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CATALOGUE OF 
Australasia. 
23. Nemotois aurisparsella. 
Mas. Lcete purpureo-cuprea ; antennce nigrce, longissimce ; tho- 
rax auratus ; alee anticce dimidio basali Jlavo guttis quatuor 
auratis tumidis ; posticce basi Jlavescente-cinerece subhyalince. 
Male . Bright purple-cupreous. Eyes large, prominent. An- 
tennae black, very long. Thorax gilded. Wings comparatively 
broad. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips ; more than half 
the surface from the base yellow, with four small tumid gilded dots, 
one basal, the other three in the middle of the wing. Hind wings 
yellowish cinereous and slightly hyaline towards the base. Length 
of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 
Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
Australia. 
24. Nemotois sparsella. 
Mas. Cuprea , micans ; antennce nigree , alis anticis duplo Ion - 
giores ; alee anticce fascia nigra lata obliqua albido conspersa ; 
posticce purpurece . 
Male . Brilliant cupreous. Antennae black, twice the length 
of the fore wings. Fore wings with a broad oblique black band, 
which is thickly covered with whitish elongated very minute 
speckles. Hind wings purple. Length of the body 2J lines ; of 
the wings 7 lines. 
a, b. Australia. From Mr. Darnel’s collection. 
Genus 22. CEROMITIA. 
Ceromitia, Zl. 
1. Ceromitia Wahlbergi. 
Wahlbergi, Zl. 
Var. ? Mas. Alba ; antennce alis anticis quadruplo longiores ; 
alee anticce fasciis quinque , punctis exterioribus lineaque mar- 
ginali cupreis ; posticce jlavescente-cinerece . 
Var.P Male. White. Antennae four times the length of the fore 
wings. Abdomen, hind wings and under side yellowish cinereous. 
Fore wings with five cupreous bands ; first band basal ; second ob- 
lique ; third and fourth united towards the costa ; fifth straightened 
