LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 849 



3. Teara signata. 



Mas. Testacea ; abdomen luteum ; alee anticce alba, cosla mar- 

 gineque exteriore fuscis luteo varus, fascia obliqua macu- 

 laque dis call fuscis ; postica lutea, fascia submarginali fusca. 



Bombyx tristis, p., Donov. Epit. Ins. New Holl. pi. 



Male. Head and thorax pale testaceous. Abdomen luteous. 

 Fore wings white, brown mingled with luteous along the costa and 

 along the exterior border, with a slight oblique brown band beyond 

 the discal spot, which is transverse and dark brown. Hind wings 

 pale luteous, with a brown submarginal band. Length of the body 

 6 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



4. Teara Isabella. 



Ala antica alba, fasciis tribus apiceque nigris, maculis subocella- 

 tis duabus inter fas ciam 2am Samque, maculis octo apicalibus ; 

 posticus nigra, basi anguste 9 apiceque marginali ochraceis. 

 Fcem. — Ala antica alba fasciis tribus fusco-nigris apice ob- 

 seurioribus, maculis 8 submarginalibus antice albis postice 

 ochraceis. 



Trichetra Isabella, White, Append. Capt. Greys Journ. Exped. 

 Discov. Austral. 479, f. 10, 1,3; f. 11. 



Male. Luteous. Abdomen blackish, luteous at the base and 

 at the tip. Fore wings partly white, with two luteous discal dots, 

 and with four brown oblique bands; the fourth submarginal and 

 denticulate. Hind wings dark brown ; base and cilia luteous. 

 Female. — Whitish testaceous. Abdomen pale luteous, with a broad 

 brown band. Fore wings white, slightly tinged with testaceous, 

 with four brown bands. Hind wings pale luteous, with two brown 

 bands. 



Var. /3. First and second bands of the fore wings obsolete. 



a — d. King George's Sound. Presented by Capt. Grey. 



5. Teara contraria. 



Fusca ; caput et thorax albido varia ; antenna testacea ; abdomen 

 ochraceofulvum, fasciis nigro-fuscis, subtus nigro-fuscvm, 

 apice album ; ala antica supra posticaque subtus macula dis- 

 cali alba. 



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