LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. . 283 



Male Black. Head and thorax luteous, partly black. Abdo- 

 men with luteous and white bands, the latter colour predominating 

 beneath ; apical tuft pale testaceous, with black plumes towards the 

 base. Legs with white bauds; femora with luteous stripes; fore 

 coxae with white lines. Fore wing's with whitish veins, and with 

 three undulating whitish lines ; first line basal ; second and third 

 widely separated ; a pale green intermediate band, abbreviated by 

 the costa, including a nearly round black spot ; under side orange, 

 with one discal and two costal black spots; exterior part black, 

 including a curved orange line. Hind wings bright orange, with a 

 black hind ward spot and a black marginal band which is widened 

 in front. Length of the body 6^ — 7 lines; of the wings 16 — 1? 

 lines. 



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



c. Richmond Eiver, Australia. From Mr. Leycester's collection. 



2. Cardamyla Didymalis. 



Foetn. Cinerea ; caput pallide luteum ; palporum articulus Sus 

 lanceolatus ; abdomen e maculis nigris trivittatum, subtus albo 

 nigroque fasciatum ; pedes nigricante fasciati ; alas fasciis 

 duabus diffusis nigricantibus lineas duas cinereas valde denti- 

 culatas includentibus, gultis marginalibus subquadratis nigris, 

 anticce macula discali nigra ; posticus anticeet apud marginem 

 interiorem lutea. 



Female. Cinereous. Head pale luteous. Third joint of the 

 palpi lanceolate. Abdomen with three rows of black spots ; under 

 side with alternate black and white bands. Legs with blackish 

 bands. Wings with two diffuse blackish bands, each of which 

 contains a much denticulated cinereous line ; marginal dots black, 

 subquadrate. Fore wings with a black discal spot. Hind wings 

 luteous in front except towards the tips and along the interior border, 

 which is furnished with long hairs. Wings beneath luteous, with 

 a discal spot, an incomplete band, and an apical patch blackish. 

 Length of the body 5 J lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



This may be proved to be the female of the preceding species. 



a, b. Moreton Bay. Presented by — Gibbons, Esq. 



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