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fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; dark fuscous ; 

 basal hairs yellowish ; a longitudinal oblong ochreous-yellow 

 blotch in middle of disc, surmounted by 3 or 4 cloudy yellowish 

 spots touching it; cilia whitish, basal third dark fuscous. 



Underside : Forewings dark fuscous, paler along inner 

 margin, spots of upper side reproduced, but lighter in color ; 

 a triangular orange blotch extending beneath costa from near 

 base to first sipot; three addlitional yellowish spots beneath 

 second discal spots, fonning with it a transverse series; a 

 ■cloudy grey-whitish patch along upper half of termen, nar- 

 rowed at extremities and edged with dull purplish. Hind- 

 wings purplish fuscous, irregularly sprinkled w4th grey-whitish, 

 dorsal half more grey-whitish, excepting near termen ; a twice 

 -dentate dark ,purplish mark towards inner margin before 

 middle ; 8 indistinct moderate spots outlined with dark fus- 

 cous, one before and above middle, one smaller in middle, re- 

 maining 6 forming a series (lower 3 adjacent) parallel to ter- 

 men at two-thirds; a series of obscure fuscous dots beyond. 



Female, 36 mm. Color and markings as in male except- 

 ing stigma, the single post-cellular spot is somewhat more flat- 

 tened than in male, and immediately below it are 2 rather 

 larger spots, first sub-quadrate, second irregular cuneiform. 



Allied to the preceding species, but very distinct by the 

 larger number of spots on forewings, besides other differences. 



Blackheath, New South Wales ; one male specimen taken by 

 Mr. G. H. Raynor in November ; Huonville, Tasmania ; one 

 female specimen taken by Mr. J. R. Nonnan in December. 



23. Telesto andersoni, Kirby. 



(Ann. Mag., N.H., vi., p. 434, 1893 ; A. and S., Vict. Butt., 

 p. 118, 1893.) 



Male and female, 28-30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, 

 and abdomen dark ochreous-fuscous, palpi beneath ochreous- 

 ■whitish, antennee annulated with whitish beneath, club red- 

 dish. I/egs ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa nearly straight, slightly arched near base, especially 

 -female, termen oblique, gently rounded ; dark golden-fuscous, 

 with yellowish markings ; basal hairs orange ; a large elongate 

 spot in cell, occupying posterior half, strongly sinuate above ; 

 two somewhat quadrate spots beyond end of cell, upper lar- 

 gest; an erect, moderate black stigma, from immediately be- 

 fore last mentioned spots to inner margin at tw^o-thirds ; an 

 oblique series of 3 sub-apical ^pots beyond three-fourths of 

 costa; cilia dark fuscous, T\dth a blackish hind-marginal line. 



