new Eastern Lepidoptera. 67 



Belongs to tlie group of whicli orthdesma, Lower *, from 

 Queensland, albifusa, Warren, from Fergusson Island, and 

 nivestrota, Warren, from N. Guinea^ are examples. 



Dysphan ia fanniita, no v. 



S ? . Yellow, of the colour of militaris, Linn. ; palpi black 

 at the sides, tips yellow, last joint black ; antennae black, a 

 black stripe down the middle of the frons, a black stripe 

 between the antennae, one on the neck, one on the shoulders, 

 and one before the middle j the abdomen above and below 

 pure yellow, without any markings, except for a black stripe 

 at the base above corresponding to the black stripe across 

 the base of the hind wing, which runs up into the fore wing, 

 expands on the interno-median interspace, is there excavated 

 on its outer side, then is bent straight inwards on to the costa 

 at one fourth from the base ; costal line black; a thick streak 

 from the base on the median vein, coming to a point on the 

 bent band ; outer third of the wing blacky with discal and 

 subapical bands of nearly white semihyaline square spots, 

 the spot above vein 3 being long and narrow ; the yellow 

 space between the outer bhack portion and the inner bent 

 band limited to four large yellow spots divided by the veins : 

 the hind wings are marked much as in subrepleta, Walker, but 

 the outer veins are thickly streaked with black and the outer 

 margin has a lunular black line ; the hind wings are more 

 ample than usual and project a little between veins 3 and 4. 



Expanse of wings 3nj inches. 



Nias; one male and two females. 



Dysphania jessiccij nov. 



^ ?. Of the same yellow colour as militaris, Linn., but 

 smaller, uniformly not larger than subrepleta, Walker, = 

 bellonaria, Guen. ; markings somewhat similar to the former, 

 but the black subbasal band outside the basal spots is con- 

 tinuous and bent round, being very slightly angled outwardly 

 on the median vein, and there is an elongated spot with 

 square sides on vein 1 attached to the outside of the band 

 which is reduced to a small spot usually in the female ; the 

 black basal stripes are broken, and not even and regular as in 

 militaris ; in the hind wing the discal black transverse band 

 is continuous. 



Expanse of wings Sj-^y inches. 



* Tr. Rov. Soc. S. Austral. 1804, p. 86; Xov. Zool. iii. p. 2,''3, and x. 

 p. 365. 



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