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slightly roughened ; terminal joint very long (| of second 

 joint). Thorax with anterior and posterior crests. Abdomen 

 with dorsal crests on three or four basal segments. Posterior 

 tibiae hairy. Forewings with 8', 9, 10 stalked from areole. 

 Hindwings with 5 from below middle (J). 



Clearly defined by the long-stalking of vein 10 uaf fore- 

 wings. 



beryllodes, Turn. 



7. Gen. Euplexia, Stph. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi moderate, ascending; second 

 joint rough-haired; terminal joint moderate. Thorax with 

 rounded or bifid anterior and bifid posterior crests. Abdomen 

 with dorsal crests on three or four basal segments. Posterior 

 tibiae hairy on dorsum. Forewings normal. Hindwings with 

 5 from below middle. 



A large cosmopolitan genus, for which the name 

 Eujjlexia may be conveniently adopted for the present, though 

 no doubt it will be ultimately superseded. To it I refer the 

 Australian species which Hampson places under Trachea 

 (except smarar/distis, which is a Phaeop//raJ and Perir/ea. 

 There are slight specific differences in the form of the thoracic 

 crests and in the length of the palpi, but any attempts to 

 base generic definitions on these will, I think, break down 

 in practice. 



f iorrkoa, Meyr. f tricliroma, Meyr. hryochloi'a, 

 Meyr. consummata, Wlk. prolifera, Wlk. adamantina , 

 Turn, t signafa, Low. poli/cmeta, Turn. caUisrna, Turn. 

 leucostigma, Turn. f callichroa, Low. f vielanops. Low. 

 dolorosa, Wlk. aroana, B-Bak. cajjensis, Gn. eiiarnwsta. 

 Turn.: Ann. Q'land Mus., x., p. 65 (1911). asholodes, 

 TuiTi. : ih., p. 66. 



Euplexia docima, n. sp. (hoKLjxo<;, excellent). 

 d , 34 mm. Head white ; face with a transverse median 

 black bar. Palpi black ; apex and inner surface of second 

 joint white; terminal joint white. Antennae dark fuscous, 

 towards base white. Thorax white; bases of tegulae, outer 

 edges of patagia, a transverse median bar, and base of pos- 

 terior crest black. Abdomen whitish with median dorsal 

 and lateral series of blackish dots; tuft whitish, at base 

 blackish. Legs whitish; tibiae and tarsi annulated with 

 blackish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly 

 arched, apex rounded-rectangular, termen bowed, moderately 

 oblique; white with black markings; a basal line; a sub- 

 basal line from costa, outwardly oblique, bent sharply inwards 

 below middle to near base of dorsum ; closely following this 



