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REPORT
ROYAL SOCIETY of SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

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[With SEVEN PLATES. ]

EDITED BY WALTER HOWCHIN, F.G.S,

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PART I. (Issued June, 1902).

PAGE
DEnNANT, J.: Descriptions of New Species of Corals from the
Australian Tertiaries, Part IV. (Plate 1.) AM
JOHNcCOCK, CHas. F.: Notes on the Loranthacex of the Willochra
Valley
Marpen; J. A.: On Peale beheae P. v; ses vin LO
BiacksuaNn, Rev. T.: New Genera and Sic of Australian
Coleoptera (X XX.) wee a e, sete yeliG
Jouncock, Cuas. F.: Further Notes on the Ho cny of the Willochra
Valley... he S34 a sk ee See atele
PART II. (Issued December, 1902).
Meyrick, Epwarp, and OswaLp B. Lower: Revision of the Aus-
tralian Hesperiade Bes ae a ae Jes
Basepow, H.: Descriptions of New Species of ace from tlie
Miocene Limestone near Edithburg (Plate 2)... diss .. 130
MEYRICK, EDWARD: ee euons of New Species of eget
(cophoridze) ws . = seeeunclieses
TuRNER, Dr. A. J.: New Maechaline Longer 175
StTrRLING, Dr. E. C.: Aboriginal Rock Paintings on the South Para,
Barossa Ranges (Plates 3 and 4) ee ‘ 208
Lower, Oswatp B,: Descriptions of New Genera ad Species of
Australian Lepidoptera .. ges

Descriptions of New vebrolian Geant sects
DENNANT, J.: Descriptions of New Species of Corals from the

Australian Tertiaries, Part V. (Plates 5 and 6) a uss 200
Zirtz, A. H. C.: List of the Edible Fish of the Lower Murray ... 265
Greenway, T. C., and H. T. Paiuiipps: Notes on the ae:

Features of Southern Yorke Peninsula (Plate 7) “ae 268
Tepper, J. G. O.: List of the Described Genera aud pee of the

Australian and Polynesian Phasmide 278
BLACKBURN, Rev. T.: New Genera and gaeiee of hate

Coleoptera (XX XI.) Be Bis ie a ... 288
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS Bs oes ore ian soe Ow
ANNUAL REPORT fa Bess Sk Sar oH son OIL
BALANCE-SHEET te Bs aa er Sa: a oe
DONATIONS TO THE LIBRARY _... ie SBC oa Jes), OO
List oF FEeLuows, &c. ... es Bes oni she vais’ nepae
RULES OF THE SOCIETY ine Be se sie ws 345
PRocKEDINGS, ANNUAL REPORT, AND BALANCE-SHEET OF THE FIELD

NATURALISTS’ SECTION ae a. oF re a» 3800

REporT OF THE NATIVE FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION Goukeeae 353
REPORT OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SECTION a ite i DOO

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VOL. XXVI., - I.

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EDITED BY WALTER HOWCHIN, F.G.S.

ISSUED JUNE, 1902.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF CORALS
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN TERTIARIES.

By J. Dennant, F.G.S.
PABECIV.

PLATES I.
[Read November 5, 1901. ]

Four species, distributed among the same number of genera,
are discussed in this part. I am unable to place the first species
described in any existing genus, and the following new one is
instituted for its reception. It is perhaps nearest to Dasmia,
Edw. and Haime, but is without the threefold division of the
septa assigned to that genus ; moreover, the cyclical arrangement
is peculiar.

Genus HoLcorrocuus, nov.

Corallum free, compressed. Septa ten, in one cycle, and
abnormal in development.

Coste corresponding to septa, broad, equal, and separated by
deep grooves. Columella parieta]. No epitheca.

Holeotrochus seriptus, spec. nov. Pl. i., figs. la, d.

Corallum cuneiform, with roundly-pointed base. Calice ellip
tical, the ratio of its major and minor axes being as 100 to 57.

The costxe form the most marked feature of this curious coral.
Only ten are present, and they are equal in size, very prominent,
broad at the top, and regularly tapering at the base, where they
unite. Of these ten there is one at either end, and four on each
of the broad surfaces of the corallum. All are ornamented
laterally by a regular series of closely-set incisions or scribed
markings at right angles to their length. A slender and some-
what sinuous rod-like process, mostly granular, but occasionally
plain, in each of the deeply-grooved interspaces, extends from the
calicular margin to the base, and serves to connect adjoining
cost. The costz themselves and these slender rods form in fact
the only wall of the coralJum.

The septa, also ten in number, are continuations of the costz,
and rise perpendicularly from them to about one-sixth of the whole
height of the corallum, when they bend sharply round towards
the central fossa, the upper surfaces of all being horizontal and
on the same level; they are coarsely granular on their sides, plain

superiorly, equal, stout throughout, but of diminished thickness
towards their central terminations. For some distance down they
are free, and enclose a deep, longitudinal fossa, but a little below
the upper boundary of the wall they unite by stout processes to
form a parietal columella.

Height of corallum, 5:5 mm.; length of calice, 3-5 mm.;
breadth of calice, 2 mm.

