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edged posteriorly with blackish, which color is continued 

 obliquely to inner margin and basal area of wing; a large 

 golden-orange quadrate spot between veins 4 and 5 ; a second, 

 larger, immediately below ; a third, somewhat paler and much 

 narrower below second ; a very elongate yellowish blotch imme- 

 diately below, extending to termen; a second, just below, 

 more or less suffused anteriorly ; a very small whitish spot 

 between veins 7 and 8, blackish edged ; cilia reddish-fuscous, 

 mixed with blackish, darker around inner mai'gin. Hind- 

 wings and cilia reddish-ochreous, without markings. 



A large and distinct species not nearly ap^proaching any 

 other in general appearance. The species known as Idothea, 

 Miskin, is considered by some to be the female of the present 

 species, vide Kirby, Ann. Mag., N.H., vi.^ 436, 1893, which is 

 not improbable, but in the absence of authentic information 

 we prefer to keep them separate at present. 



Hobart, Tasmania ; Grampians, Wandin, and Macedon, Vic- 

 toria; in December and January. 



25. Telesto idothea, Misk. 



(Proc. Roy. Soc, Queensland, p. 152, 1889 ; A. and S., Vict. 

 Butt., p. 116, 1893.) 



Female, 40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, mixed with greenish-ochreous hairs, whitish-ochreou& 

 beneath. Antennse dark fuscous, annulated with white be- 

 neath, club reddish beneath. Legs ochreous. Fore wing* 

 elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, termen gently, bowed, 

 oblique ; dark fuscous golden ; markings golden, somewhat 

 hyaline ; basal hairs orange ; a large irregularly quadrate spot 

 in posterior end of cell, anterior edge with a faint tooth in 

 middle, posteriorly slightly indented above middle ; a cart- 

 ridge-shaped post-cellular spot beyond and below, apex almost 

 touching cellular spot; a second, elongate-quadrate imme- 

 diately below ; a third below middle of second, irregular- trian- 

 gular ; a fourth, somewhat ovoid, immediately below.* third, 

 sometimes joined to third by 2 or 3 golden scales; an oblique 

 transverse series of three quadrate sub-costal spots, lower lar- 

 gest; cilia fuscous, chequered with black. Hindwings with 

 termen hardly waved ; dark fuscous inclining to blackish ; 

 basal and inner marginal hairs greenish-yellow; a very large 

 somewhat cuneiform patch of orange, from near base to two- 

 thirds of wing, bounded by veins 2 and 6, much dilated 

 posteriorly, posterior edge with 2 semi-circular excavations 

 between veins 2 and 4 ; cilia reddish-ochreous, chequered with 



