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6. Daphnis magnifica^ n. sp. 



Allied to D. pallescens^ but considerably larger, altogether 

 deeper in colour, with the abdomen distinctly banded ; the 

 secondaries with a broad waved central pale band, and without 

 a pale external border. 



Primaries above almost as in D. hypotliousj but more 

 sharply defined, the transverse pale pinky band across the 

 basal third of twice the width and clearer in tint ; the pale 

 postmedian area broader, more arched, clearer and paler ; the 

 irregular area near external angle brown, varied with slaty 

 grey : secondaries cream-colour, slightly obscured (with the 

 exception of the basal and costal areas and a slender waved 

 transverse discal line) with pale greenish grey ; a broad irre- 

 gular central band, not reaching the costa or the anal angle, 

 black-brown, surrounded and interrupted by dark greenish 

 grey ; a broad external border deep purplish brown, shading 

 off internally and at apex into greenish grey, and intersected 

 near anal angle by a slender pale submarginal line : head and 

 collar dull lilac, intersected by lines of testaceous ; antennse 

 yellow ; thorax dull lilac, varied behind with olive-green, and 

 with lateral tufts of testaceous hair ; metathorax olive-green, 

 broadly bordered behind with white ; tegulae olive-green, with 

 a broad creamy white external border and a slender internal 

 testaceous margin ; abdomen dorsally pinky greyish, the basal 

 segment olive-green, the remaining segments, excepting the 

 last, with lateral oblique converging olive-gieen bars ; the ter- 

 minal segment grey, crossed by an olive-brown horseshoe- 

 like band ; the four basal segments bordered with creamy 

 whitish in front ; abdomen laterally much more pinky in tint 

 than the dorsal surface : below with the general aspect of D. 

 hypothous^ the markings much the same, but altogether darker 

 and of a purple tint, none of the bright red so prevalent on 

 that species being present. Expanse of wings 4 inches 

 9 lines. 



Rockhampton, Queensland. Type, B.M. 



The most magnificent of all the species of Daphnis. 



7. Phcegorista formosaj n. sp. 



Allied to P. agaristoides from West Africa, but readily 

 distinguished by the markings of the primaries ; the internal 

 border black to the base, the large triangular ochraceous patch 

 on the basal area darker and tinted with rose-colour; the 

 oblique white or pale yellow band of primaries replaced by a 

 very broad, almost semicircular, bright ochreous patch ; the 

 hastate spot near the external angle replaced by a triangular 



