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4. EUPLEXIA EXCLUSA. 



Ferruginea ; palpi oblique ascendentes, articulo So longiusculo ; 

 abdomen cinereum, cristis ferrugineis ; alee anticce apud 

 medium obscuriores, lineis undulatis testaceis nigrisque, macu- 

 lis testaceo marginatis, orbiculari obliqua, reniformi apud 

 medium flava, striga antica apud lineam submarginalem tes- 

 tacea, margine exteriore nigro-cinereo strigis atris, guttis cos- 

 talibus subapiealibas albidis ; posticce cupreo-fuscce. 



Ferruginous. Palpi obliquely ascending; third joint lanceo- 

 late, one-third of the length of the second. Abdomen cinereous, 

 with ferruginous crests. Fore wings with undulating testaceous 

 and black lines, the latter very indistinct; middle part dark ferru- 

 ginous ; discal spots with testaceous borders ; orbicular oblique ; 

 reniform with a yellow disk ; a testaceous streak along the fore part 

 of the inner side of the submarginal line ; space beyond the submar- 

 ginal blackish cinereous, with deep black streaks ; some whitish 

 costal subapical dots. Hind wings cupreous-brown. Length of the 

 body 6 — 6J lines ; of the wings 14 — 15 lines. 



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



5. EUPLEXIA INDOCILTS. 



Nigricans, E. exclusse structura ; abdomen cinereum, cristis nigri- 

 caniibus ; alee anticce lineis undulatis atris, exterioribus 

 quoque necnon striga lata submarginali testaceis, guttis costali- 

 bus subapiealibas albidis ; posticce cupreo-fuscce, aut albidce 

 cupreo-fusco late marginatce. 



Blackish, like E. exclusa in structure. Abdomen cinereous, 

 with blackish crests. Fore wings with a testaceous mark on the 

 reniform spot, undulating lines and borders of the spots deep black ; 

 exterior lines also testaceous; a broad transverse testaceous streak 

 near the exterior border ; some whitish costal subapical dots. 

 Hind wings whitish, with broad cupreous-brown borders, or nearly 

 wholly cupreous-brown. Length of the body 6 — 7 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 — 16 lines. 



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



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



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