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2. Damias MELAXANTHA. 



Alee niyro-violacece ; anticce macula externa aurantiaca ; posticce 

 fascia lata aurantiaca fimbriaque nigra; subtus concolores. 



Damias melaxanthe, JBoisd. Voy. Duperrey, Texte, Zool. 286. 

 Cleis posticalis, Guer. Voy. Duperrey, Atlas, Ins. pi. 18, f. 5. 



Port Praslin. New Ireland. 



3. Damias dichroa. 



Alee nigro-fuscce, subtus concolores ; anticce fascia aurantiaca ad 

 costam incipiente, subtus strigis violaceis ; posticce immacu- 

 latce, foem. fascia marginali aurantiaca. 



Damias dichroa, Boisd. Voy. de V Astrolabe, Pt. 1 , Lep. 260, 3. 

 Offack and Bourou. 



4. Damias vaeia. 



Nigra, flavo-hirta ; caput albo-hirtum ; abdomen apice nigro-hir- 

 turn ; alee anticce striga basaliflava maculisque tribus albis ; 

 posticce vitta discali flava. 



Black. Head and palpi at the base clothed with white hairs. 

 Thorax and abdomen clothed with yellow ; tip of the latter with 

 black hairs. Fore wings with a short yellow streak at the base, and 

 with three white spots forming a triangle in the disk, one about the 

 middle, the other two nearer the tip, one in front, the other behind. 

 Hind wings with a broad yellow stripe which does not extend to the 

 tip ; it is straitened beyond the middle and dilated or capitate be- 

 yond. Legs piceous ; hind tibiae testaceous. Length of the body 

 8 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



a. Richmond River, Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



Genus 5. CASTNIA. 



Caput parvum, ocellis distinctis. Palpi triarticulati, appressi, 

 obtusiusculi, dimidia fronte vix longiores. Antennae clava distincta, 

 acuminata, apice tenui ? flexo, floccoso. Abdomen majusculum, 



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