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to the correct identification of this species, it having until 

 recently been confused with Lutea, Tepp., and lacchus, Fab. 

 At first sight it could easily be mistaken for the former, but 

 the [preponderance of yellowish markings on that insect, color- 

 ing of under side and longer forewings, separate the present 

 species with certainty ; from! lacchus it is easily separated by its 

 smaller si'ze, and especially by absence of small series of dots 

 on under side of forewings. 



Brisbane and Mackay, Queensland ; Como, New South 

 Wales; four specimens in March and November, appearing to 

 frequent Leptospermum. 



42. Trapezites symmomus, Hb. 



(Zutr. Ex. Schmett., f. 225, 226, 1823 ; Matthew, Trans. Ent. 

 See., p. 183, 1888; Staudinger, Ex. Schmett, t. 100, 1888; 

 Telesto praxedes, Plotz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xlv., p. 378, 1884; 

 Trapezites symmomus, A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 114, 1893.) 



Male and female, 44-56 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennae, 

 and abdomen dark fuscous ; abdomen and thorax mixed with 

 greenish hairs, becoming fulvous on thorax anteriorly, abdo- 

 men with yellow segmental rings, paljpi beneath yellowish 

 orange, thorax beneath golden fulvous," abdomen beneath red- 

 dish, club of antenna beneath orange, apex reddish. Fore- 

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

 oblique ; dark golden fuscous, markings golden, somewhat 

 hyaline ; a large quadrate spot in posterior end of cell ; a mode- 

 rate somewhat cartridge-shaped post^cellular spot, between 

 veins 3 and 4 ; a large elongate spot immediately below, ante- 

 rior extremity extending to beyond middle of quadrate spot 

 in cell, anterior edge indented above middle ; a small trian- 

 gular spot immediately below anterior edge ; an oblique trans- 

 verse row of 3 quadrate' sub-costal spots at two-thirds from 

 base; basal third of wing clothed with short orange hairs; a 

 moderate streak of orange along costa from base to end of cell ; 

 inner margin narrowly orange from base to before middle ; 

 an irregular quadrate spot of orange immediately above 

 posterior extremity of last^-mentioned streak ; cilia 

 dark fuscous, becoming orange around anal angle and lower 

 fourth of termen. Hindwing with termen gently waved; 

 dark fuscous, tinged with purplish ; basal hairs orange ; a 

 iDroad transverse median band of orange, between veins 1 and 

 6, irregularly waved above and below, becoming narrower 

 towards inner margin; cilia orange, becoming some- 

 what barred with fuscous at extremities of veins. Under side 



