167 



Mabille, who returned it with the remark "Jen ai 6 sans 

 nom," so that it is hardly likely he would fail to recog- 

 nize the <$ — that is, supposing his description refers to a 

 9 , which is uncertain, as he gives no clue to the sex or size 

 of same. I do not know this species, and am placing it here 

 provisionally. 



20. Noto crypta, De Nic. 



Jour. Bomb., N.H. Soc, 1889, p. 188; Watson, P.Z.S., 1893, 

 p. 112. Plesioneura, Feld., Wien., Ent. Mon., vi., p. 29, 1862 

 (nom prceocc). 



Type cur vi fascia, Feld. 



Club of antennae elongate, moderate, apiculus pointed, 

 lDent. Palpi subascending, terminal joint short, obtuse, por- 

 rected. Posterior tibiae with all spurs, rather long. Fore- 

 wings in male without stigma; 3 from rather near 4; 5 much 

 nearer to 4 than to 6 ; 2 much nearer to base of wing than end 

 of cell. Hind wings with vein 5 practically obsolete. 



98. N. FEISTHAMELI, Bdv. 



Thymele Feisthamelii, Bdv., Voy., "Astrolabe," Lep., p. 159, pi. 

 ii., fig. 7, 1832; Plesioneura curvifascia, Feld., Wien., Ent. Mon., 

 vi., p. 29, 1862. P. alysos, Mre., P.Z.S., 1865, 789; ib., Lep., Ceylon, 

 i., p. 178, pi. lxviii., fig. 3 $ , 3a Q , Sb larva? and pupae, 1881; 

 P. albifascia, ib., P.Z.S., 1878, p. 843. P. restricta, ib., I.e., p. 

 178, 1881. P. waigensis, Plotz, Beii., Ent, Zeit., xxvi., p. 263, 

 1882, pi. ccxl. P. volux, Mab., Ann. Soc, Ent. Belg., 1883, p. 

 56. (?)P. clavata, Stand., Iris, ii., p. 153, pi. ii., fig. 9, 1899. N. 

 Feisthamelii, M. and L., T.R.S., p. 119. 



A variable species. All the varieties represent but one 

 species. The Australian form is restricta, Mre. I have 

 specimens varying in size from 25 to 46 mm., and the 

 eubapical spots number from 2 to 5. 



N. waigensis, Plotz, figured by Colonel Swinhoe, T.E.S., 

 pi. iii. fig. 10, is an excellent drawing of our species from 

 Evelyn Scrub, Cairns. 



Mackay to Cape York, Queensland; from November to 

 April; also from India, Borneo, New Guinea, etc. 



21. Badamia, Mre. 



Lep., Ceylon, i., p. 156, 1881. 



Type exclamatioms, Fabr. 



Club of antennae elongate, apiculus pointed, bent. Palpi 

 ascending, terminal joint long, slender, slightly swollen near 

 apex, obtusely pointed, porrected. Posterior tibiae with all 

 spurs. Fore wings in d without stigma, 5 parallel and 

 equidistant to 4 and 6. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote. 

 Five present. Contains only the following species. 