Locality, éc.—In the Eocene strata at Muddy Creek, Victoria-
Collected by Professor Tate. A single specimen (the type) has
been in my cabinet for several years, but I hesitated to describe
it until others came to hand. Just lately Mr. T. 8. Hall showed
me three rolled examples of the species which he had collected at
Forsyths, on the Grange Burn, one of the sections included under
the general term ‘‘ Muddy Creek beds.” Great care has to be
exercised in collecting at Forsyths, as owing to the junction of
the Miocene and Eocene there, the lower part of the section
contains some derived Eocene fossils mixed with the prevailing
Miocene ones. The type specimen, which is well preserved, came
from an undoubted Eocene exposure just below Clifton Bank, and
there is, I think, little doubt that the worn specimens collected
by Mr. Hall are traceable to the Eocene. A very minute and
young example of either this or a closely allied species was
obtained by the same gentleman from the “ Ledge” at Spring
Creek.*

The next coral I place in Ehrenberg’s genus Desmophyllum,
but instead of six systems of septa, as in the type species D. crista-
galli, it has eight. The number of cycles is besides not constant
in the systems. Several writers have, however, drawn attention
to the variability of the species of this genus in certain characters.
Thus Ten.-Woods named a recent species from Fiji D. guinarium,
in allusion to the five systems of septa present.f

Again, one of the earliest described species D. T'aurinense
Edw. and H., from the Falunien of Turin, has, according to De
Fromentel, also five systems of septa.{ In his detailed description
of the same species, Michelin states that it is remarkable for ten
stout septa (dix grosses lamelles), each of which is also accom-
panied by two very small ones.§ The base is also attenuated
and not broad, as in the type of the genus. The full details and

* Since writing the above an example of this coral has been sent to me
by Dr. Verco, who dredged it in Backstairs Passage at a depth of 22
fathoms. Holcotrochus scriptus is therefore recent as well as fossil. It is
accompanied in the latter locality by another species of the same genus,
which will be described shortly.

+ On a New Species of Desomophyllum. Linn. Soc., N.S. W., 1878.
+ Introduction a l’étude des Polypiers fossiles 1858-61.
§ Icon. Zooph., p. 39.

-excellent figures given by Moseley of the two new species dredged
by the Challenger may also be referred to as illustrations of the
variability in the septal arrangement observed in forms belonging
to the genus.*

Desmophylium Joannense, spec. nov. Pl. i., figs. 2a, b.

One specimen only has been found, but it is well preserved.
It is irregularly cornute in form, and gently tapering. Its hasal
extremity is not perfect, and I judge has been sharply broken off
from its former attachment to a foreign body. The calice is open,
much indented marginally, and slightly elliptical, the ratio of
its major and minor axes being as 100 to 90.

Septa in eight systems and three cycles, of which the third is
absent in two of the systems. The primaries are exsert, and,
though unequal in size among themselves, are usually much
-stouter than the remaining orders. The secondaries and tertiaries
also vary in size. One of the primaries, as shown in the drawing
(Pl. i, fig. 26), is formed of two uniting lamelle. The total
number of septa is 30, all of which project slightly beyond the
wall. The latter is thin, and covered with a white, delicate
-epitheca, beneath which the costz can be faintly traced as rows
-of very fine granules ; they are apparently continuations of the
septa. The epitheca is occasionally slightly wrinkled, and there
are two or three small excrescences on the wall. There is no
-columella, and the central fossula is very deep.

Height of corallum, 13:5 mm.; diameters of calice, 5:25 and
4:75 mm.

Locality.—Eocene at Brown’s Creek, near Joanna River, on
‘the south coast of Victoria.

The third coral under notice in the present paper has been
hitherto regarded as a variety of Deltocyathus viola, Duncan,
from which it differs principally in being slightly instead of much
compressed. It is, moreover, a restricted form, having, so far,
been reported from Spring Creek only. Before describing it
some remarks upon the generic position of its close ally, D. viola,
are necessary.

In 1860 Tenison-Woods sent this species, under the name of
Turbinolia viola, to Professor M. Duncan, who in describing it,
first in 1864,* and again in 1870,7 changed the genus to Caryo-
phyllia. Subsequently Woods redescribed it as a Deltocyathus,
at the same time giving a detailed diagnosis, which differs some-
what from that contained in Duncan’s memoirs.t Afterwards,

*{Report on Corals—Deep Sea Madreporaria, pp. 160-2, plates iv., v., vi.
+ Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., third series, 1864, p. 162, pl. v., fig. 1.
£Q.J.G.S., vol XXVI., pp. 295-6, pl. xix., fig. 1.

§ Proc. Roy Soc., New 8. Wales, 1877, pp. 191-2, pl. ii., fig. 3.

however, he instituted a new genus, Notocyathus, to include,
amongst several diverse forms, this particular coral.* When he
referred it to Deltocyathus, he gave it a thick solid columella,
but in the definition of Notocyathus he expressly states that.
there is no columella! Again, in 1884, Duncan, when reviewing
the same species, removed it from Notocyathus to Nototrochus, a
new genus specially designed to receive it. In this the columella
is restored, but the pali are reduced to paliform lobes.+

I consider that Woods was right when he placed the coral
under Deltocyathus. Both columella and pali are distinctly pre-
sent, and, besides, there is the chevron-like arrangement of the
septa so characteristic of that genus. Amongst the figures, and
accompanying Duncan’s descriptions, a good one of the calice is
wanting. That given by Woods portrays its main features fairly
well. I refer also to the figures and descriptions of the form now
to be described, in which the calice, though less elliptical,
exhibits a similar arrangement of the septa, pali, and columella.

Deltocyathus subviola, spec. nov. Pl. i., figs. 3a, 6.

Corallum cone-shaped, with its anterior and posterior sur-
faces very slightly compressed aud the base bluntly rounded.
The calice rises somewhat above the level of the wall. It is
much less elliptical than that of D. viola, in which the ratio of
the major and minor diameters is as 100 to 75, while in D. sub-
viola the ratio is as 100 to 91.

