660 CATALOGUE OF 



]. Thalaina Klen^ia. 



Argenteo-alba ; caput nigrum, vertice rufa, facie alba; palpi et an- 

 tenna nigra; thorax rufo bimaculatus ; alee anticce vittis dua- 

 bus fasciaque una rufis nigro marginatis, posticce macula 

 postica nigra, hac subtus majore partimque rufa. 



Thalaina Klenaea, MSS. 



White. Head black ; vertex red ; face mostly white. Palpi 

 and antennae black. Proboscis tawny. Thorax with a slight testa- 

 ceous tinge in front; a red spot on each side. Wings bright 

 silvery- while. Fore wings with a red black-bordered stripe along 

 one-third of the fore border, and with another along two-thirds of 

 the hind border, the two connected at the tips by an oblique band 

 of the same colour; fringe red along the tips. Hind wings above 

 with a black spot near the hind border, not half so large as a cor- 

 responding spot below, which is partly red. Length of the body 

 6 — 8 lines; of the wings 19 — 22 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the late Earl of Derby. 



b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



c. New Holland. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Thalaina clara. 



Argenteo-alba ; vertex rufa ; palpi et antennce fusca ; thorax rufa 

 varius ; alee anticce marginibus fasciis duabus obliquis vitta- 

 que obliqua rufis nigro marginatis ; posticce macula subapicali 

 fusca subtus ex parte rufa. 



Thalaina Klenaea, Var. P 



White. Vertex red. Proboscis tawny. Palpi and antennae 

 brown. Front of the thorax with red hairs above, and with brown 

 hairs on each side; a tuft of red hairs at the base of each fore wing. 

 Wings silvery white. Fore wings with the outer border, the hind 

 border, two oblique bands and an intermediate oblique stripe black- 

 bordered red, as is also the cosla as far as the first band ; the stripe 

 extends from before the middle of the first band to the hind end of 

 the second. Hind winjjs with a subapical brown spot, which on the 

 under side is larger, and is partly covered by a red spot. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



