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surface of the wing between the base and the first transverse band; markings similar to those in the forewing, 
fringe brown with ochreous dots. Hindwing and fringe dark reddish yellow with ochreous marginal spots and 
dots on the fringe. Queensland. 
T. ruptimacula Fldr. (46 d). The E has dark olive-brown forewings with a whitish costal-marginal ruptimacu- 
band and two white discal longitudinal bands the posterior one of which is divided into 3 parts by two black 
transverse bands being almost parallel to the margin, whilst the anterior white band is only traversed by the 
distal one of the black transverse bands, because it is shorter than the posterior band. Hindwing dark olive 
yellowish with similar fringe, and the thorax, head and antennae seem to be of the same colour, too, whereas 
the anal wool is lighter yellow and the rest of the abdomen reddish. Expanse of wings 48 mm, length of body 
26 mm. Adelaide. 
T. interrupta Wkr. is closely allied with T. ruptimacula Fldr. (46 d), but the forewing has 4 white interrupla. 
interrupted longitudinal bands, whilst ruptimacula has but 3; moreover the apex of the abdomen is whitish, 
the forewing with white marginal spots and with a dark brown discal spot. Adelaide. — Walker describes 
a variety with a white streak in the disc of the forewing, whereas the $ forewing shows three white streaks 
and a thin curved dark brown band outside the centre (f. discistriga form. nov.)\ stated from the Swan River, discistriga. 
New South Wales and ,,New Holland”. 
T. circumfumata Fldr. (57 e) $ from New Caledonia has light reddish-brown wings which are most circum- 
intenselv red in the basal area, and with a dark greyish marginal band which is 6 mm broad at the costal Sonata. 
margin of the fore wing, but posteriorly slightly narrowed and at vein 2 only 3 mm broad, whilst in the hindwing 
it is about 4 mm broad at the apex, but much narrower towards the two ends. The marginal line is dark brown, 
the fringe at the base yellow, at the end darker, the veins of the forewing are lighter in the marginal area than 
the surroundings are. Body like the basal area of the forewing, the abdomen with 7 black transverse bands. 
Length of wings: $ 24 mm. 
T. farenoides T. P. Luc. $ 88 mm. Snow-white. Antennae less purely white, with very short and farenoidcs. 
dark pectinations. Abdomen white with rusty reddish shades. Costal margin of forewing rounded, margin 
obliquely rounded; snow-white, strewn with tiny smoky brown dots, especially towards the margin. Base and 
dorsal half of hindwing shaded with light rusty reddish. Fringes of both wings white, mixed with tiny smoky 
brown dots. Healesville, Victoria. 
T. erebodes Lower. $ 42—59 mm. Body and legs dark brown, thoracal hairing hued with yellowish ercbodes. 
and somewhat erect. Abdominal segments and anal brush orange, the brightest below. Antennae ochreous. 
Fore wing oblong, costal margin almost straight. Margin obliquely rounded; unicoloured dark brown, finely 
speckled lighter; fringe brown with a black basal line. Hindwing with a roundish margin, a little lighter than 
the forewing. Beneath as above. Australia, Fraser Range; in October. 
3. Genus: Aglaosoma Scott. 
The only species which we leave in the genus Aglaosoma Scott is a large, clumsy insect more similar 
to Teara than to Epicoma, but easily discernible i. a. by the hind tibiae having 4 spurs instead of two in 
Teara. Palpi small, strongly haired, the second joint thrice as long as the basal joint, the last joint small. 
Neuration: in the forewing veins 3 and 4 are distantly separated, but 3 is twice as distant from 2 as from 4, 
and 4 is not twice as distant from 5 as from 3, the discocellular is almost straight and almost transverse, a 
very small areola is present, from the posterior side of which (at a very short though unmistakable distance 
from the cell) vein 6 rises, from the apex of the areola rise the stalk of 7 + 8 + 9 (the latter two being very 
short and terminating into the costal margin resp. apex) as well as vein 10 which is thus connected with the 
stalk of the said veins only by anastomosis, 11 being separate. In the hindwing veins 2—4 extend as in the 
forewing, but 4 is more than twice as distant from 5 as from 3, 6+7 are stalked, 8 anastomoses near the base 
for a short distance with 7. ' 
A. variegata Wkr. (= lauta Scott) (46 d) is described from New South Wales (Sydney). White. Vertex variegata. 
with brown hair. Palpi black, apically white. Antennae brownish-yellow. Thorax dark brown, with red and 
white hair, in front chiefly white. Abdomen above yellow with interrupted black bands. Forewing with a 
few red discal spots. Hindwing light brown, beneath with a darker curved median band. : abdomen at the 
apex reddish. Forewing with a few irregular, incomplete and partly confluent brown macular bands and a 
whitish under surface. $: forewing brown with white spots and a few black marks, beneath just like the 
hindwing brown, with white, brown-spotted margins. Length of body 24—28 mm. Expanse of wings: 49—65 mm. 
— Larva on various species of Casuarina, Acacia, Leptospermum and Styphelia, the young larvae gregariously 
on the low parts of trunks, dispersing in order to feed and then gathering again, whereas the adult larvae live 
solitarily. The full grown larvae attain a length of up to 86 mm, the ground-colour being dark brown, densely 
spotted white, on the abdominal segments with a white, darker-edged lateral longitudinal line below which 