Septa in six systems with four cycles. The first three orders
are very exsert, the primaries rather more than the secondaries,
and these again than the tertiaries. In length and thickness
there is also a gradual diminution for the same three orders.
The 24 septa of higher order than the tertiaries are small, and
constitute the fourth cycle, there being, according to my reading
of the calice, no fifth order. The total number of septa is thus
48, all of which have rounded upper margins, and radiate rows of
granules on their sides.

There are two kinds of pali, viz. six short depressed ones
before the primaries, and twelve others, which are both longer
and higher, before the tertiaries. Each pair of the latter curve
inwards and almost meet in front of the enclosed secondary
septum. Lower down they are fused with this close to the
columella. Superiorly, a deep groove or notch separates the pali
and septa, but inferiorly they arg connected.

The columella is solid and moderately long. Three prominent
and equidistant papilli on its surface are in a line with the pali
of the lateral primaries.

* Corals and Bryozoa of New Zealand. Col. Mus., 1880.
+ Revision Madreporaria. Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool., vol. XVIII., p. 17.

Most specimens are well preserved up to the top of the
corallite wall, which is stout, but the fragile exsert septa are
usually broken off to this level. A transverse section of the
calice is thus presented, in which the six secondary septa bisect
as many triangular areas formed by the tertiaries and their
accompanying pali, with the straight primaries dividing the
intervening spaces. The slender free quaternaries are rarely
preserved except close to the wall. Usually the pali may still be
recognised as raised processes uniting with the columella.

From the fractured example of a corallum figured it will be
seen that the pali are connected in the calicle by a regular series
of stout transverse bars. No such junction occurs between
neighbouring septa, the interseptal loculi remaining open
throughout.

The costae are continuations of the septa, granular, in four
cycles, and separated by distinct grooves. The primary and
secondary are subequal, and the rest then slightly diminish in
size according to order. The first two orders are free to the
base ; the tertiaries and quaternaries unite from a fourth to a
fifth above this, and then continue to it as a single costa.

The dimensions of the type, of which the calice is figured, are
—Height of corallum, 7°5 mm.; diameters of calice, 5°5 mm. and
5mm. It is a medium sized individual, with an almost perfect
calice. Larger specimens are as much as 10 mm. high, with
correspondingly larger calices.

Locality, &c.—Very abundant in the Eocene of Spring Creek,
13 miles south of Geelong. Though closely allied to D. viola, it
cannot be mistaken for that species; not only is it rounder in
form, but the costz are broader, and the grooves between these
are narrower.

Parasmilia Herman, spec. nov. Pl. i., figs. 4a, b, ¢, d.

The corallum has a very small pedicellate base. It varies in
form, and may be horn-shaped, subturbinate, or even tall and
subcylindrical. The calice is deep and usually circular, but
sometimas elliptical. The septa are thin and slightly exsert near
the margin, when they slope rapidly down to the central fossa ;
rows of delicate granules on their sides follow the curve of their
upper margins. They are in six systems, with four cycles. The
primaries and secondaries are equai, the tertiaries nearly as long,
and the quaternaries much shorter ; all are free throughout.

The endotheca is generally scarce, but in the type calice some
septa are united by dissepiments for a short distance from the
wall. There is a strong epitheca with circular growth ridges at
irregular intervals on the surface of the corallum, and the coste,
which are continuations of the septa, can be traced beneath it as
slender interrupted lines almost to the base.

The form selected as type is subturbinate and very little
curved. It is 28 mm. in height, with a broad circular calice
18 mm. in diameter (figs. 4a, 6). The horn-shaped corallum (fig.
4c) is 32 mm. high, and the diameters of its slightly elliptical
calice are 16 mm. and 15 mm. A tall cylindrical variety, though
broken off at some distance from the hase, is yet 37 mm. high.
The best preserved calice in my collection belongs to a fractured
corallum of similar outline ; it is circular and 13 mm. in diameter
(fig. 4d). Smaller examples than any of these, mostly horn-
shaped and tapering, are also common.

Locality, &c.— Abundant in the Eocene of Brown’s Creek, and
rare at Hamilton Creek. These are neighbouring beds in the
Aire River district, Victoria, both of which were discovered by
Mr. Kitson in the latter part of 1899.

The species name is in compliment to Mr. H. Herman, Acting-
Government Geologist, who, in conjunction with Mr. Kitson,
assisted the late Professor Tate and myself in examining the
tertiary deposits of this district in the early part of the present
year.

. EXPLANATION OF PLATE.
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. Holcotrochus scriptus—a, corallum, 6 diam.; }, calice, 8 diam.

2. Desmophyllum Joannense—a, corallum, 2-5 diam.; 5, calice, 5 diam.

Deltocyathus subviola—a, section of a corallum, showing internal
structure of the calicle, 3 diam.; b, calice of type specimen, 6 diam.

. Parasmilia Hermani—a, corallum, nat. size; 6, calice, 2 diam.; c,

corallum of another specimen, nat. size; d, calice of a third speci-

men, 3 diam.

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NOTES ON THE LORANTHACE OF THE
WILLOCHRA VALLEY.

By Cuas. F. JoHNcocK.
[Read November 5, 1901. ]

The late Professor Tate, in his paper on “ The Host Plants of
the Australian Loranthaceex,” read before the Australasian Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of Science, January, 1898, remarks
on the probable role played by some then undetermined species
of birds in the distribution of Loranthus, and quotes Dr.
Ramsay,* F.L.8., New South Wales, as saying of Diceum hirun-
dinaceum :—This_ species is universally dispersed over the
whole of Australia ; feeds on berries and fruits of various kinds,
but seems to prefer those of Loranthus. This plainly accounts
for the distribution of the Loranthus all over the districts fre-
quented by the Diceum, in which it is locally known as the
“* Mistletoe Bird.”

