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of both wings reddish-ochreous. Forewings with markings of 

 upper side reproduced, but triangular spot continued obliquely 

 and narrowly to vein 1, color yellow, as is inner marginal spot; 

 base of cell triangularly blackish ; a dark fuscous line beyond 

 the 3 sub-costal spots, gradually enlarging and becoming sud- 

 denly confluent over upper half of hindmarginal area of wing ; 

 cilia as above. Hindwing with markings white ; a roundish 

 spot strongly encircled with black ; a spot at one-third of inner 

 margin edged with black on lower portion only ; a curved 

 transverse row of 6 irregularly quadrate spots, edged with 

 blackish, especially on ujpper margin ; first between veins 1 and 

 2, largest ; fourth and fifth smallest ; sixth moderate, between 

 veins 6 and 7 ; cilia orange, with faint fuscous bars at extre- 

 mities of veins. 



Larva full fed, 36-40 mm. Stout, cylindrical, tapering to- 

 wards posterior segments, body rugose throughout. Head 

 dark fuscous, becoming blackish iposteriorly, usual V-shaped 

 lines whitish, hardly meeting posteriorly, and edged with 

 blackish on inner edges; face reddish-fuscous, body 

 reddish - fuscous, minutely with blackish ; dorsal line 

 broad, blackish, not well developed except on edges, 

 supra-spiracular similar; spiracular and sub-spiracular 

 lighter fuscous, hardly traceable, spiracles small, blackish. Full 

 fed in October. Feeds on Xerotes longifolia and Cladium. 

 The pupa is sub-cylindrical, fuscous and spotted with blackish, 

 the posterior segments are somewhat pointed. 



Easily recognised by its large size and brilliant coloring. 



Watson (P.L.S., 1893) spells the name Symmonus. 



Mackay and Brisbane, Queensland ; Frankston and Gram- 

 ipians, Victoria ; Waverley and Como, New South Wales ; five 

 specimens November to April. 



42a. Trapezites iacchus, Fab. 



{Pajnlis iacchus, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 532, n. 389, 1775; 

 Don, Ins. New Holl., t. 31, fig. 1, 1805; Boisd. {Steropis 

 iacchus), Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 169, n. 3, 1832 ; Trapezites 

 diena, Hew., Desc. Hesp., p. 32, n. 24, 1868 ; Hesperia maheta, 

 Misk. {nee, Hew.), Ann., Queensland Mus., p. 78, 1891 ; 

 T. iacchus, A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 115, 1893.) 



Male and female, 34-38 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and 

 abdomen dark fuscous, clothed with pale greenish-yellow hairs, 

 beneath pale yellowish. Antennae fuscous, annulated with 

 ochreous, posterior half beneath ochreous, apical half of club 

 reddish beneath. Legs dull orange. Forewings elongate- 



