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CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



6. DlCHROMIA DUPLICALIS. 



Mas et fcem. Cinereo-nigra ; abdomen luteum, pilis nonnullis 

 apxcalibus cristisque nigris ; alee anticcs pallide cinerece, ear- 

 ner, subtinctce, plaga maxima trigona fasciaque exteriore 

 obhqua undulata nigricantibus, hac glauco interlineata et 

 conspersa, spatio marginali ex parte nigrieante-fusco, litura 

 apicah pallida obliqua, orbiculari et reniformi e gut Us duabus 

 atris, hac pallido notata, lunulis marginalibus atris ; posticce 

 lutece, nigro marginatce. 



Male and female. Cinereous-black. Abdomen luteous, with 

 some small black crests, diminishing from the base to the middle, 

 and with some black apical hairs. Fore wings pale cinereous, with 

 a slight pale flesh-coloured tinge ; a very large triangular blackish 

 patch, beyond which there is a blackish oblique undulating band, 

 the latter interlined and speckled with glaucous; space between 

 this band and the exterior border partly blackish brown; a 

 pale oblique apical mark; orbicular and reniform marks dis- 

 tinguished by two deep black dots, the latter with a pale centre ; 

 marginal lunules deep black. Hind wings luteous, with a black 

 border, attenuated hindward along two-thirds of the length of the 

 exterior margin, where it ceases ; a deep black marginal line; fringe 

 luteous towards the interior angle. Length of the body 6 lines: of 

 the wings 16 lines. 



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



Country unknown. 



7. DlCHROMIA TRIPLICALIS. 



Fcem. Nigra, albido ex parte conspersa ; abdomen luteum, nigro 

 cristatum; alee antic a linea subobliqua fere recta lunulisqve 

 submarginalibus ex parte connexis albis, fimbria cinerea albo 

 interlineata; posticce. lutece, apice nigricantes, linea margi- 

 nali atra. 



Female. Black, with whitish speckles. Abdomen luteous 

 with slight black crests along the basal half. Fore wings having 

 some parts without whitish speckles, with a white nearly straight 

 slightly oblique line a little beyond the middle, and with white sub- 



