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EUPTEEOTID.^i:. 

 Epicoma zelotes, n. sp. 



Male, 30-33 mm. Head whitish, face ochreous. Antennae 

 /dark grey. Thorax pale grey. Abdomen blackish; tuft 

 and a series of median spots ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, 

 mixed with ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen rounded, oblique ; 

 snow-white ; costa and dorsal margin irrorated with dark fus- 

 cous and ochreous; a roundish discal spot beneath mid-costa, 

 ochreous margined with dark fuscous; an inwardly oblique, 

 slightly sigmoid, broad, ochreous-fuscous line from costa at 

 four-fifths to dorsum at three-fourths; cilia bright ochreous, 

 apices and a series of 4 basal spots dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded ; yellow-ochreous ; a narrow blackish 

 fascia at four-fifths, parallel to termen ; a faint fuscous sub- 

 terminal line ; cilia ochreous. 



Female differs as follows: 34-36 mm. Face grey. Fore- 

 wings more irrorated and oblique line paler. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous, extreme base whitish-ochreous, with a terminal 

 series of ochreous spots. 



There is a closely allied species m the British Museum from 

 Adelaide River, North Australia. 



Townsville, Queensland, in November and December ; four 

 specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, who bred them from 

 larvaj feeding gregariously on Eucalyptus platypliylla, hiding 

 by day at the foot of the tree or under loose bark. There 

 is also a male specimen in Coll. Lyell from Gape York, Queens- 

 land. The last has the hindwings less brightly colored, and 

 with a broader dark band than the Townsville specimens. 



Epicoma asbolina, n. sp. 



Female, 36 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax blackish. 

 Abdomen blackish ; tuft ochreous. Legs blackish. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, ter- 

 men rounded, oblique ; brown-whitish, costal and dorsal edge 

 and a broad terminal band suffused with blackish ; a blackish 

 discal spot beyond middle ; a terminal series of large oval or 

 oblong white spots; cilia blackish. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; blackish ; sub-terminal spots and cilia as forewings. 



Townsville, Queensland, in June ; one specimen received 

 -from Mr. F. P. Dodd. There is a female specimen in the 

 Queensland Museum from Bowen, Queensland, and another in 

 the British Museum from Port Darwm, North Australia 



