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greyish white. Posterior wings black, the base with an oval 

 yellow spot, a macular yellow band beyond the middle, fol- 

 lowed by a series of yellow spots. Cilia yellowish towards 

 the anal angle. 



Plead greyish, antennae black varied with white. Thorax 

 grey. Abdomen black at the base, whitish beyond. 



Female with the anterior wings nearly black, clouded with 

 light bluish grey scales, on the margin arranged into a band 

 divided by a series of black spots ; extremity of the cell with a 

 white dot ; beyond the cell a short macular band commencing 

 on the costa. Posterior wings black, with a large orange spot 

 near the base, followed by a broad abbreviated, transverse 

 band, commencing on the abdominal margin and succeeded by 

 a large rounded spot of the same colour ; between these and 

 the outer margin a series of three or four orange spots. 



Head dark grey, palpi nearly white, antennae black, ringed 

 with white. Abdomen pale fulvous. 



Exp. alar. 1 un, 10 lines. 



Hab. New Holland. 



This fine species was first described by Mr. White in the 

 Appendix to Capt. Grey's Narrative. He then expressed the 

 opinion that it was nearly allied to Castnia and Coronis. The 

 generic characters given above will fully justify this view. 

 In fact we can only regard it as the Australian representative 

 of Castnia. 



The under surface of this species is beautifully varied with 

 black and orange, but I may refer for a moi*e detailed account 

 to the work above mentioned. 



Synemon Theresa. 



Anterior wings above greyish, the disc varied with longitu- 

 dinal pale and fuscous dashes, beyond the middle the pale 

 dashes almost form a transverse band, followed by a series of 

 dark spots, margin brown slightly varied with white ; cilia 

 grey. Posterior wings fulvous-brown at the base, marked with 



