288 CATALOGUE OF 



tridecem maculatus ; abdomen guttis dorsalibus nigris ; alcB 

 antica cervince, plaga basali elongata, plaga exteriore maxima 

 transversa, maculis duabus adhuc exterioribus fasciaque macu- 

 lari submarginali albis. 



Female. White. Head reddish in front, with a black spot on 

 the vertex and with one on each side in front. Palpi, pectus, abdo- 

 men, legs and hind wings bright red. Thorax with thirteen black 

 spots ; fore tegulae reddish bordered. Abdomen with a row of black 

 dots. Tibiae striped with fawn-colour. Fore wings fawn-colour, 

 with a white elongated basal patch, with a large white patch ex- 

 tending from the costa nearly to the interior border, towards which 

 it is attenuated ; two white exterior dots, of which the outer one is 

 near the third spot in a white macular submarginal band ; markings 

 red on the under side. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 

 30 lines. 



Makian. Celebes. Tn Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus THALAINA. 



Thalaina punctilinea. 



Fcem. Argenteo-alba ; caput nigro fasciatum, supra ochraceum; 

 palpi nigri ; thorax maculis duabus ochraceis nigro submar- 

 ginatis ; alee aniicce striga costali basali, linea apud mar- 

 ginem interior em fimbriaque ochraceis; postica? macula mar- 

 ginali nigra. 



Female. Silvery white. Head ochraceous on the vertex and 

 behind, with a black band on the front. Palpi black, white at the 

 base. Antennae black. Thorax with two humeral ochraceous spots, 

 which are partly bordered with black. Anterior legs blackish above. 

 Fore wings with a short costal ochraceous streak at the base, and 

 with an ochraceous fringe ; an ochraceous line accompanied by black 

 points along the interior border. Hind wings with a black spot near 

 the fore part of the exterior border ; this spot on the under side 

 becomes a large patch, of which the fore half is ochraceous and the 

 hind half black. Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 

 26 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



