vicibus undulatis ; 



alge anticse ocellatae, macula discali vitrea. 



Foeni caput porrectum ; oculi prominuli : maxilla obsoletee : 



palpi breves, tenues : pedes excalcariti ? anteriores 

 validi, pilosi ; postei'iores graciles. 



Mas Pedes posteriores graciles, valde Isesi. 



Body thick ; abdomen long, extending beyond the wings ; 



wings long, narrow, slightly acuminated at the tips, extremely 



oblique along the exterior border, and crumpled towards the 



apices ; fore wings with an ocellus on each, whose disc is 



vitreous. 



Female Head projecting ; eyes large and prominent ; maxillse 



obsolete ; palpi short, slender ; legs spurless F an- 

 terior pairs stout, pilose ; posterior slender. 



