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of veins 3 and 4 ; a similar spot, excised posteriorly obliquely 

 below, between veins 2 and 3 ; stigma of male narrow, curved, 

 blackish, from inner margin before middle, thence curved 

 round to base of vein 3, suffusedly edged with blackish; some 

 times a very minute white subcostal spot between veins 6 and 

 7, generally absent ; cilia dark fuscous, tips whitish. Hmdwiiiga 

 «dth termen produced on vein 1 ; color as in forewings ; basal 

 hairs greenish ; inner margin broadly dull light i'uscous ; cilia 

 as in forewings. Under side of both wings fuscous, washed 

 with bluish-purple ; cell of forewings blackish ; markings of 

 upper side of female reproduced, hindwings with a moderately 

 broad direct transverse white fascia, edges suffused, and mixed 

 with bluish, from costa at three-fifths to vein lb ; a large 

 patch of velvety black on anal angle ; a white patch on inner 

 margin just above anal angle ; an obscure dull whitish streak 

 along vein la to base ; cilia as above, black on anal angle, 

 and with a fine white basal line between veins lb and 3. 



Cooktown and Cairns, Queensland ; in October and Decem- 

 ber. The types came from Cairns. In the original descrip- 

 tion no mention is made of the stigma of male. It could 

 easily be passed over, as it is somewhat hidden by the long 

 basal hairs. 



75. Hasora discolor, Felder. 



{Goniloha discolor, Feld., Wien. Ent. Mon., iii., p. 405, n. 

 50, 1859 ; Ismene discolor, ib., Reise. Nov. Lep., iii., taf. 72, 

 f. 17, 1867.) 



Male and female, 40-48 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 dark fuscous densely clothed with metallic-green hairs, palpi 

 and antennae dark fuscous, pal,pi, thorax, and abdomen beneath 

 blue-green ; legs fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular, 

 costa gently arched, termen gently bowed, oblique, dark fus- 

 cous-golden ; basal hairs metallic-blue-green ; stigma absent; 

 cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen produced on vein 

 1 ; color and basal and inner marginal hairs as in forewings ; a 

 tuft of long metallic-blue hairs on inner margin above anal 

 angle ; cilia as in forewings, but becoming black from vein lb, 

 around inner margin. Under side of both wings blue-black, 

 becoming olive-greenish on hindwings on basal half ; markings 

 of forewings golden-greenish ; a slightly outwards curved narrow- 

 transverse fascia : from five-sixths of costa to anal angle ; a 

 broad transverse fascia from middle of costa to beyond middle 

 of inner margin, becoming lilacine on lower fourth and enclos- 

 ing a large spot of ground color beneath costa; inner margin 

 broadly light fuscous; hindwings with a broad yellowish trans- 



