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chequered with blackish. Hindwings with termen somewhab 

 waved ; color as in forewings ; base and inner margin more or 

 less clothed with orange hairs ; an elongate patch of orange 

 above middle of wing, between veins 4 and 6, not reaching 

 either margin ; cilia ochreous. Under side of forewings 



ochreous, somewhat reddish tinged ; costa from base to beyond 

 middle yellowish, markings of upper side reproduced, some- 

 what hyaline ; black patch absent ; median third of wing dark 

 (fuscous, ground color becoming whitish-ochreous between vein 

 1 and inner margin ; cilia as above. Hindwings with color as 

 in forewings, 2 or 3 small suffused fuscous spots at end of cell ; 

 a curved series of about 6 similar spots at two-thirds from base, 

 hetween veins 1 and 7 ; cilia as above. 



Female, 28 mm. Head, pal,pi, thorax, and abdomen blackish, 

 more or less clothed with greenish-ochreous hairs, beneath as 

 in male. Legs and antennae as in male. Forewings as in 

 male, but tei*men more bowed ; ochreous-fuscous, more or less 

 wholly irrorated with purple reflections ; basal hairs yellowish 

 wholly irrorated with purple reflections ; basai hairs yellowish ; 

 markings golden; a large roundish spot in posterior end of 

 ■cell ; a cartridge-shaped spot immediately below and beyond, 

 Ijetween veins 3 and 4 ; a similar, but larger spot immediately 

 "below, separated from above by vein 3 ; an oblique transverse 

 row of 3 sub-costal spots, at about two-thirds from base, lower 

 largest ; cilia ochreous, with blackish points at extremities of 

 veins. Hindwings with shape, color, markings, and cilia as in 

 male. Forewings beneath with color as in male ; markings 

 of upper side reproduced, but color dull ochi'eous. Hindwings 

 beneath with color and markings as in male. 



An easily recognised species, especially the male. The 

 large black sexual blotch being a conspicuous character. 



Healesville, Lake Tyers, Gisborne, Wandin, and Powong, 

 Victoria; Como, New South Wales ; in January and February. 



27. Telesto tymbophora, n. sp. 



Male, 30 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, 

 and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi dull whitish beneath, 

 thorax and abdomen more or less clothed with ochreous hairs. 

 Forewings elongate, triangular, termen gently bowed, oblique ; 

 dark fuscous, clothed with scattered golden-ochreous hairs; 

 basal hairs ochreous, sparse ; a very small hyaline dot at base 

 ■of veins 6 and 7 ; stigma large, roundish, just above vein 1 in 

 midldle; cilia ochreous. Hindwings with t-ermen faintly 



sinuate before anal anglle; color and cilia as in forewings; 

 l>asal and inner marginal hairs dull golden-ochreous. 