In this district the Loranthacee occurring are L. exocarpi,
L. linearifolius, and L. pendulus. L. linearifolius is found only
in a few localities, and then not plentifully ; almost exclusively
on Acacta sentis, and only in the more liberally watered parts of
the plains.

L. exocarpt is found on Acacia sentis, Cassia Sturtii, Bossiaea
Batti, and Santalum lanceolatum. L. pendulus grows almost
exclusively, and in some places in striking profusion, cn Santalum
lanceolatum. These last two occur in the scattered tracts of
scrub which abound in varying area and frequency all along the
eastern side of the valley.

In one instance only have I observed Diceuwm hirundinaceum
in this district, and then only a solitary pair, within the space of
five years. Therefore, comparing the striking abundance with
which ZL. exocarpus and L. pendulus are found, and the extreme
rarity of Diceum, one is compelled to seek other agents for the
distribution of the plants in question.

Careful and patient observation convinces me that the birds
playing this role are (1) the Acanthiza, known as the yellow-
rumped tom-tit ; and (2) Ptilotus sonora. While the Acanthiza
does not actually eat the berries of Loranthus, it very frequently
uses the pendant branches as a site for its nest. This alone

* Proc, Linn. Soc., N.S. W., Second Series, vol. I., p. 1,093, 1886.

almost insures the distribution of the seeds by adherence to the
birds’ feathers. Moreover, I have on a few occasions seen the
viscid berries clinging to the backs and wings of these birds ; and
T once watched an Acanthiza rid itself of the adherent seed by
removing it with its bill, and then by stroking its bill ona
branch actually transfer the seed to a very favorable situation on
the tree, a Santalum lanceolatum. This is no doubt a frequent
occurrence in the nesting season of Acanthiza, which is at the
time when the berries are ripe.

Ptilotus sonora.—This bird, now something of a pest in the
fruit gardens in the hills, is fairly plentiful in this district, and I
have very often observed it eating the ripe berries of Z. pendulus
especially, with very evident “relish—almost greedily. It is
rather a timid bird. This disposition in a locality such as this
is perhaps caused through the presence of numbers of small hawks
in the scrubs and the rather scant cover afforded. When sud-
denly startled it shows evident fear, and at once will endeavor to
make good its escape by dashing with all speed from bush to
bush, mostly using Sosszaea as its refuge, and on this species
(Bossiaea Battii) the Loranthacez very frequently occur. While
I cannot state that I have had visible proof that Péilotus is the
agent distributing the Loranthus, as above suggested, neverthe-
less, I feel confident that such is the case. In the watercourses
on the sides of the hills, and for a short distance outward on the
plain, Acacia sentis occurs abundantly, and Bursaria spinosa
fairly frequently. In these positions Pfilotus is sure to be met
with, and here, too, LZ. exocarpi is common. In these creeks,
therefore, the habits of the bird and its association with the
Loranthus point to its agency as the distributor of the seed.
The wattle bird is occasionally to be met with in these creeks,
and possibly may play some part also in the distribution, but I
have as yet no evidence to offer with regard to this bird, although
I hope to be able shortly to establish proof of its being a means
of distributing the seeds of L. linearifolius.

Turning now to the question of “particular adaptation of the
host plant to the requirements of its particular parasite,” it may
be worthy of note that in the case of LZ. exocarpi I have observed
a tendency in the leaves to become very thick and fleshy where
the plant occurs on Bursaria. In the case of L. pendulus there
is a striking difference between the thinner, cleaner, and carker
leaves of the plant as it occurs on the Hucalypti in the southern
parts of the colony, and the thicker, duller, and lighter-colored
appearance of the plant as it grows here in the Eremian region.
But whether the differences noted are to be ascribed to any
peculiarity in the nature of the host plants, or whether the widely
different climatic conditions may not be the cause, I cannot say.

Yet another peculiar feature may be worth notice, and that is
that while Zucalyptus rostrata grows luxuriantly along Spring
Creek in its course through the Willowie Pastoral Company’s
estate, and also in the Willowie Forest, I have not so far
observed either Diceum, Ptilotus, or Loranthus in either tract.
Nor again does the parasite appear, or only with extreme
rareness, on Casuarina quadrivalvis in the Pekina Ranges,
where once more Ptilotus and Diceum are almost (or quite)
absent.

Finally, while I recognise that the area I have had under
observation is limited, to quote from Professor Tate’s paper once
more, “I have thought that a useful purpose might be served by
bringing together additional facts as the outcome of field obser-
vations,” and that a little more might be added to our knowledge
of the distribution of these parasites.

ON EUCALYPTUS BEHRIANA, F. v. M.
By J. H. Matbey, F.LS.

Government Botanist of New South Wales, Honorary Fellow
Royal Society, South Australia.

[Read November 5, 1901. }

I desire to bring under notice Hucalyptus Behriana, F. v. M..,.
which has long been looked upon as a peculiarly South Australian
species, and some of the type localities are South Australian. It
is of special interest to South Australian botanists by reason of
the light it throws upon variation in the genus.

Following is the original description of the species :—

‘“Fruticose; leaves alternate, coriaceous, somewhat shining,
lanceolate or ovate, acute, slightly oblique, thinly veined, dotted ;.
umbels pedunculate, panicled, few-flowered; flowers small,
nearly sessile ; lid hemispherical, blunt or minutely apiculate ;
tube of the calyx obconical, bell-shaped, nearly twice as long as
the lid; fruit half-ovate, sessile, not contracted at the top ;.
valves of the capsule inclosed ; seeds brown, streaked.

‘In arid plains and on stony hills near the Avoca, Murray,
and Gawler Rivers, and in Bacchus Marsh.”—7rans. Vict. Inst.,
T. (1855), 34.

