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SIX NEW SPECIES OF It HO PALO CERA, 



Ialmenus Illidgei, nov. sp. 



S ? 38 — 42 m.m. This species is closely allied to I. ictinus 

 from which it differs as follows : the colour is a mazarine blue, 

 in I. ictinus it is a light greenish blue or more a moonlight Uue. 

 The marginal black line on the hind bord >r of both wings is much 

 more marked than in 1. ictinus. A conspicuous bluish white 

 submarginal line extends from anal angle to near apical angle of 

 hind border in hindwing : in I. ictinus a whiter, less developed 

 litre only extends from anal angle to | hind border of hindwing. 

 The under surface has a more mealy rough appearance from a 

 number of slightly raised light cinerous scales : in I. ictinus the 

 colour is ojhreous brown — the texture is fine and smooth, and 

 there are no raised scales. The marks are bead like bands and 

 bead like interrupted bars, cinerous bordered with white : in I. 

 ictinus they are rich black lines edged with light ochreous brown. 

 The spot near the base of the forewing and the one so conspicuous 

 in T ictinus is wanting in representative in this species. The 

 different species of this genus run extremely near to each other. 

 Mr. Ulidge has bred broods of caterpillars of this and of I ictinus, 

 and states that they are quite different in their markings and 

 constant. I hope to be able at some future time to describe the 

 separate caterpillars. Feeds as its confreres on wattle. Brisbane. 



Danis albastola, nov. sp. 



$ $ 36 — 40 m.m. Head black, crown black, sides velvety 

 white. Antenna3 black. Palpi white. Thorax black, freely covered 

 with tight blue hairs. Abdomen blackish grey with numerous 

 short bluish white hairs. Forewings, costa rounded, hind margin 

 obliquely rounded, inner margin sinuous ; in <? bright Prussian 

 blue ; in $ greenish blue at base to }> ; centre snow white, on 

 inner half finely suffused with pink ; a rich black border fills 

 costal third of wing ) arches to half way across wing at \ from 

 centre of hind margin, and turns sharply round to 5 of inner 

 margin ; narrow costal band and hind marginal banc' in <? black. 

 Cilia black and grey. 



