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bands and with marginal ferruginous spots; firsthand hasal, incom- 

 plete; second and third broad, connected in front; fourth narrow. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Teara suppressa. 



Mas. Ockracea; caput pilis nonnullis anticis nigris ; antenna 

 ramis atris ; abdomen apicem versus nigro pilosum, fasciculo 

 apicali utrinque longissimo ; alee anticce lineis quatuor trans- 

 versis e atomis nigris, fasciis quinque indistinctis albis ochraceo 

 conspersis, la basali, 2a subintegra, 3a 4aque valde interrupts, 

 5a e guttis submarginalibus ; posticce striga transversa e atomis 

 nigris. Var. (3. — Alee anticce atomis nigris vix ullis, fasciis 

 pallide ochraceis. Var. y. — Abdomen a trum, fasciculo apicali 

 ochraceo ; alee anticce fasciis quatuor nigris, 2a Saque subun- 

 dulatis striga lalissima maculas duas ochraceas includente 

 connexis, 4a lata strigas octo ad marginem exteriorem emittente, 

 atomis discalibus albis ; postica? fasciis duabus latissimis 

 nigris connexis ochraceo conspersis. Var. d.—Alce anticce 

 atomis nullis, fasciis 2a 3aque conjunctis maculas duas inclw 

 dentibus, 4a marginem attingente guttas ochraceas includente ; 

 posticce atrce, basi ochracece. 



Male. Ochraceous. Head and thorax densely pilose, the 

 former with a few black hairs towards the mouth. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated ; branches deep black. Abdomen mostly clothed with 

 black hairs towards the tip, excepting the apical tuft, which is ex- 

 tremely long on each side. Fore wings with four transverse lines 

 of black speckles, and with indications of five white ochraceous- 

 speckled bands ; first band basal ; second broad, nearly entire; third 

 and fourth very incomplete ; fifth composed of submarginal dots. 

 Hind wings with a transverse streak composed of black speckles in 

 the disk. Var. /3.-— Fore wings with hardly any black speckles ; 

 bands pale ochraceous. Var. y. — Head with black hairs on each 

 side towards the mouth. Abdomen deep black above and on each 

 side beneath, except towards the base ; apical tuft ochraceous. Fore 

 wings with four black bands; first band near the base, towards 

 which it is retracted on approaching the costa ; second and third 

 slightly undulating, connected by a very broad streak, which includes 

 two ochraceous spots ; fourth broad, emitting eight streaks to the 

 exterior border ; disk with white speckles, which are confluent 

 between the first and second bands. Hiud wings with two very 