At about the same time Mueller sent specimens to Miquel
who was then engaged on his “Stirpes Novo-Hollandas.” The
latter independently described the species, and as his description
is published in Ned. Kruidk., Arch. [V., 140 (1856,* not 1859,
as mentioned in B.Fl.), an excessively rare work, I quote it,
here :—

39. Hucalyptus Behriana, Ferd. Mull. £. pruinosa, Behr.
Herb. non Schauer. Fruticosa, ramulis teretiusculis summo-
apice compresso-angulatis foliisque subtus pruinosis, his ovato-
lanceolatis inzequilateris acuminatis, basi in petiolum contractis,
coriaceis, penniveniis, umbellis capitatis paucifloris (1-7-floris), in
paniculis axillaribus lateralibus et terminalibus confertis, pedun-
culis umbellarum teretiusculis, calycis tubo parvo obconico-
turbinato, operculo hemispherico mutico vel apiculato quam
tubus duplo breviore.”

“Tn Nova Hollandia australi legit cl. Dr. Behr., autumno.

* 1856 is the date of the green paper-covered paper Part mainly occupied:
by Miquel’s paper.

Teste Cl. Miller prope #. polyanthemos inserenda, Frutex 6-12
pedalis. Folia ad 3 poll, longa $ lata.”

Some of Mueller’s type specimens of £. Lehriana came from
Bacchus Marsh, in Victoria, where also occurs a Box, the her-
barium specimens of which have a very similar facies to that of.
E. Behriana. (The Box is a small fruited form of H. hemiphloza,
F. v. M.) Mueller himself has confused his own Behriana with
this form of hemiphlova in the distribution of herbarium speci-
mens, and as others have followed his example, it is desirable
that the confusion should be terminated if possible.

£. Behriana is always a Mallee. It grows in scrubs, and
usually is five to ten feet high, though it sometimes forms small
trees, which have rarely a diameter of as much as nine inches.
The bark is always smooth, and commonly of a dirty-white colour,
or, according to one observer, of ‘a dark oily-looking green.”
The timber is red. The flowers and fruit are smal], with a
panicled inflorescence, the opercula being blunt, and the fruit
shiny and dark coloured. It bears seed abundantly. The leaves
are comparatively broad, and are shiny.

As showing how difficult it sometimes is to deal with closely
related forms, we have two specimens, apparently identical, sent
by Mr. W. K. Bissill, of near Bendigo, Victoria, to the Melbourne
Herbarium at different times. Mueller labelled one “ £.
hemiphloia, a form verging to Behriana,” and the other “ £.
Lekhriana, transit to &. hemiphloia.” We have also specimens,
apparently identical, from the Mallee country of Victoria labelled
variously by Mueller 2. hemiphloia, EF. Behriana, and E. largi-
florens. All these are Mueller’s own species, and I can give no
better illustration of the way in which it is sometimes difficult to
discriminate between species from herbarium material alone.

EK. Beuriana, /. v. JZ, and E. HemipHioia, /. v. WM.

The confusion between these two species has been already
referred to. It occurs with the small-fruited variety of hemiphloia,
which in many herbaria goes under the name of parviflora. This
in itself would be an appropriate name, but one at least of the
specimens tentatively so named by Bentham (B. FI., IIT., 217) is
an Ironbark. I therefore propose for the small-fruited variety
of hemiphloia, so extensively distributed over the greater part of
the range of the species, the name F#. hemiphloia, F. v. M., var.
microcarpa. It is synonymous with #. Woollsiana, R. T. Baker,
Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., XXV., 684 ; R. H. Cambage, 7b, 714.
Mueller (Eucalyptographia) says :—

“EF. Behriana approaches closely to #. hemiphloia from which
it mainly differs in

‘1. Never attaining the stately dimensions of that species.

““2. Bark remaining smooth from succession of outer layers.

‘©3. The leaves are as a rule (subject, however, to exceptions)
shorter and broader.

“4. The panicles are less ample, by which means the umbels
are not rarely arranged in a racemous manner.

«5. The flowers and fruits are smaller, their stalklets are less
abbreviated, the lid is shorter and blunter, and the fruit-valves
are less deeply enclosed.”

To which may be added—Their timbers are totally different,
that of #. Behriana being of a red colour; that of £. hemiphloia
is the ordinary pale-coloured Box, whose appearance and proper-
ties are thoroughly well known. .

In the field the species could never be confused for a moment,.
but as expert botanists have confused them in the herbarium, it
is idle to contend that they do not possess a considerable degree
of similarity. Perhaps this note wiil be the means of causing
closer attention to the matter.

Under £. Behriana, F. v. M., Bentham (B.FI., IIL, 214)
describes a var. purpurascens, F. v. M., originally collected by
Wilhelmi at Lake Wangaroo, South Australia. At p. 217
(under £. hemiphloia) he refers to South Australian specimens
{Memory Cove and Kangaroo Island, R. Brown; Port Lincoln,
Wilhelmi), and says—‘‘In Mr. Brown’s 8. Australian specimens
the leaves are smaller, but in Wilhelmi’s they are the same as in
the northern ones, and I can find no character to distinguish
them. Both R. Brown and F. Mueller had given them the M.S.
name of £. purpurascens. TR. Brown’s plant (collected 1802-5)
was distributed from the British Museum under the number
4,730.

I have examined the type, labelled by Mueller “ £. purpura-
scens, Ferd. M. Scrub of Port Lincoln, January, 1855. 4-6’.
Carl Wilhelmi.” Afterwards the same specimen was labelled by
Mueller “2. hemiphloia, var.,’ with the note—“ Pedicels none ;
lid short and blunt.” <All these specimens referred to £. Behriana
and &. hemiphloia are, in my opinion, identical. They are
usually easily recognised by their purple filaments, and may be
referred to under the name Z£. hemiphloia, var. purpurascens.
Judging from herbarium specimens alone, it is easy to see how
botanists wavered, placing them at one time under Z. hemiphlova
and at another under £. Lehriana.

