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the transformations of Hecatesia, and have learned whether the larva is xylophagous, 

 radicivorous, or phyllophagous, and the pupa armed with rows of recurved spines or 

 simple, we cannot decide on the true relations of the group. 



1. Hecatesia fenestuata. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 1.) Foem. thorace nigro-fusco, albo 



trivittato; alis anticis nigro-fuscis, fasciis duabus transversis parum macularibus, 

 prima ante, secunda pone medium alarum; alis posticis luteo-fulvis, limbo lato 

 punctoque medio subcostali nigris ; abdomine fulvo-luteo, maris fusco-barbato, serie 

 dorsali punctorum nigrorum. Expans. alar. antic. lin. 14!-18. 

 Obs. The female, here figured for the first time, differs from the male only in wanting 

 the vitreous spot on the fore wings. 



Hecatesia fenestrata, Boisduval, Monogr. Zyg«n. p. 11, pl. 1. f. 2; Voy. de FAstrolabe, Ent. p. 171; 

 Spec. Gdn. L(5pid. i. pl. 10 B. fig. 7 ; Mon. Agaristides, Rev. Zool. 1874, and sep. issue, p. 23; 

 Chenu, Encycl. Hist. Nat. Pap. 236, f. 403 ; White, in Grey's Journ. Exped. Austral. Append. p. 475, 

 pl. 8. f. 2 ; W^alker, List Hep. Het. B. M. i. 54. 



Sab. Nov. Hollandia. In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano, &c. 



2. Hecatesia thybibion. Thorace fusco-nigro, albo trivittato ; alis anticis fusco-nigris, 



fasciis tribus transversis macularibus guttisque nonnullis subapicalibus albis ; area 

 vitrea in maribus angustiore quam in prtecedente specie ; alis posticis aurantiacis, 

 limbo lato albo guttato punctoque subcostali mediauo nigris ; abdomine supra auran- 

 tiaso, maculis nigris dorsalibus et lateralibus nigris ; subtus albo ; palpis et pedibus 

 nigris, albo variis ; antennis in utroque sexu pergracUibus. Expans. alar. antic. 

 lin. 17. 



Hecatesia thyridion, Feisthamel, in Voy. de la Favorite, v. Suppl. p. 19, pl. 5. fig. 1 ; White, Append. Capt. 

 Grey's Journ. Exped. Austral. p. 475, pl. 8. f. 1 (tn. and f .) ; Boisduval, Mon. Agaristides, p. 24; 

 Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 55. 



Sab. Nova Hollandia, Albany {Brewer), Swan River (Curtis), West Australia 

 {JDamell). In Mus. Britann., Hopeiano Oxoniae. 



3. Hecatesia exultans. (Plate XXXIII. figs. 2 m, 3/.) Atra : capite et thorace flavo 



guttatis ; abdomine serie dorsali punctonun fulvorum, lateribus fulvo nigroque 

 variis : alis anticis nigris, maris margine antico in medio dilatato, pone medium pro- 

 funde emarginato, foemina? forma ordinaria, in utroque sexu guttis numerosis 

 flavis et griseis, fascias septem irregulares maculares alternatim flavas et griseas for- 

 mantibus ; fimbriis omnibus griseis nigro maculatis : alis posticis aurantiacis, Hmbo 

 lato maculaque trigona subcostali mediana nigris : capite subtus orbitu oculorum 

 et basi palporum flavo hirtis : pedibus nigris, tibiis fulvo hirtis, apicibus et tarsorum 

 artic. 1 et 2 apicibus albis ; calcaribus longis nigris : abdomine pone medium ma- 

 culis sex transversis albis (per paria dispositis) : alis anticis subtus absque squamis 

 griseis ; posticis guttis nonnuUis albis in limbo nigro. Expans. alar. autic. circ. 

 unc. 1. 



Hecatesia exultans, Walker, List Lep. Het. B. M. i. p. 58; Boisduval, Mou. Agarist. p. 24. 



