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broad black bands, which are partly speckled with ochraceous and 

 are connected in front. Var. J. — Fore wings without white speckles ; 

 first band broader ; second and third united, including some ochra- 

 ceous speckles and two spots ; fourth extending to the border, 

 including nearly marginal ochraceous dots. Hind wings black ; 

 base and fringe ochraceous, the latter with black dots. Length of 

 the body 10 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a — d. North Australia. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Teara argentata. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba ; caput et thorax nonnunquam subochracea ; 

 palpi brevissimi ; abdomen ochraceum, basi album ; alee anticce 

 gutta discali ochracea; posticce subauratce. 



Male, Silvery white, stout. Head and thorax clothed with 

 long hairs, which are sometimes slightly ochraceous. Palpi very 

 short. Antennae moderately pectinated. Abdomen ochraceous, 

 except at the base, darker beneath. Fore wings rounded at the tips, 

 with an ochraceous dot at the end of the discal areolet. Hind 

 wings slightly gilded. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 20 lines. 



a — c. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



Teara crocea. 



Mas. Ochracea; caput et thorax dense hirta ; palpi Iceves, caput 

 paullo superantes, articulo So sublanceolato 2o paullo breviore ; 

 abdomen apice nigricante pilosum ; pedes latissime Jimbriati ; 

 alee anticce elongates, pilis longis erectis apud marginem inte- 

 riorem instructce, costa vix convexa ; posticce abdomen super- 

 antes. 



Male. Bright ochraceous. Head and thorax thickly clothed 

 with long erect hairs. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi smooth, porrect, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; third joint nearly lanceolate, a 

 little shorter than the second. Antennas very broadly pectinated. 

 Abdomen clothed at the tip with blackish hairs. Femora and tibiae 

 very broadly fringed. Fore wings elongate, rounded at the tips, 

 beset on the space along the interior border with long erect hairs ; 

 costa hardly convex ; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. 



