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lar spots lying on veins 4 and 5 ; the whole 5 forming an 

 oblique series, but last 2 nearer termen; a moderate dorsal 

 streak from base to near anal angle. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded, somewhat prominent on vein 1 ; dark fuscous with 

 orange markings ; basal hairs orange ; an ovate spot in cell ; a 

 transverse row of four moderately broad, somewhat cartridge- 

 shaped spots, separated by veins; anterior apices obtuse, pos- 

 terior excised, that on vein 1 continued along vein to ter- 

 men ; cilia of fore wings fuscous, becoming orange round anal 

 angle ; cilia of hindwings orange, becoming fuscous round 

 apical third. Under-side of both wings orange-yellow, mark- 

 ings of upper-side, except stigma, reproduced; dorsal and 

 basal area of forewings dark-fuscous; transverse markings of 

 forewings edged anteriorly and posteriorly with blackish 

 lunules; cilia more yellowish; band of hindwings clearer 

 orange and edged anteriorly and posteriorly with black 

 lunules; cilia orange, with a black terminal line at base not 

 extending beyond vein 2. 



I do not know the 9 of this species. The <3 is 

 very like S bambusce, Mre., from India, and is prob- 

 ably the Australian representative of that species. It 

 appears to differ by the somewhat narrower transverse mark- 

 ings of both wings, the continuation of the lower edge of 

 markings of forewings to termen, and especially by the un- 

 evenness of the anterior edges of the 5 transverse spots of 

 forewings, which in bambusce are usually even and limited 

 by the stigma, while on the under-side the blackish lunules 

 are much enlarged in comparison with anisodesma. Moore's, 

 figures of bambusce (P.Z.S., 1878, p. 45), Nos. 11-12, are 

 fair. They do not figure the under-side, but the upper-side 

 of both sexes show the transverse band of forewings with the 

 internal edge quite straight. Moore's original description 

 (I.e.) reads: — "Pamphila bambusce., allied to augias, Linn., 

 from typical Java specimens of which it differs in its some- 

 what broader and less pointed wings. Markings above simi- 

 lar, but more defined; the borders of the wings blacker, the 

 basal yellow streak on hindwing confined to a terminal spot 

 at end of cell, and the abdominal border black. On the under- 

 side the markings are also more clearly defined and the inter- 

 spaces blacker." 



I have seen seven male specimens of anisodesma, and they 

 do not vary' from the description given. The nearest approach 

 to the Indian and Sarawak specimens of bambusce. is the speci- 

 men from Mackay. The other specimens are from Richmond 

 River (Waterhouse), Townsville (Dodd), and Brisbane 

 (Illidge), and were taken in March and April. 



