594 



AGAElSTIDJi;. 



white bar from below costa to below cell and a spot above vein 1 ; 

 an oblique medial series of four spots and a series of three spots 

 from below costa beyond middle to tornus, the ribbed hyaline 

 membrane extending from the medial to the postmedial spots ; five 



Fig. 258. — Hecatesia thyridion, (^ . \. 



white points on apical part of term en. Hind wing orange, with the 

 costal area broadly black from near base and conjoined to the large 

 iscoidal spot ; the terminal area black, expanding towards apex 

 and below vein 2, with the cilia at tornus and a terminal striga 

 below vein 2 orange, and minute white points in the interspaces. 



2 . Head, thorax, and fore wing darker, the last with the post- 

 medial spot below costa shorter. 



Hah. W. Australia, King George's Sound {Capt. Grey)^ 4 cJ , 1 $ . 

 Exp. 38 millim. 



Sect. II. Palpi with the 3rd joint moderate, clothed with long hair. 

 A. Antennte strongly dilated towards extremity ; fore wing with- 



out blue-grey spots ; abdomen orange above. 

 B. Antennae moderately dilated towards extremity 

 with blue-grey spots ; abdomen black above .... 



fore wing 



fenestrata. 

 exultans. 



115. Hecatesia fenestrata. 



Hecatesia Jenestrata, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. p. 11, pi. 1. ff. 1, 2 (1829); id. Sp. 

 Gen. Lep. i. pi. 14. f. 7 ; White, Grey's Australia, ii. p. 476, pi. 8. f. 2 ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 12. r i , 



<S . Antennae strongly dilated towards extremity ; head and 

 thorax dark chocolate-brown ; palpi in front, sides of frons, streaks 



Fig. 259. — Hecatesia fenestrata, (^ . |. 



on vertex of head and tegulae, and patches on patagia yellowish 

 white ; pectus clothed with brown hair ; legs blackish, banded with 

 white ; abdomen orange, with the dorsal crests and lateral spots 