E. BeHRIANA and E. POPULIFOLIA.

In Eucalyptographia, under E. populifolia, Mueller compares
that species with Z. hemiphloia, and refers to the latter species
as known only from New South Wales and Southern Queensland,
© and there confined to the coast districts or near to them.” The

range of EH. hemiphioia has been much extended since then, and
T now desire to lay emphasis on the point that EH. hemiphloia, in
its var. microcarpa, has a closer similarity to EL. populifolia than
is usually supposed.

First of all, the following specimens have all been named
E. Behriana or E. hemiphloia by some botanists. They are,
however, all, in my opinion, 2. populifolia -—

* Bastard Box,” W. Baierlen, Tarella, Wilcannia, August,
1887, No. 62. Bark persistent ; tree, 30-50 feet. Some of the
leaves are large aud coarse; similar leaves are found in the
Bourke district. Others are lanceolate, and even narrow lanceo-
late.

Mossgiel (J. Brickner).

Wentworth (Mrs. Forde).

“H. Behriana, a kind of Box.” No locality, but probably
received from Mrs. Forde (Herb. Woolls). This is the specimen
in regard to which Dr. Woolls (Plants of N.S.W., p. 52)
announced E. Lehriana as occurring in New South Wales, and
I believe his determination was based on the plate of #. Behriana
as depicted in Eucalyptographia, which it matches admirably. I
have stated below that I think the fruits are those of 4. populi-
folia.

£. populifolia has usually egg shaped or ‘“ poplar” leaves,
which as a rule are different enough from those of var. microcarpa
as it is commonly observed in western New South Wales, but
lanceolate leaves are marked in specimens of Z. populifolia from
Ivanhoe, via Hay, N.S.W.; Wentworth, N.S.W.; Suttor River,
Queensland ; not to mention other localities. It is, in fact,.
strange as it may at first appear, not always easy to separate
var. microcarpa from E. populifolia, not only as regards narrow-
leaved forms, but as regards those that are broad-leaved. The
leaves of H. populifolia have usually a wavy margin, and are
usually, perhaps always, shiny—unless they have been collected
wet. The venation of #. populifolia is usually more prominent.
The habit of the two trees is different, that of HL. populifolia being
more erect than that of var. microcarpa. The timber of FE. popult-
folia is red, as is also that of H Sehriana, but that of 2. hemi-
phlova var. microcarpa is pale-coloured, as already indicated. The
fruit of H. populifolia is not constricted at the orifice as in
E. hemiphloia and its forms. (That of #. Behriana, as depicted
in Eucalyptographia is not constricted, and I believe that fruits
of E. populifolia have been depicted in error). Both have race-
mose inflorescence. H. populifolia, Hook, does not appear to
have been recorded from South Australia. But in view of the
New South Wales localities I have indicated which approach the
South Australian border, I should not be surprised to hear of its.
occurrence in the latter State.

E. BrenrRIANA and E. LARGIFLORENS.

Mueller (Eucalyptographia) defines the difference between
EE. Behriana and E. largiflorens to be

1. The bark of the latter persists.

2. The leaves are conspicuously narrower, of thinner consist-
-ence, of duller hue, finer veined, and better provided with oil-
dots.

3. Its panicles are more spreading.

4. The lids (at least often) are double, and the stamens not
constantly all fertile.

In the field the species are at once separated by the large size
of E. largiflorens, which has rough bark up to the small branches.
The timber of both is red. In the herbarium I imagine that
they would be readily separated by the broad, shiny leaves of
E. Behriana, to mention no other characters.

E. Benriana and E. oODORATA.

Mueller (Eucalyptographia) remarks that while £. odorata
could not be easily mistaken for #. Behriana, the former is
discriminable by the mainly axillary inflorescence and persistent
bark. . odorata is a fairly large tree, while #. Behriana is a
Mallee; the former is reugh-barked, while the latter is smooth.
The timber of both is red. I cannot think that there is any real
difficulty in regard to the discrimination of the two species from
herbarium material alone.

E. Beuriana and E. INCRASSATA, var. DUMOSA.

I think there is a greater similarity to H. incrassata, Labill,
var. dumosa.

RANGE.
SoutH AUSTRALIA.

“39, Maerz. -Huc. Behriana, Ferd. Mueller. Huc. pruinosa,
Behr., non Schauer. Fruticose 6-12 pedalis. 2. polyanthema
proxima videtur (Miller).”

Besides those localities mentioned in the original description,
Mueller quotes (Eucalyptographia) ‘‘in the hilly forest region of
Wirrabara, near Crystal Brook, and Mount Remarkable on deep
marly clay-soil” (J. E. Brown), and quotes Dr. Behr, “in the
scrubs of Sandarac-Cypresses (Callitris) near the Gawler River.”

Prof. Ralph Tate, in his Flora of South Australia, states that
it is found in the northern agricultural areas, the Port Lincoln
district, Kangaroo Island, and south of the Murray Desert. A
few more specific localities for H. Behriana are desirable, as
regards South Australia.

VICTORIA.

Bacchus Marsh (Mueller). A type locality.

Swan Hill, Murray River (J. G. Luehmann), 1890.
Mailee District (C. Walter), 1889.

Yarram Biack (C. Walter), 1886.

Wimmera (J. Reader).

Nhill (St. Eloy D’ Alton).

New SoutH WALES.

Mallee, Wyalong (H. Deane), about 1890.

