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cous from below cell and towards lower half of teraien ; innei 

 margin broadly fuscous-whitish ; markings of upper side re- 

 produced, but lower post-cellular spot much enlarged and some- 

 what cuneiform ; cilia fuscous-fulvous. Hindwings fulvous ; 

 a few obscure spots of fuscous near base ; a sub-median row of 

 transverse fuscous spots ; cilia as in forewings. 



Female, 34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, legs, and 

 abdomen aa in male. Forewings with costa arched at base, 

 termen bowed, oblique ; ochreous-fuscous, somewhat tinged 

 with purplish, basal one-third of wing clothed with short 

 ochreous hairs ; markings silvery-white ; an irregularly eight- 

 shaped spot at posterior end of cell, upper half much con- 

 stricted, and almost obsolete in some specimens; a cartridge- 

 shaped spot beyond lower extremity of cell ; an elongate quad- 

 rate spot before and below it, separated by intervening vein ; 

 an oblique transverse row of 3 quadrate s(pots at two-thirds 

 from base, median smallest ; cilia as in male. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded; color as in forewings, basal two-thirds 

 of inner margin clothed with dull ochreous hairs. Under side 

 of forewings dull ochreous-fuscous; markings of upper side 

 reproduced ; inner mai'gin as in male. Hindwings with color 

 as in forewings ; sub-median series of dots as in male, but 

 hardly traceable ; cilia fuscous. 



The male of this is easily recognised by the 

 bioad black stigma, which indicates the species 

 ^vjth certainty; the female on the upper side is not 

 unlike a large female specimen of Douhledayi, Newm. We 

 have doubtfully quoted Armenia, Plotz., as a synonym; possibly 

 that species is identical with female of Ismene. 



Larvae full fed 25-30 mm. Head reddish-fuscous, 

 mixed with blackish and becoming broadly blackish 

 btliind and on sides ; V-shaped mark fuscous mode- 

 ratel}' indicated, body cylindrical moderately thick 

 throughout, hardly smooth ; light fuscous, finely irrorated 

 with blackish. (In the early stages it is fleshy-pink, 

 without any traceable lines.) Dorsal well defined, moderate, 

 black ; spiracular, supra, and sub-spiracular dark fuscous, latter 

 very faintly indicated, sipiracles small, fuscous; anal segment 

 paler than general ground color. Feeds on various grasses 

 (? Xerotes, Sp.) ; also bred from lai^ae feeding on Cladium 

 asperum. Pupse dark fuscous, shaped exactly as in Trapezites 

 iarchus, Fab. 



Sydney and Como, New South Wales ; Ocean Grange, Vic- 

 toria ; Brisbane to Mackay, Queensland ; from November to 

 February, eleven specimens. 



