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EUPROCTIS CHRYSOPH.EA, Wlk. 



{Orgyia chrysophcea, Wlk. Suppl. 324; Artaxa cervina, 

 Moore. Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, 345, Lep. Ceylon, pi. 112, f. 3 ; 

 Artaxa lucifuga. Luc. Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1892, 250.) 



Male, 17-21 mm. Forewings fuscous-orange or orange- 

 ochreous, with two pale transverse lines, median and post> 

 median, the first usually obsolete, the second often indistinct; 

 va, pale varieties the space between lines may be occupied by 

 a darker fuscous; cilia deep yellow. Hindwings dark grey, 

 without orange or ochreous tinge ; cilia yellow. 



Female, 25 mm. Forewings elongate-oval; pale ochreous; 

 cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings whitish-gi^ey ; cilia pale 

 ochreous. 



The males are very variable in depth of coloring, appearing 

 on the whole to be darker in cool, paler in hot climates, 



Townsville and Brisbane, Queensland; the males not un- 

 common, the female rarely taken ; also from India and Africa. 

 Walker's type is from Abyssinia. 



EuPROCTIS HOLOXUTHA, n. sp. 



Male, 36 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dull 

 orange-ochreous. Abdomen deep orange, tuft but slightly 

 paler. Legs pale ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly 

 rounded, oblique ; dull orange-ochreous ; a pale ochreous spot 

 in disc beneath two-fifths costa; cilia ochreous. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded ; pale yellow, towards inner margin suf- 

 fused with orange ; cilia pale yellow. 



This appears to be doubtfully distinct from E. crocea, Wlk., 

 of which I only know the type (a female) in the British 

 Museum, said to be from Moreton Bay. Further material 

 is desirable. 



Townsville, Queensland, in August; one bred specimen in 

 perfect condition received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. There axe 

 a male and female of this species in the British Museiun from 

 Adelaide River, North Australia ; and another pair in the 

 Queensland Museum. 



EuPROCTIS SCOTOCHYTA, U. Sp. 



Male, 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax deep yellow. An- 

 tennae yellowish. Abdomen grey; tuft and sometimes apices 

 of segments pale ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, ter- 

 men rounded, oblique; dark grey, with scattered ochreous 

 scales, towards base and sometimes towards costa suffused with 



