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BOMBYCID^. 

 OCINARA LEWIN^, LeW. 



{iHiswcampa lewince, Lew. Prodr. Ent. 7, t. 6, 1807 ; 

 Pamea transiens, Wlk., v., 1156; Oreta sobria, Wlk., v., 1168; 

 Eriogaster simplex, Wlk., vi., 1473 ; Naprepa pilosa, Wlk., 

 Suppl. 489 ; Naprepa liirta, Wlk., Suppl. 490 ; Triloclia rufes- 

 cens, Wlk., Suppl. 546 ; Semuta pristina, Wlk., Suppl. 547.) 



Walker described this species seven times in six different 

 genera, referred to four different families. This should be 

 a warning to later authors, as showing how uselessly the study 

 of entomology may be rendered more difficult by the descrip- 

 tion of species without accurate investigation of their structural 

 characters. 



I have verified this synonymy from the types in the British 

 Museum. The two sexes differ, and both are variable, but not 

 to any extraordinary degree. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; the larvae feed gregariously on Tris- 

 tania conferta. 



Andraca adoxima, n. sp. 



Male, 42 mm. Head, whitish-ochreous. Antennae grey. 

 Thorax pale reddish-brown. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Legs brownish. Forewings triangular, costa straight to near 

 ajpex, apex rounded, termen long, rounded, strongly oblique; 

 pale ochreous-grey towards base suffused with pale reddish- 

 brown ; an outwardly curved reddish-brown line from costa at 

 one-third to dorsum at three-fifths ; a broader line from costa 

 at two-thirds to dorsum at four-fifths; a faintly marked spot 

 in disc beneath mid-costa; cilia reddish-brown. Hindwings 

 with termen strongly bowed, inner margin curved downwards, 

 reddish-brown ; a pale ochreous-grey terminal band, broad at 

 apex, thence narrowing and not reaching tornus; cilia pale 

 ochreous-grey. 



This and the preceding are the only Australian species of 

 Bomhycidce. known to me. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen. 



LASIOCAMPlD.li:. 

 Crexa hyaloessa, n. sp. 

 Male, 30-32 mm. Head white. Palpi brown; base of 

 second joint with a white spot on under surface. Antennae 

 fuscous. Thorax fuscous, mixed with white. Abdomen dark 

 fuscous, sometimes with a few white scales on dorsum. Legs 

 fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa nearly straight to near apex, slightly sigmoid, apex round- 



