Description of various species. For example,  Fam. ARCTIADAE.

Amsacta eurymochla, n.sp.

This has probably been regarded as a form of A. marginata, and perhaps the Tasmanian record for that species has

so arisen. To me it appears a distinct though allied species.

In addition to the very distinct markings the forewings.

are shorter and broader

Turner, A Jefferis

In Mount Wellington examples the wing-markings are

pale yellow, sometimes in the the male almost white, and the black

subcostal bar at 1/3 is usually, but not always, separate

from the basal dark patch; in those from Cradle Mountain

and other localities of the north-west the coloration is

brownish-orange, which becomes paler in worn examples,

and the subcostal bar appears to be always confluent with

the basal patch. These two races are at present distinguishable,

but this may not be so when the intermediate mountain

areas have been collected over.

I recognise three local races of this species- 1) the typical race, which is confined to Tasmania, 2) the mainland race herceus, and 3) what appears to be a new race for which I propose the name barnardi

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New and little-known Tasmanian Lepidoptera. Part

II.

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New and little-known Tasmanian Lepidoptera. Part II.

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