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black at extremities of veins. Under side of both wings 

 reddish-ochreous, dorsal two-thirds of forewings bla^jkish, not 

 reaching inner margin above middle ; cellular and first 2 postr 

 cellular spots of u<pper side, reproduced; sub-costal spots 

 hyaline, somewhat suffused and more or less edged with black ; 

 inner margin whitish-ochreous, except basal third, which i3 

 blackish ; 2 lower post-cellular dots appear as elongate blotches 

 of whitish-ochreous ; some orange scales along upper margin of 

 cell; cilia as above. Hindwings with markings blaclj, com- 

 prised of 3 small dots, with indications of a fourth; first and 

 second at two-thirds from base, between veins 2 and 4 ; third 

 between veins 6 and 7 at two-thirds from base ; fourth hardly 

 traceable, preceding first; inner margin broadly dull white; 

 cilia as above. 



This insect is in all probability the female of the preceding 

 species, a view shared by others than ourselves, but as the 

 question in still in doubt it appears better to await further 

 information before insisting on the ipoint. 



It is an attractive and easily recognised! species, specially 

 characterised by the large brilliant orange patch of hindwings. 



The larva, which is similar to Trapezites iacchus in appear- 

 ance, feeds on Cladium. The pupa is blackish, with rugose 

 head. 



Katoomba, New South Wales; Wandin and Healesville dis- 

 trict, Victoria ; two specimens in December. 



26. Telesto flammeata, Butler. 



(A and M.N.H. (5), ix., p. 85, 1882; T. eclipsis, Butl., I.e., 

 p. 86, male ; Hesperilla atromacula, Misk., Proc. Roy. Soc., 

 Queensland, p. 148, 1889.) 



Male, 28-34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, densely clothed with greenish hairs, beneath whitish- 

 ochreous. Antennae blackish, annulated with whitish, beneath 

 more or less whitish throughout, club reddish above, whitish 

 beneath. Legs dull reddish-ochreous. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa somewhat arched at base, faintly sinuate in 

 middle, termen gently bowed, oblique; golden-ochreous, basal 

 two-thirds of wing more or less clothed with dense orange hairs, 

 somewhat curled in disc; markings yellowish; an irregular 

 elongate spot in ,posterior end of cell ; a second, similar, imme- 

 diately beyond extremity of cell, between veing 3 and 4, 

 beneath which is a very large rounded patch of velvety black ; 

 a small sub-apical spot between veins 6 and 7 ; a saiffused 

 blackish line along termen; cilia ochre ous-fuscous, somewhat 