Wyalong (Forester J. G. Postlethwaite), April, 1892. Height,
20’; diam., 6".

Wyalong and Barmedman (R. H. Cambage). ‘“ Broad green-
leaf Mallee.” September, 1900.

Wyalong (W. S. Campbell), October, 1901.

In Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., XXIV., 624, Mr. Deane and I
gave a number of N.S.W. localities for #. Behriana, which are,
however, those of EH. hemiphloia, var. microcarpa. We followed
Mueller in confusing the species, as has already been explained.

FURTHER NoTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEw GENERA AND
SPECIES.

By the Rev. T. Buacksurn, B.A.
[Read April 8, 1902.]
XXX.
STAPHYLINID 4.
[ALEOCHARIDES. ]

POLYLOBUS.

I have received from Mr. Lea specimens named P. insecatus,
Fvl., acceptus, Oll., and notus, Oll. They are certainly not
Polylobi nor even true Aleocharinz but belong to the Gyrophenine.
T believe Mr. Lea arrived at the names by comparison with the
late Mr. Olliff’s specimens, and I should say that they are
probably identified correctly with the insects to which Mr. Olliff
assigned those names, the last two agreeing well with his descrip-
tions. I should have considered it impossible that the latter
author could have regarded the insect received by me from Mr.
Lea as P. insecatus, Fvl., as really that insect, were it not that
in describing the two other species named above he said that
they approached P. insecatus, Fvl. (though it should be noted
that elsewhere he spoke of “the insect to which I refer the name
P. insecatus” indicating that he did not claim certainty for his
determination). As a fact it is about as far from agreement
with M. Fauvel’s description as any Aleocharid could well be, its
facies being quite that of the genus Gyrophwna (whereas Fauvel
says that P. insecatus has the facies of Oxypoda exigua), its
pronotum and elytra being scarcely visibly punctulate except in
the former having a few coarse punctures and the latter a very
sparse inconspicuous puncturation, the G'yrophena type of sculp-
ture (whereas Fauvel calls those parts in P. insecaius “ creberrime
subtilissime punctatis”) and its being particularly nitid even for
a Gyrophena (whereas Fauvel calls P. insecatus ‘“vix nitidulus”).
There seems then to be no doubt that P. insecatus, Olliff (nec
Fauvel), P. notus, Oll., and P. acceptus, Oll., belong to the
Gyropheninit. I am unable to refer them confidently to their
genus in that group as, like Mr. Olliff, I am unable to obtain
access to the diagnosis of Brachida ; moreover none of the speci-

mens are in condition that allows of their labial palpi and ligula
being examined. I see, however, no reason to place them else-
where than in the genus Gyrophena of which they have the
facies completely and with which they agree in the large promi-
nent eyes, pronotum margined at the base and furnished with a
few large discal punctures, the sinuate hindmargin of their
elytra, the presence of well-defined sexual characters on the sixth
dorsal segment of the hind body, c., &e.

[TACHY PORIDES. ]
BARRONICA.

The diagnosis of this genus was published in Tr. R. Soc., 8.A.,
1895, p. 202, where I stated that I felt extreme difficulty in deter-
mining whether it ought to be placed near Myllena, or ought
rather to be associated with the 7'achyporides, and gave the balance
in favor of the former place. I have since come to the conclusion
that the genus is identical with Leucocraspedum, Kraatz, founded
for asmall Staphylinid from Ceylon, and to which M. Fauvel
subsequently assigned a species from N.S. Wales. I have not
seen Kraatz’s diagnosis of Leucocraspedum, but I think I know
Fauvel’s species as one that I have taken near Sydney, with
which my 4arronica seems to be congeneric. M. Fauvel places
the genus in the Yachyporini, and I think he is right in so
placing it, as in spite of its extremly Myllena-like facies, the
form of its maxillary palpi and the insertion of its antenne are
not those of the Gymnusini (to which Myllena appertains),

LEUCOCRASPEDUM.

L. (Barronica) scorpio, Blackb. This species is at onee dis-
tinguishable from all its congeners known to me (including
sidneense, Fauv.) by its antennz entirely testaceous, except a
feeble infuscation of the apical joint. A long series of specimens
presents no variation in this character.

L. validwin, sp. nov. Minus nitidum; pube subtili ferruginea
vestitum; nigrum, antennarum articulis basalibus 4 testaceis,
pedibus palpisque plus minusve rufescentibus, elytris vix
picescentibus ; antennis brevibus, articulis 6°-10° gradatim
magis fortiter (6° sat fortiter) transversis ; capite prothorace
que confertim subtilissime, elytris dense subtiliter vix
rugulose, abdomine minus subtiliter minus confertim,
punctulatis; prothorace subsemicirculari, convexo, fortiter
transverso, basi utrinque sinuata, angulis anticis nullis
posticis (superne visis) acutis retrorsum directis; elytris
quam prothorax vix latioribus, ad suturum quam hic paullo
longioribus, conjunctis sat transversis; abdomine retrorsum
gradatim fortiter angustato.

Maris segmento dorsali 7° apice emarginato, femine late
rotundato. Long., 14 1.

Easily distinguishable from LZ. sidneense, Fauv., by the pale
coloring of the antenne not extending beyond the 4th joint and
joints 6-10 being quite (7-10 very) strongly transverse, joint 10
fully twice as wide as long. Also distinguished by its larger
size, robuster build, evidently longer elytra, less nitid and more
evidently punctulate pronotum, less slender hind body, darker
palpi and legs, &c. I refer to this species examples from the
Victorian mountains having elytra a trifle shorter and slightly
more closely and finely punctulate, which, however, may possibly
represent a distinct species.

Tasmania (Mount Wellington).

