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rather short. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings. 

 Fore wings very acute ; costa ochraceous, blackish-bordered; four 

 ochraceous blackish-bordered oblique bands; first and second bands 

 nearly parallel ; first abbreviated in front; third extremely serpen- 

 tine ; fourth marginal. Hind win^s also with four bands, which 

 are irregular and incomplete ; the first and the third wholly brown ; 

 five deep black gold-pointed marginal ocelli. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Sydney. From Mr. DiggW collection. 

 6. Australia. From M. Daniel's collection. 



28. Cataclysta Lampetjalis. 



Mas. Alba ; antenna* robustce, subinoniliformes ; abdomen ochra- 

 ceo fasciatum, segmentis lo 2oque fusco fasciatis ; alee fas c lis 

 variis obliquU flex is ochraceis fusco marginatis^ linea sub- 

 marginali argenlea ; posticce guttis tribus punctisque duobus 

 marginulibus atris. 



Male. White. Palpi nearly vertical; second joint much 

 curved ; third lanceolate, very slender, a little shorter than the 

 second. Antennas stout, submoniliform. Abdomen extending for 

 nearly half its length beyond the hind wings, with au ochraceous 

 band on the fore border of each segment ; first and second segments 

 with brown bands. Wings with ochraceous oblique bent various 

 brown-bordered bands ; submarginal line silvery. Fore wings with 

 a silvery tinge between the middle and exterior lines. Hind wings 

 with five deep black marginal dots; the first and the fifth much 

 smaller than the others. Length of the body 3J- lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection. 



29. Cataclysta Polydectalts. 



Mas. Alba ; palporum articulus 2us valde arcuatus, extus fusces- 

 cens ; antenna sat robustce ; abdomen fusco fasciatum ; alee 

 anticce lineis quatuor ochraceis fusco marginatis, exteriore 

 valde flexa, reniformi e annulo oblongo nigro ; posticce lineis 

 tribus ochraceis fusco marginatis, linea exteriore fusca antice 

 furcata. 



2 Q 3 



