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third wholly dark fuscous ; a cloudy fuscous transverse mark in 

 disc before middle ; a curved transverse row of 5 very small 

 cloudy dark fuscous spots at two-thirds, extending from near 

 costa to below middle ; cilia fuscous, mixed with ochreous. 

 Under side of forew^ings fuscous, dorsal third pale whitish 

 ochreous ; white spots as above ; a whitish transverse discal 

 mark, margined with dark fuscous; a cloudy purplish blotch 

 at three-fourths, reaching from costa two-thirds across wing, 

 and enveloping the white spots. Hindwings beneath rather 

 light fuscous, towards anal angle somewhat suffused with 

 ochreous- whitish ; a small, somewhat darker crescentic discal 

 spot before middle ; four very small darker fuscous spots ar- 

 ranged in a straight transverse series at two-thirds, one being 

 above and 3 below middle. 



Sits with wings projecting perpendicularly forward (as in a 

 bat), so as to enclose the legs (Meyricic). 



Albany, West Australia ; one specimen, in December. 



9. Apaustus, Hiib. 



Club of antennae rather short, hollowed, with short, 

 abruptly narrowed jDoint. Palpi ascending, terminal joint 

 moderately long, slender, erect, pointed. Posterior tibise with 

 all spurs. ForeAvings in male sometimes with stigma; 5 

 approximated to 4 towards base. Hindwings : 5 obsolete. 



A genus of moderate extent, extending to Oriental region. 

 The curious form of the antenn?e is characteristic of the genus. 



1. Stigma of fore wings absent ... ... 3 



Stigma of forewings present ... ... 2 



2. Hindwings beneath ochreous-fuscous, 



with a white saib-median band ... 53 Papyria. 

 Hindwings beneath ochreous, sub- 

 . median band, yellow 54 Flavovittata 



3. Hindwings beneath bright ochreous, 



without markings, or faintly in- 

 dicated b^ Lascivia. 



Hindwings beneath, light yellow 

 to yellowish orange, markings of 

 upper side moderately reproduced... 56 Sunias. 



53. Apaustus papyria, Boisd. 



{HesperiUa paiDyria, Boisd., Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 166, 1832 ; 



Taractrocera ceheno. Cox. Entomologist, iv., 402, 1873 ; H. 



.fumosa, Guest, Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., v., p. 37, 1882 ; Apaustus 



minimus, M.isk., Proc. R. Soc, Queensland, p. 153, 1889; Tarac- 



