A MAT A. 2L 



patagia and metathorax with yellow patches, pectus yellow at sides; 

 abdomen with dorsal yellow patch at base followed by six bands, 

 the anal tuft wholly yellow. Fore wing with quadrate semihyaline 

 yellow patch below base of cell ; a wedge-shaped patch in end of 

 cell; an oblique patch below vein 2, a spot above its base, elongate 

 spots above veins 3, 4, and streaks above 6, 7. Hind wing with 

 semihyaline yellow patch in and below the cell where it extends 

 to the tornus, conjoined to spots above veins 2 and 3. 



9 • Abdomen with rive bands beyond the basal patch. 



Sab. N. Australia, Pt. Darwin {J.J. Walker), 3 6 , d?. 

 Exp. J 36, 2 38 millim. 



Do" h. Amata xantlmra. (Plate II. fig. 3.) 

 Syntomis xanihura, Turner, P. Linn. Sue. N. S.W. xxix. p. S43 (1905), 



6 ■ Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; irons and tegulse orange 

 patagia with orange spots ; metathorax with orange spot ; pectus 

 with some orange at sides ; abdomen with six orange bands, the anal 

 tuft orange. Fore wing black-brown ; a quadrate orange ante- 

 medial patch below the cell and another quadrate patch in end of 

 cell ; an oblique triangular patch below base of vein 2 ; an elongate 

 postmedial patch above vein 6 and more or less developed streak 

 above vein 7 ; shorter patches above veins 4 and 3. Hind wing 

 black-brown with large orange subbasal patch from below costa to 

 inner margin slightly confluent with a patch beyond the cell from 

 below costa where it is slightly angled inwards to vein 2. 



Hub. Victoria, Sea Lake (Goudie),2c$ . Exp. 36-42 millim. 



06 i. Amata cingulata. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



Hydrusa cingulata, Butl. Jcmrn. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii. p. 352 (1876). 

 Hydrusa pyrocoma, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S.W. (2) i. p. 780 (1886). 

 Hydrusa symdra, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 780 (1886). 

 Hydrusa hesperitis, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p, 781 (1886). 

 Hydrusa mochlotis, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N. S.W. (2) i. p. 782 (1886). 



cJ . Black with a purplish gloss; bead and teguke orange, the 

 palpi, antennae, and a band between their bases black ; metathorax 

 and pectus at sides with orange spots ; abdomen with dorsal 

 orange patch at base followed by six bands, the anal tuft wholly 

 orange. Pore wing with the costal area greenish ; quadrate 

 orange patches below base and in end of cell ; an oblique wedge- 

 shaped patch below vein 2 ; spots above veins 3, 4, and an elongate 

 spot above 6 sometimes with small spots above and below its 

 extremities. Hind wing with orange patch on basal area in and 

 below cell often with black spots on it, widely separated from a 

 patch beyond the cell between veins 2 and 6. 



2 . Abdomen with five bands beyond the basal patch. 



Hub. Queexslaxo, Moreton Bay (Diugles), 2 $ tvpe, Brisbane 

 {Turner), 3d, 1$; N. S. Walks', Sydney, 16, Bombala, lj. 

 Exp. 40-52 millim. 



