848 CATALOGUE OF 



a—g. New Holland. Presented by the Entomological Club. 

 h,i. New Holland. Presented by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. 

 • — n . New Holland. Presented by the late Earl of Derby, 

 o, p. New Holland. Presented by — Walcott, Esq. 

 q — s. New Holland. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 t, v. New Holland. Presented by J. G. Children, Esq. 

 w. New Holland. 



2. Teaea melanosticta. 



Nigra ; caput et thorax anticus alba ; abdomen apice maculisque 

 dorsalibus luteis ; alee anticce argentece fusco-luteoque plus 

 minusve marginatce, fascia obliqua fusca maculaque discali 

 nigricante ; posticce fuscce guttis marginalibus luteis et non- 

 nunquam fasciis duabus testaceis. 



Bombyx melanosticta, Donov. Epit. Ins. New Holl. pi. 



Liparis melanosticta, Boisd. Voy. de I Astrolabe, Pt. 1. Lep. 225, 7. 



New Holland. 



Male. Var. a. Black. Thorax in front and head white. Tip 

 and dorsal spot of the abdomen luteous. Fore wings silvery 

 white, brown along the interior border, dark brown mingled with 

 luteous along the costa, and with a blackish discal spot, adjoining 

 which there is an exterior oblique dark brown band ; exterior border 

 partly brown, with luteous dots. Hind wings dark brown, with 

 luteous dots along the cilia, and with two indistinct testaceous bands 

 in the disk. 



Var. /3. Fore wings brown along the exterior border. 



Var. y. Hind wings without bands. Female. — Like the male, 

 but with the band of the fore wings indistinct or quite obsolete; 

 discal spot varying much in size. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 

 c — e. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 

 /, g. Sydney. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 

 h. New Holland. From Mr. Milne's collection. 

 i. New Holland. From Mr. Hunter's collection. 

 /. New Holland. 



