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triangular, costa gently arched, termen bowed, oblique, varying 

 from golden fuscous to dark fuscous; markings as in Symmo- 

 mus, but triangular spot beneath elongate spot absent; cilia 

 dark fuscous, terminal half yellowish, especially round anal 

 angle. Hindwings with termen gently waved ; color as in fore- 

 wings ; basal and inner marginal hairs orange ; a transverse 

 band of orange between veins 1 and 6, divided by veins into 4 

 spots, first narrow ; second narrow, wedge-shaped ; third simi- 

 lar, but smaller ; foiu-th large, elongate-quadrate, reach- 

 ing from end of cell to above inner margin, but not near reach- 

 ing it ; cilia as in forewings. Under side of both wings orange- 

 fulvous, upper two-thirds of forewings blackish-fuscous, except- 

 ing a wedge-shaped streak of ground color along termen; 

 markings of upper side reproduced ; cilia as above. Hindwings^ 

 with 5 black, white-centred spots ; first large, in cell near pos- 

 terior extremity ; second, third, and fourth moderate, arranged 

 in a curved series at two-thirds from base, between veins 1 and 

 4 ; fifth small, obscure, at about two-thirds from base, between 

 veins 6 and 7 ; inner margin broadly pale yellowish ; cilia dull 

 orange. 



Allied to the preceding, but apart from its much smaller 

 size it ican be chiefly distinguished from that species by the 

 orange band of hindwings being divided into spots by inter- 

 vening veins, whilst in Symmomus it is entire. It also differ* 

 by the fewer number of spots on under side of hindwings, 

 which in Si/mmo?7nis are 8 in number. In the present species 

 there are but 5. Most authors quote eliena. Hew., as a 

 synonym, but it is just possible in error, as we possess an insect 

 certainly allied to iacchus, but quite distinct, but not in a 

 fit condition for identification. Hewitson's description indi- 

 cates a differently colored insect to iacchus. 



Larvae and pu^pse are similar to Symmomus in appearance and 

 habits. Feed on AVro^fs multifnra, R. Br. (Brownii, F. v. M.), 

 Graminacece ; the imago are not uncommon on Leptospermum 

 blossoms {R. Illidge). 



Frankston, Macedon, Gisborne {Lyell), and Ocean Grange 

 (Wisp^, Victoria; Waverley and Como, New South Wales; 

 Duaringa, Brisbane, and Mackay, Queensland; Hobart and 

 Deloraine, Tasmania; eleven specimens from October to 

 January, most common in December. 



43. Trapezites croites, Hew. 



{Cyclopides croites. Hew., Ex. Butt., v., fi^. 14, 1874; 

 Astictopteriis croites, Misk., Ann. Queensland Mus., 78, 1891.)* 



