506 CATALOGUE OF 



Australasia. 



23. Nemotois aurisparsella. 



Mas. Late purpureo-cuprea ; antenna nigra, longissima ; tho- 

 rax auratus ; alee antica dimidio basali Jlavo guttis quatuor 

 auratis tumidis ; postica basi flavescente-cinerea subhyalina. 



Male. Bright purple-cupreous. Eyes large, prominent. An- 

 tennae black, very long. Thorax gilded. Wings comparatively 

 broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; more than half 

 the surface from the base yellow, with four small tumid gilded dots, 

 one basal, the other three in the middle of the wing. Hind wings 

 yellowish cinereous and slightly hyaline towards the base. Length 

 of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Australia. 



24. Nemotois spaesella. 



Mas. Cuprea, micans ; antenna nigra, alts anticis duplo lon- 

 giores ; ala antica fascia nigra lata obliqua albido conspersa ; 

 postica purpurea, 



Male. Brilliant cupreous. Antenna black, twice the length 

 of the fore wings. Fore wings with a broad oblique black band, 

 which is thickly covered with whitish elongated very minute 

 speckles. Hind wings purple. Length of the body 2J lines ; of 

 the wings 7 lines. 



a, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel's collection. 



Genus 22. CEKOMITIA. 

 Ceromitia, Zl. 



1. Ceromitia Wahlbergi. 

 Wahlbergi, Zl. 



Var. ? Mas. Alba ; antenna alls anticis quadruplo longiores ; 

 ala antica fasciis quinque, punctis exterioribus lineaque mar' 

 ginali cupreis ; postica flavescente-cinerea. 



Var. ? Male. White, Antennae four times the length of the fore 

 wings. Abdomen, hind wings and under side yellowish cinereous. 

 Fore wings with five cupreous bands ; first band basal ; second ob- 

 lique ; third and fourth united towards the costa ; fifth straightened 



