LEPIDOPTERA HETEHOCERA. 847 



b. Thorax niger, antice albidus. - melanosticta, Donov. 



b. Alae posticae flavae. - signata, Walk. 



B. Alae quadrifasciatee. - Isabella, White. 

 B. Alae anticae non argenteae. 



A. Abdomen obscurum. 



a. Alae rufo non maculates. 



a. Alae fulvae aut fuscae. 



i. Alae non vittatae. ... contraria, Walk. 



ii. Alae anticae albo vittatae. - - interrupta, Walk. 



b. Alae albidae, nigro variae. - - rotundata, Walk. 



c. Alae fuscae, apice albae. - fasciata, Walk. 



b. Alae anticae rufo maculatae. - - variegata, Walk. 



B. Abdomen album. notabilis, Walk. 



1. Teara tristis. 



Alee anticce fuscce albido pulverulentce, macula subcostali fusco- 

 nigra subocellari ; posticce nigrce ; quatuor serie marginali 

 punctorum albidorum ; fimbria nigra fiavescente intersecta. 



Bombyx tristis, Lewin, Prodr. Ent. 9, pi. 8. Donov. JEpit. Ins. 



New Holl. pi. 

 Liparis tristis, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 223, 6. 

 Trichetra tristis, White, Append, Capt. Grays Journ. Exped. Discov. 



Austral. 479, f. 2. 



New Holland. 



Male. Var. a. Head and thorax white, with a slight luteous 

 tinge. Abdomen black ; tip and dorsal spots luteous. Fore wings 

 silvery white, luteous along the costa, with luteous ocelli along the 

 exterior border, with a luteous brown-bordered discal spot, and with 

 a slight oblique luteous band beyond the latter. Hind wings dark 

 brown ; marginal dots and ciliae luteous. 



Var. (3 like var. a. Fore wings with brown borders, and with a 

 broad fawn-coloured stripe along the inner border ; exterior border 

 with luteous dots. 



Var. y like var. /3. Band of the fore wings brown. 



Var. 8. Fore wings brown ; disk partly whitish ; discal spot 

 blackish, with a luteous centre ; a row of whitish dots along the ex- 

 terior border, where the cilia has luteous dots. 



Var. e. Head and thorax luteous. Fore wings dark brown, 

 partly luteous in the disk, and with a double row of luteous dots 

 along the interior border. 



