Si'ENOSGAPilA. 



281 



■antennas of male ciliated ; tibiie with the inner spurs long, the outer short. 

 Fore wing lon^ and narrow ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3 from close 

 to angle ; 5 absent ; (i from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 sf.alked, 7 from beyond 

 9; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3; 4 

 coincident; .5 from well above angle; 6, 7 coincident; 8 from middle of cell; 

 male with the costa arched and a small patch of androconia below vein 8 near 

 its origin. 



589. Stenoscaptia veausta. 



Mosoda venusia, Lucas, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) iv. p. 1078 (1890) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 348. 



S . Head, tegiilae, and shoulders orange-j^ellow ; palpi and 



antennfe black ; thorax and 

 abdomen black ; the greater 

 part of legs and anal tuft yellow. 

 Fore wing orange ; the base 

 black ; a postmedial black band 

 with slightly waved edge ; a 

 subterminal curved band ex- 

 p. ,qQ panding into a large patch near 



8tenoscai'tmvcnusta,S.\. ^P^^ and ending at _ tornus. 



Hind wing orange, with ter- 

 minal black band expanding towards costa. 



Hah. Queensland, Brisbane (Z'ttnier), 1 S- Kvp. 22 millim. 



Genus BYRSIA. 



Type. 



%ma, Wlk. xxxi. 198(1864) dotata. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi short, upturned ; antenna? of male with 

 bristles and cilia; tibiaj with the spurs rather long. Pore wing rather narrow; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6 from below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, and 10 stalked ; 9 absent ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle 

 of cell; 3, 4 on a l<jng stalk ; 6 from lower angle and strongly curved ; the apex 

 truncate in male and veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell, stalked in female ; 8 from 

 beyond middle of cell. 



A. Fore wing with the yellow extending to costa aurantiaca. 



B. Fore vnng with the costal area black dotata. 



590. Byrsia aurantiaca. 



Hypocrita aurantiaca, Snell. Notes Levd.Mus. viii. p. 4 (1886) ; id. Tijd. 

 V. Ent. xxix. p. 33, pi. i. f. 1, 1 a (IS&i) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 293. 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; patagia with orange 

 spots ; tarsi, ventral surface of abdomen, and anal tuft whitish. 

 Fore wing with the base black ; a bright yellow area extending to 

 well beyond middle, its outer edge oblique and slightly dentate at 

 lower angle of cell and in submedian fold ; an orange-red subterminal 

 patch from below costa to vein 1, expanding above, attenuate below. 

 Hind wing bright \ellow; the inner area suffused with black; a 

 terminal black-brown band expanding towards costa. 



The figure of the type from Sumatra shows the subterminal patch 



