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stripe extends to the mouth, and has some small black spots 

 on each side of it : fore-chesi black, with a tawny border, and with 

 three short tawny stripes, of which the side pair are slightly oblique : 

 scutcheon black, with a tawny border: abdomen black, red towards 

 the base and beneath ; legs black ; thighs pale red ; tips of anterior 

 thighs black ; hind-shanks pale red at the base ; hind metatarsi 

 while towards the base: fore-wings brown, lawny on the disk 

 towards the base, which is black ; a while band near the tip widens 

 towards the fore border: hind-wings blackish. Length of the body 

 3f lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



a. Port Stephen, New Holland. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



12. EURYMELA SEMIFASCIA. 



Nigro-cenea, pectore rufo, abdomine fedihusque nig^is,femonbus 

 basi rujis, metatarsis posticis basi albis, alls anticis ritfo 

 cinctis albo bifascialis. 



Brassy-black : mouth tawny, with a black tip : breast mostly 

 red: abdomen black: oviduct red: legs black; thighs towards the 

 base and hips red; hind metatarsi while towards the base: fore- 

 wings bordered with red, having two slender, imperfect, whitish 

 bands ; one near the base, the other near the tip : hind-wings 

 blackish. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7^ lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. Van Diemen's Land. From Dr. Hooker's collection. 



- 13. EuRYMELA DECISA. 



Nigrn-cenea, rufo vittata, abdomine rufo apice nigra ^ pedibus nigris, 

 tibiis posticis basi femoribusque riijis, metatarsis posticis basi 

 albis, ulis anticis albo interrupte fasciatis. 



Brassy-black- head with a red stripe, which is forked in front 

 of the crown ; four tawny stripes on the face ; border whitish : fore- 

 chest with a red stripe ; border whitish ; sculellum reddish along 

 the hind border: abdomen bright red, black towards the lip : legs 

 black ; thighs bright red ; tips of anterior thighs black ; hind- 

 shanks red at the base ; hind metatarsi white towards the base : 

 fore-wings with an interrupted white baud near each tip: hind- 

 wings blackish. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Capt. Parry's collection. 



