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PORTHMEIA; EUPROCTIS. By Dr. E. Strand. 
galactopis. P. galactopis Trnr. (45 c). Both sexes white. Palpi of the B outside ochreous. Anal brush ochreous, 
in the B sometimes whitish. Anterior legs of the B ochreous. Forewing dull lactean, the base of the costal margin 
in the B ochreous. —- From P. <panabra it is best distinguished by the absence of ochreous scales on the dorsal 
margin of the forewing. ^18 to 25, $ 26 to 30 mm. Queensland. 
cuthysana. P. euthysana Trnr. B- white, vertex with some ochreous scales, palpi at the base below with long 
ochreous hairs. Antennae whitish-grey. Thorax with some ochreous scales. Abdomen dark, with a white anal 
brush and end of the segments. Proximal joints of anterior legs in front ochreous. Forewing at the base of 
the costal margin ochreous, along the dorsal margin with large ochreous cales. 26 to 30 mm. Queensland, 
in November and February. 
fimbriata. P. fimbriata T. P. Luc. (45 d). B‘- palpi blackish-brown with a whitish apex. Forewing light ochreous- 
yellow, hued purple-grey, which colour leaves free an undulate ochreous terminal band and sometimes also 
a costal streak of the same colour. Fringes ochreous-yellow. Hindwing ochreous-whitish, fringes light 
ochreous. In the $ both wings and the fringes whitish. Queensland, Brisbane; in October; Kuranda, North 
East Australia, in December. Expanse of wings: 24 mm. 
anacausia. P. anacausta Meyr. B 33 to 34 mm. Head white. Palpi orange. Antennae whitish with blackish 
pinnae (a 12, b 14). Thorax, abdomen and legs white; chest, anterior femora and tibiae orange, the anterior 
tarsi above brown. Forewing rather oblong-triangular with an oblique, rounded margin, white with a rosy-red 
and ochreous hue; a small, dark grey, let us say transverse spot in the anal angle. Hindwing white. Tasmania. 
hololeuca. P. hololeuca Meyr. B 31 to 33 mm. Head white, lower face hued orange. Palpi orange. Antenne 
white with light ochreous pinnae (a 10, b 12). Thorax, abdomen and legs white; chest, anterior femora and 
tibiae orange, anterior tibiae above brown. Forewing oblong-triangular, uni-colourecl. Hindwings white. — 
$ 34 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and legs white; pinnae a 5, b 7; anal brush orange. Forewing more 
oblong than in the B> with a more oblique margin; ochreous-white with a blackish cliscal spot at 3 / 4 and 
a smaller similar one near and just behind the former. Hindwings white. Mount Lofty, South Australia; 
Geraldton, West Australia; in November. 
39. Genus: JPortlimeia B.-Bak. 
Palpi small and porrect. Antennae in both sexes bipectinate, the teeth remote from each other. Legs 
with some long bristles, tarsi almost bare. Forewing subovate, costal margin feebly and uniformly curved, 
the distal margin at the end more curved. Hindwings small. Forewing: vein 2 from the middle of the cell, 
3 before the angle; 4 from the angle, 5 above the angle, 6 from the anterior angle, 7 +8 -f- 9 -f-10 on a 
footstalk, 7 in the middle between the cell and 10. Hindwing: 3 and 4 from the angle, 5 absent, 6 -j- 7 on a long 
footstalk, 8 curved towards 7 and shortly anastomosing with it. 
subnigra. P. subnigra B.-Bak. B : body black, patagiae and collar at the end orange. Forewing orange, in 
the apical and basal thirds the spaces between the veins are filled up with black, whilst the middle of the wing 
seems to be provided with an oblique, broad, orange band. Hindwing uni-coloured jet-black. ^ like the B, 
but with a white anal brush. Expanse of wings: B 34, $ 42 mm. British New Guinea. 
bicolora. P. bicolora B.-Bak. B '■ head, collar and patagiae ochreous, thorax and abdomen black. Forewing 
ochreous, the distal half of the costal margin, and the distal margin narrowly black. Hinclwing jet-black with 
an orange marginal line, fringes black. Expanse of wings: 32 mm. British New Guinea. 
40. Genus: Euproctis Hbn. 
Of this extremely numerous genus, the diagnose of which is stated at large in Vol. II, p. 135, almost 
300 forms are known occurring in the Indo-Australian region. Most of them are rather uni-coloured, yellowish- 
brown or whitish, but usually lighter or darker yolk-coloured. They often very obviously rest on the trunks 
of trees, being just as conspicuous as our E. chrysorrhoea\ they are, however, mostly captured by shaking saplings 
or branches by heavy blows. They fly at night. 
As nearly all are rather alike, I have arranged the species chiefly geographically. 
