22 AMATID.E. 



97 a. Amata heptaspila. (Plate II. fig. 5.) 



Syntomis heptaspila, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxix. p. 852 (1905). 



cS . Black shot with purple ; head and tegulae orange ; palpi, 

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

 pectus at sides with orange patches ; abdomen with dorsal orange 

 patch at base followed by four bands, the 1st incomplete ventrally, 

 the three last segments black with more or less developed short 

 dorsal bands on the 1st two and the anal tuft orange ; wings with 

 the markings semihyaline orange. Fore wing with quadrate spot 

 below base of cell and wedge-shaped spot in its extremity ; an 

 oblique wedge-shaped patch below vein 2 and spot above its base ; 

 spots above veins 3, 4, an elongate spot above 6 with more 

 or less developed small spots above and below its extremity. Hind 

 wing with basal patch in and below the cell, well separated from or 

 nearly touching spots above veins 2 and 3. 



Hab. Queensland, Geraldton, 1 3 , Townsville (Dodd), 1 6 , 

 Cairns, 1 tf . Exp. 36-38 millim. Type t in Coll. Turner. 



*97 b. Amata phepsalotis. (Plate II. fig. 13.) 



Hydrusa phepsalotis, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1886, p. 784. 

 Hydrusa eschatias, Meyr. P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1886, p. 785. 



Head and thorax black ; antenna? white at tips ; fore tibiae with 

 ochreous tuft at extremity ; abdomen black with seven orange-red 

 bands in male, six in female, the anal tuft orange at middle, black 

 at sides. Fore wing black, the spots small, punctiform or partly 

 obsolete, ochreous, sometimes somewhat hyaline ; an antemedial 

 spot below the cell, wedge-shaped spot in end of cell, oblique spot 

 below vein 2 with minute spot above base of vein 2 and elongate 

 spots above veins 6, 1, 3. Hind wing black, the spots small or 

 partly or wholly obsolete, ochreous ; a subbasal spot below the cell 

 and small spot below the cell. 



Ab. 1. eschatias. Both wings uniform black without spots or 

 with single spots on fore and hind wing. 



Jlab. Queensland, Maryborough, Mt. Tambourine ; N. S. 

 Wales, Newcastle, Bulli, Wollongong. Exp. 36 millim. 



97 c. Amata chromatica. (Plate 11. fig. 7.) 



Syntomis chromatica, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxix. p. 845 (1905). 



Black with a purple tinge ; antenna? white at tips ; frons, 

 teguhe, and lateral patches on pectus deep orange ; abdomen with 

 dorsal orange patch at base followed by six bands and a dorsal 

 patch on anal tuft ; wings with the spots very small. Fore wing 

 with small semihyaline orange spots below base and in end of cell ; 

 an oblique wedge-shaped spot below base of vein 2 and small spots 

 above veins 3, 4, and 6. Hind wing with small orange spots below 

 cell near base and above vein 2. 



