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with double projection in middle, from vein 1 to vein 6; not 

 separated by veins ; cilia as in fore wings, but more orange round 

 tornus. Under-side of fore wings blackish ; basal third of cell 

 blackish, apical and terminal area of wings from vein 3 to 

 apex greenish-yellow ; markings of upper-side, except stigma, 

 reproduced and very narrowly edged with fuscous; cilia as 

 above, but paler. Hindwings greenish-yellow; a fuscous 

 supra dorsal streak, broadest at termination ; cellular spot as 

 above, pale-yellow; submedian band reproduced, but upper 

 portion formed into 3 pale-yellow oval spots, faintly edged 

 with fuscous; an obscure yellow spot on vein 1 (indicating 

 lower spot of band) ; cilia pale-yellow, mixed with fuscous. 



Types in Coll. Lower. 



This species is in appearance somewhat like Tarac- 

 trocera dolon (Plotz), but is immediately separated 

 by the presence of stigma in S and broad sub- 

 median band of hindwing in both sexes. The 

 ^transformation of the band of upper-side of hindwings 

 into oval spots on under-side is a peculiar and noteworthy 

 characteristic. The late Dr. Staudinger considered this species 

 Telicota dara (Koll.), but the antennae never agreed (in my 

 estimation) with the characters of Telicota, and having re- 

 cently received the rf all doubt is at an end, as dara has no 

 stigma, and although the 9 °f the present species is very 

 similar to that species, yet the oval spot of orange on vein 8 

 of hindwings in dara, and which appears to be a constant 

 character, is absent in the present species. 



Port Darwin, Northern Territory. Two females and one 

 on ale ; in September and May (Dodd). 



13. Ocybadistes, Heron. 



Ann. Mag., N.H. (6), xiv., 1894, p. 105. 



Type Walkeri, Heron. 



Antennae about f length of costa of forewings ; club 

 moderate, elongate ; apiculus bent, rather longer than thick- 

 ness of club ; palpi densely scaled, terminal joint slender, 

 erect, about half length of second. Forewings with vein 12 

 reaching costa well before end of cell ; vein 8 to apex ; 5 

 nearer to 4 than to 6; veins 2, 3, and 4 equidistant; vein 2 

 slightly nearer end of cell than base of wing. Hindwings 

 with termen very slightly excised between 2 and lb; vein 7 

 well before end of cell ; 5 absent ; 3 close to end of cell . 

 twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 nearer to end of cell 

 than base of wing. Posterior tibiae with all spurs present ; 

 costa of hindwings above clothed with stiff hairs. Male with 

 stigma. This genus has a similar geographical range to 

 Taractrocera. It has been suggested that all those species 



