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AGARISTID^. 



apex and tornus. Hind wing unmarked except for a series of white " 

 points on the cilia ; the underside with small ochreous discoidal 

 spot and postmedial series of white points. 



Ab. 1. eplufra. Hind wing with more or less developed ochreous 

 discoidal patch and curved postmedial series of white paints on the 

 veins. 



Hah. N. S. Wales {llaynor), 3 c? , 1 $ ; Victoria, 3 J ; S. Aus- 

 tralia (Bakeiuell), 1 6 ; Tasmania, 9 d" , 3 $ . Exjc>, 44-52 millim. 



Larva. Scott, Austral. Lep. ii. p. 14, pi. 15. 



Pale yellow; head scarlet marked with black; 1st and subterminal 

 somites with scarlet dorsal and lateral bands with two lateral black 

 spots ; anal claspers scarlet ; the thoracic somites with black striae 

 and a series of somewhat U-shaped marks ; the abdominal somites 

 with numerous irregular black lines terminating above the spiracles, 

 which are encircled by black annuli and with black streaks below 

 them ; hairs fine, whitish. Food-plants, Epilohium junceum and 

 ^notheras. 



Cocoon of agglutinated earth. 



59. Phalaenoides polysticta. 



Ago.rista pph/stida, Bull. A. M. N. II. (4) xv. p. 138 (187J) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 22.' 

 PhaUnoides btitleri, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 157, pi. v. f. 6 (1892), 



Black ; 1st and 2nd joints of palpi, sides of frons, basal joint of 

 antennse, back of head, tegulae, patagia, and thorax with pale yellow 

 spots ; guise yellow ; fore coxse and mid tibiae with tufts of orange 

 hair ; abdomen with the terminal segment, anal tuft, and ventral 

 bands on last four segments orange. Fore wing with two small 

 pale yellow spots at base ; a subbasal and two antemedial series of 

 three spots ; a medial spot below costa, one in end of cell and one 

 below it on vein 1 ; a band beyond the cell from below costa to 

 vein 2, excurved below costa and more strongly beyond lower angle 

 of cell, a small spot below it on vein 1 and usually three points 

 beyond it below costa ; a subterminal series of small spots ; cilia 

 white at apex and tornus. Hind wing with the cilia pale yellow 

 except between veins 4 and 6 ; the underside with small yellow 

 spot beyond the cell. 



Ab. 1. hutleri. Hind wing with pale yellow band beyond the cell 

 between veins 6 and 2, excurved beyond lower angle. 



Hah. N. S. Wales, Sydney {Darnel), 9^,2$ type ; W. Australia, 

 Freemantle {J. J. Walker), 1 6 . Exp., 6 40, $ 44 millim. Type f 

 (S hutleri in Mus. Oxon. 



*60. Phalaenoides goldiei. 



Agarista goldiei, Druce, A. M. N. H. (6) xiv. p. 21 (1894) ; Eoths. Nov. 

 Zool. iii. pi. 15. f. 31. 



S . Black ; palpi orange below at base, white towards extremity, 

 of 2nd joint; sides of frons and points on back of head white ;, 



