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Moreton Island, Queensland, in October. This is a new 

 locality, and extends the range of this species considerably. 

 Mr. Miskin, in his catalogue, gives Mack ay and Bowen as 

 localities, but as pointed out previously the insect referred to 

 was tyrrhus, Mab. (Bathrophora, M. and L.). 



Sydney, New South Wales, October to April. 

 Type in Coll. Hewitson (British Museum). 



10. M. halyzia, Hew., vat. cyanophracta, nov. var. 



<S $ , 28-36 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdomen 

 dark-fuscous, mixed with golden-ochreous hairs on thorax 

 and abdomen ; thorax and abdomen beneath mixed with bluish- 

 white. Legs bluish-white. Antennae fuscous, annulated with 

 white, apiculus reddish. Forewings elongate, triangular; costa 

 somewhat sinuate in middle, termen oblique, in 9 more 

 strongly bowed ; dark ochreous-fuscous ; markings ochreous- 

 whitish; a large, somewhat quadrate spot in end of cell,, 

 excised internally, outer edge straight ; a cartridge-shaped 

 spot beneath and beyond, beneath which is another similar 

 spot, separated by vein from former spot ; an oblique trans- 

 verse row of 3 subapical spots present in both sexes; cilia 

 fuscous, basal half darker, somewhat barred. Hind wings 

 with termen rounded, somewhat prominent in S above 

 middle ; colour and cilia as in forewings. Forewings below 

 blackish-fuscous, markings of upper side reproduced, upper 

 half of termen and apical area bluish-white, some orange 

 scales in basal half of cell. Hindwings bluish-grey; a 

 faintly produced curved series of postmedian fuscous rings, 

 absent in some specimens ; cilia of all wings bluish-grey, 

 that of forewings being more or less barred with fuscous. 



Whether this insect can be raised to the rank of a species 

 or simply remain as a variety of halyzia remains to be seen. 

 I have 2 J and 3 9 specimens, and have seen others, and 

 the 3 subapical spots on forewings and peculiar bluish-whitish 

 colouring of under-side appears on the whole of the specimens. 



In true halyzia the subapical spots of <S are very rarely 

 present, although I have a single o* specimen, probably taken 

 at Sydney, in which the 3 spots are feebly developed. I have 

 not. seen Victorian specimens of halyzia, but Mr. Waterhouse 

 gives that locality. 



When the life history of cyanophracta is elucidated it will 

 probably be found necessary to further consider the question. 

 The five specimens under review were all taken at Perth,. 

 Western Australia, in November. 



Types in Coll. Lower. 



