﻿LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1297 



4. Sericia diops. 



Mas. FerrugineO'fusca ; thorax fasciis duahus obscure fuscis ; 

 alcB lineis plurimis transversis lads vndulatis obscure fuscis, 

 fasciis indeterminatis pnrpurascentibus, subtus purpureo cy- 

 anescente tinctce ; anticce ocello nigricante, margine incompleto 

 atro postice dilatato^ litura minuta exteriore alba, annulo 

 antico alba aperto : posticce fascia submarginali valde distincto 

 et anguloso, plaga postica nigra albo guttata nulla. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown, of the same colour and almost 

 without bands on the wings beneath, where it is uniformly tinged 

 with bluish purple. Thorax with two dark brown bands. Wings 

 with numerous dark brown transverse broad undulating lines, and 

 with irregular purplish bauds ; submarginal band and double mar- 

 ginal line much like those of S. spectans. Fore winirs with the 

 ocellus differing from that of S. spectans in having a blackish disk 

 with an incomplete deep black border, which is dilated on the hind 

 side, and with a minute white mark on the exterior side of the 

 disk; the incomplete outline of another ocellus between it and the 

 costa. Hind wings with the submarginal band much more distinct 

 and angular than in S. spectans, and without the black white- 

 dotted posterior patch which distinguishes that species. Length of 

 the body 13 lines; of the wings 30 lines. 



a. Port Essington. 



5. Sericia parvipennis. 



Mas. FerrugineO'fusca, valde robusta ; thorax fasciis quingue 

 obscure fuscis ; alee minus amplce, ex parte glauco aut viridi 

 tinctcB, lineis transversis plurimis distinctis obscure fuscis 

 undulatis aut angulosis, fascia submarginali lineam cervinam 

 angulosam includente, lunulis submarginalibus extus cervino 

 marginatis ; anticce ocello nigricante extus viridi strigam 

 albam includente, nigro alboque marginato, semicirculo antico 

 nigro, orbiculari e annulo parvo nigro ; posticce linea media 

 acutissime denticulata, linea subtus submarginali guttulari 

 alba. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Body very stout. Thorax with 

 five dark brown bands. Wings le^s ample than in the other species 

 of the genus, partly tinged with glaucous or green, which appears 

 chieBy along the transverse lines and along the exterior veins; 

 transverse lines dark brown, numerous, distinct, undulating or 



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