. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. C0M0CRTT3. 545 AgariAfa flcxuom, Wlk. xxxi. 4G (18r)4); Kirby, Cit. Het. p. 22. Agarista casuarinre, Soott, Austnil. Lep. i. p. 21, pi. 8 (18fj.')); MeCov, Prod. Zool. Vict. i. pi. 8. ff. 5-8. (contorta). Black; palpi with yellow and white markings; pale yellow streaks on sides of frons, vertex of head, teguL^, patagia, and vertex of thorax; gulae and front of pectus pale yellow ; the hair on fore coxae, femora, and tibite fulvous; the tibia? and tarsi marked with white ; abdomen with the terminal segment and ventral bands on t
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. C0M0CRTT3. 545 AgariAfa flcxuom, Wlk. xxxi. 4G (18r)4); Kirby, Cit. Het. p. 22. Agarista casuarinre, Soott, Austnil. Lep. i. p. 21, pi. 8 (18fj.')); MeCov, Prod. Zool. Vict. i. pi. 8. ff. 5-8. (contorta). Black; palpi with yellow and white markings; pale yellow streaks on sides of frons, vertex of head, teguL^, patagia, and vertex of thorax; gulae and front of pectus pale yellow ; the hair on fore coxae, femora, and tibite fulvous; the tibia? and tarsi marked with white ; abdomen with the terminal segment and ventral bands on the two subterminal segments orange-fulvous. Eore wing with oblique pale yellow subbasal band from costa to vein 1; a somewhat sinuous and oblique antemedial band ; a bar from below middle of costa extending across the cell, with another from below its extremity to submedial fold; an oblique bar just beyond the cell from below costa to vein 4 ; the postmedial band obli(]uefrom costa to vein 4, then strongly incurved, strongly angled outwards in submedian fold, then retracted to below the bar below. Fig. SiO.—Comocrus hehri, S- end of cell ; a series of white streaks on the veins beyond it not reaching termen ; cilia chequered black and white, wholly white towards apex and tornus. Hind wing slightly shot with blue ; traces of yellow spots in and below middle of cell; a large discoidal spot; a postmedial maculate band oblique from costa to above vein 4, tJien incurved and again oblique to above tornus ; cilia chequered Idack and white, wholly white towards apex; underside with yellow streak below basal half of costa ; the spots in and below cell ])rominent and a spot above upper angle. Ab. 1. hehri. Hind wing with the postmedial l)and reduced to S])()tS. Ab. 2. flrxuona. Hind wing without discoidal spot or postmedial band. Jlab. QuEENSLAXD, ^forcton Bay {Dlgrjles), 1 2 iy\i6 jhxnosa; N. S. Walks, Sydney (Darnel, SfnfcJihuri/), 2 $ tyj)e contorta; , Chainpion Bay (du B
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