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DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF 



Underside. — Dark reddish-black ; basal area of primaries 

 black. 



Secondaries with a transverse row beyond the middle, of 

 somewhat obscured small bluish spots. 



Thorax and abdomen above, black ; beneath, light brown. 

 Ex. — 1^ in. Hab. — Cardwell (N. Queensland). 

 Coll.— Miskin. 



P. Albifascia, n. sp. 

 $ Upperside. — Both wings pale black, with a bluish tinge. 



Primaries. — With a sub-apical transverse row of four small 

 pure white spots, from costa to median vein ; a somewhat oblique 

 transverse band of pure white, from median to sub-median vein. 



Secondaries. — With a broad pure white transverse band 

 occupying central area. 



Underside. — As above, but paler; the white portions some- 

 what more extended ; in the secondaries nearly to base. 



Abdomen and thorax, above, black ; beneath whitish. 

 Club of antennae white, 



Ex. — in. Hab. — Herbert River (N. Queensland). 

 Coll.— Miskin. 



Genus — Hesperilla [Hew). 

 H. Atromacida, n. sp. 



<? Upperside — Primaries. — Basal area ochreous- brown, rest 

 of wing dark-brown ; a light yellow semi-transparent patch 

 within and at termination of cell ; another longer and narrower 

 below and beyond ; and contiguous to and below both, a large 

 round black spot in nearly the centre of wing ; a light yellow 

 speck between the 3rd and 4th sub-costal branches at their base ; 

 another, larger, immediately below. 



Secondaries. — The whole of the wing, oxcept a widish border 

 of dark-brown to costal, outer, and abdominal edges, clothed 

 thickly with long ochreous-brown hairs. Fringe of both wings 

 pale brown. 



