LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 803 



extends to the tip ; a purple . marginal band which widens from the 

 tip to the interior angle, and is continued along more than half of the 

 length of the interior border; fringe, white. Hind wings gilded 

 cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



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



b. ? 



Anthophila semi pur pure a. 



Fcem. Flava ; caput et thorax anticus purpurea ; palpi oblique 

 ascendentes^ verticem paullo superantes, articulo 2o fimbriate, 

 So lanceolato ; alee anticce gutta discali, vitta costali ab~ 

 breviata dimidioque exteriore lineas duas lutescentes undulatas 

 includente purpureis ; posticce aurato-cinerece. 



Female. Bright yellow, reddish cinereous beneath. Head, 

 palpi and fore part of the thorax purple. Palpi obliquely ascending, 

 rising a little higher than the vertex ; second joint fringed ; third 

 lanceolate, about half the length of the second. Fore wings with a 

 purple dot in the disk at one-fourth of the length, and with a purple 

 costal stripe which extends from the base to half the length and is 

 notched on its bind side; nearly half the exterior surface purple, 

 with a black point on the middle of its inner side and including 

 two dull luteous undulating lines; fringe white. Hind win^s 

 gilded cinereous. Length of the body 4 — 4J lines ; of the wings 

 10—11 lines. 



Anthophila roseifascia. 



Foem. Flava ; palpi erecti, caput superantes, articulo So 

 lanceolato ; aim anticce fasciis duabus obliquis purpureis apud 

 costam connexis, 2a angusta marginali ; posticce auraio- 

 albidce, plaga apud angulum interiorem rosea. 



Female. Yellow, pale cinereous beneath. Palpi erect, rising 

 much higher than the vertex ; third joint lanceolate, more than 

 half the length of the second. Abdomen gilded whitish. Fore 

 wings with two oblique purple bands; second band marginal, about 

 half the breadth of the first, with which it is connected on the costa. 

 Hind wings gilded whitish, with a rosy patch about the interior 

 angle. Length of the body 4J lines; of the wings 10 lines. 

 a. ? 



