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the transformations of Hecatesia, and have learned whether the larva is xylophagous, 

 radicivorous, or phyllophagous, and the pupa armed with rows of recurved spines or 

 simple, we cannot decide on the true relations of the group. 



1. Hecatesia penestrata. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 1.) Fwm. thorace nigro-fusco, alho 



trivittato ; alis anticis nigro-fuscis, fasciis duahus transversis parum macularibus, 

 prima ante, secunda pone medium alarum; alis posticis luteo-fulvis, limbo lato 

 punctoque medio subcostali nigris ; abdomine fulvo-luteo, maris fusco-barbato, serie 

 dorsali punctorum nigrorum. Expans. alar, antic, lin. 14-18. 

 Obs. The female, here figured for the first time, differs from the male only in wanting 

 the vitreous spot on the fore wings. 



Hecatesia fenestrata, Boisduval, Mcmogr. Zygaen. p. 11, pi. 1. f. 2; Voy. de F Astrolabe, Ent. p. 171; 

 Spec. Ge"n. Lepid. i. pi. 10 B. fig. 7; Mon. Agaristides, Rev. Zool. 1874, and sep. issue, p. 23; 

 Chenu, Encycl. Hist. Nat. Pap. 236, f. 403 ; White, in Grey's Journ. Exped. Austral. Append, p. 475, 

 pi. 8. f. 2; Walker, List Hep. Het. B. M. i. 54. 



Sab. Nov. Hollandia. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano, &c. 



2. Hecatesia thyridion. Tborace fusco-nigro, albo trivittato ; alis anticis fusco-nigris, 



fasciis tribus transversis macularibus guttisque nonnullis subapicalibus albis ; area 

 vitrea in maribus angustiore quam in pra3cedente specie ; alis posticis aurantiacis, 

 limbo lato albo guttato punctoque subcostali mediano nigris ; abdomine supra auran- 

 tiacio, maculis nigris dorsalibus et lateralibus nigris ; subtus albo ; palpis et pedibus 

 nigris, albo variis ; antennis in utroque sexu pergracilibus. Expans. alar, antic. 

 lin. 17. 

 Hecatesia thyridion, Feistharnel, in Voy. de la Favorite, v. Suppl. p. 19, pi. 5. fig. 1 ; White, Append. Capt. 

 Grey's Journ. Exped. Austral, p. 475, pi. 8. f. 1 (m. andf.) ; Boisduval, Mon. Agaristides, p. 24; 

 Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 55. 



Sab. Nova Hollandia, Albany {Brewer), Swan River {Curtis), West Australia 

 {Darnell). In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxonise. 



3. Hecatesia exultans. (Plate XXXIII. figs. 2 m, Sf.) Atra : capite et thorace fiavo 



guttatis ; abdomine serie dorsali punctorum fulvorum, lateribus fulvo nigroque 

 variis : alis anticis nigris, maris margine antico in medio dilatato, pone medium pro- 

 funde emarginato, fceminge forma ordinaria, in utroque sexu guttis numerosis 

 fiavis et griseis, fascias septem irregulares maculares alternatim flavas et griseas for- 

 mantibus ; fimbriis omnibus griseis nigro maculatis : alis posticis aurantiacis, limbo 

 lato maculaque trigona subcostali mediana nigris : capite subtus orbitu oculorum 

 et basi palporum fiavo hirtis : pedibus nigris, tibiis fulvo hirtis, apicibus et tarsorum 

 artic. 1 et 2 apicibus albis ; calcaribus longis nigris : abdomine pone medium ma- 

 culis sex transversis albis (per paria dispositis) : alis anticis subtus absque squamis 

 griseis ; posticis guttis nonnullis albis in limbo nigro. Expans. alar, antic, circ. 

 unc. 1. 

 Hecatesia exultans, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 58; Boisduval, Mon. Agarist. p. 24. 



