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-verse fascia, broadly in middle, from costa just before apex 

 direct tx) vein lb; a blmsh metallic patch on inner margin 

 above anal angle ; a greenish-golden hind-marginal line, rather 

 narrow, with a slight projection on vein 2 and terminating 

 before anal angle; cilia asi above. 



A beautiful insect when fresh, especially tlie under side ; it 

 differs from all the other known Australian species by the 

 different color of band of under side of hindwings. 



Brisbane, Mackay, and Cooktown, Queensland; Richmond 

 River district, New South Wales ; in December. 



76. Hasora lugubris, Boisd. 



{Thymele lugubris, Bdv., Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 160, No. 5, 

 1832.) 



Male, 52 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antennae, legs, and 

 abdomen fuscous, palpi, thorax, and abdomen yellowish be- 

 neath. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched, 

 termen hardly bowed, nearly straight, oblique; ochreous-fus- 

 cous; an irregularly suffused, outwardly oblique blackish 

 stigma, from just beyond one-third of inner margin to base 

 of cell 3 ; cilia ochreous-fuscous. Hindwings with termen pro- 

 duced on vein 1 ; color and cilia as in forewings ; basal and 

 inner marginal hairs ochreous-fuscous. Under side of both 

 wings ochreous-fuscous, more or less suffused with metallic- 

 purple, especially hindwings ; base below cell and along inner 

 margin ochreous-fuscous; faint indications of a sub-median 

 transverse whitish-purple fascia. 



The absence of mai'kings and purple coloring of under side 

 -of wings are notable characteristics. 



Cape York, Queensland ; one specimen, in December. 



77. Hasora hurama, Butler. 



(Hesperilla hurama, Butler, T.E. Soc, p. 498, 1870; Lepid. 

 Ex., p. 166, t. 59, fig. 10, 1874 ; Ismene hurama, Misk., Ann., 

 Queensland Mus., p. 74, 1891.) 



Male and female, 48-54 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, 

 Tegs, and abdomen dark fuscous, head and thorax mixed with 

 greenish-metallic hairs, palpi beneath ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen slightly 

 rounded near apex, thence oblique; dark purplish fuscous; 

 basal hairs greenish-golden ; without markings ; stigma of male 

 formed by blackish seam-like scales, from, before) middle of inner 

 margin to base of vein 3 ; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen produced on vein 1, color, basal hairs and cilia as in 



