544 CATALOGUE OF 



Australia. 



2. EUPLEXIA EMERGENS. 



Mas. Ferrugineo'fusca ; abdomen obscure cinereum, cristis nigri- 

 canlibus ; alee ant.ica area media margineque exteriore obscn- 

 rioribus, lineis nigris undulatis, linea submarginali ferruginea, 

 strigis marginalibus atris, maculis nigro marginatum reniformi 

 testacea ; postica? subcuprea, basi ciliisque cinereis sub- 

 cequalibus. 



Male. Ferruginous-brown. Abdomen dark cinereous, with 

 blackish crests. Fore wings with black undulating lines, blackish 

 between the median lines and along the exterior border, between 

 which and the ferruginous submargmal line there are deep black 

 streaks ; orbicular and reniform spots with black borders and of 

 nearly equal size and shape, the latter mostly testaceous. Hind 

 wings somewhat cupreous ; base and ciliae cinereous. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by the Rev. Augustus Beaufort. 



3. EUPLEXIA CONFUNDENS. 



Mas et fcem. Ferruginea ; thorax nigro conspersus ; abdomen 

 cinereum, cristis ferrugineis ; aim antica? lineis transversis 

 nigricantibus indeterminatis, pallido marginatis, lituris costa- 

 libus lunulisque marginalibus nigris, disco margineque exte- 

 riore nigricante suffusis, orbiculari et reniformi submqualibus 

 ex parte nigro marginatis, striga obliqua subapicali pallide 

 ferruginea ; postica? subeupreai, basi cinerem, ciliis pallide 

 ferrugineis. Mas. — Reniformis ex parte alba. Fcem.- 

 Reniformis ex parte testacea. 



Male and female. Ferruginous. Thorax sprinkled with black. 

 Abdomen cinereous ; crests ferruginous. Fore wings with the 

 transverse lines blackish, indistinct and irregular, and with paler 

 borders ; costal marks and marginal lunules black ; a blackish tinge 

 in the disk and along the exterior border ; orbicular and reniform 

 spots partly bordered with black, nearly equal in size and shape ; a 

 pale ferruginous oblique subapical streak. Hind wings somewhat 

 cupreous, cinereous at the base ; ciliae pale ferruginous. Male. — 

 Reniform spot partly white. Abdomen bordered with ferruginous 

 hairs. Female. — Reniform spot partly testaceous. Length of the 

 body 6 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Tasmania. Presented by R. Butler, Esq. 



b. Tasmania. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