L. lugens, sp. nov. Minus nitidum; pube subtili ferruginea
vestitum; totum nigro-piceum; antennis sat brevibus,
articulis 5° 6° que vix (7°-—10° sat fortiter, gradatim magis
fortiter) transversis; capite prothoraceque confertim per-
spicue, elytris crebre minus subtiliter subasperatim, abdomine
vix magis fortiter (apicem versus sparsim) punctulatis ; pro-
thorace fere ut LZ. validi conformato; elytris quam prothorax
subangustioribus, ad suturam huic longitudine sequalibus,
conjunctim leviter transversis. Long., 1 1. (vix).

Easily distinguishable from its described Australian congeners
by its entirely dark antenne, palpi and legs. Compared with
Sidneense it differs also by its wider form, its much less nitid and
much more conspicuously punctulate head and prothorax and by
the distinctly closer subasperate puncturation of its elytra. The
abdominal segments of my unique example are unfortunately
much drawn into each other and therefore cannot be described
very exactly. The specimen is a female and has the apex of its
seventh dorsal segment widely rounded. . This segment seems to
be more finely and sparsely punctulate than in the other described
Australian species. It is a trifle smaller (allowing for the shortage
of the hind body) than any of my specimens of sidneense. The
base of the elytra is distinctly narrower than the base of the
prothorax.

L. elegantulum, sp. nov. Minus nitidum ; pube subtili testacea
vestitum ; testaceum, abdomine rufo, antennarum articulis
apicalibus 4 infuscatis, abdomine setis nigris instructo ;
autennarum articulis 6°—10° sat fortiter transversis ; capite
prothoraceque cohfertim subtilissime (minus _perspicue),
elytris confertim subtilissime (nihilominus nullo modo
obsolete), abdomine minus subtiliter multo minus confertim,
punctulatis ; prothorace fere ut ZL. validi conformato sed
perspicue minus fortiter transverso ; elytris quam prothorax

paullo latioribus, ad suturam huic longitudine sat equalibus
conjunctim sat transversis; abdomine retrorsum gradatim
sat fortiter angustato. Long., 1 Ll. (vix).

Readily distinguishable from its described Australian congeners
‘by its entirely different coloring, its less strongly transverse pro-
thorax, the very evidently finer puncturation of its elytra and
hind body, &. There is a slightly infuscate tone about the
hind part of its elytra.

N. Queensland ; taken by the late Mr. Cowley.

TABULATION OF CHARACTERS.

A. Antenne entirely dark : 5a ... Jugens, Blackb.
AA. Antenne (except sey joint) entirely pale
yellow ... scorpio, Blackb.

AAA. Antenne with at least basal four joints pale
and at least apical three joints dark.
B. General color black or dark piceous.
C. Subapical joints of antennz very strongly

transverse... validum, Blackb.
CC. Subapical joints of antenne much less
strongly transverse ... ... sidneense, Fauv.
BB. General color testaceous or pale rufous .. elegantulum, Blackb.
CILEA.

Under this generic name Mr. Lea (in Pr. L. Soc, N.S.W.,
1898, pp. 531 and 532) described two species, and neither of
them seems to me really to belong to Cilea. CC. rivularis differs
from Cilea by, inter alia, its very short tarsi (very much shorter
than their tibiz), the basal joint of which is very little elongated.
Mr. Lea has been so good as to send me some specimens of this
insect, but unfortunately they are so much clogged with gum
tragacanth that it is impossible to treat such minute creatures as
would be necessary to feel certain of what their generic place is.
It is certainly not Cilea, however. Their tarsi seem too short
even for Zachinus, but such examination as I can make does not
reveal any other objection to placing them in that genus. I
suspect, however, that an examination of fresh specimens would
justify their having a new generic name. ‘They are very much
smaller than any Zachinus known to me.

C. amabilis—I have four specimens from various parts of
Victoria (the name confirmed by Mr. Lea). The non-carinate
mesosternum of this insect separates it at once from Cilea, and it
seems to be certainly an ordinary Zachyporus. I should add
that Mr. Lea has himself expressed doubt as to whether his
amabilis is a true Cilea.

TACHINUS.

T. novitius, Biackb. Since I described the male of this
insect (from the Australian Alps) 1 have taken additional
specimens near Fernshaw, in the Dividing Range, and am now

able to furnish further particulars. The species is a very vari-
able one in respect of the coloring of the elytra and hind body,
which vary from almost uniform reddish testaceous through forms.
in which the hind body is infuscate and the apical portion of the
elytra infuscate or black, to a form in which the elytra and hind
body are entirely black. The female is a very remarkable
insect, having the elytra produced into a kind of lobe at their
sutural angle, and from the apex of the lobe an aggregate of 4 or
5 spiniform sete (very closely packed together) project hind-
ward. The apical segment of the hind body is unfortunately a
good deal withdrawn into the preceding segment in my female
specimen, but I think it is trilobed dorsally, the middle lobe Jong,
narrow, and acute, the lateral lobes vertical. The front tarsi of
the female have their basal three joints moderately wide, the
fourth very small, while in the male the basal four joints are all
rather strongly dilated. I should add that I feel some uncer-
tainty as to the structure of the seventh ventral segment in the
male. In all niy specimens a process of considerable size projects
beyond the seventh segment, the suture between which and the
seventh segment is not always easy to see, but the true apex of
the seventh segment seems to be quadrifid, the median two teeth
small and widely separated, the lateral ones larger. The seventh
ventral segment is deeply emarginate in the male, widely rounded
in the female. I think this species is a true Zachinus.
[STAPHYLINIDES. ]
XANTHOLINUS.

X. Ollifi, Lea. This insect does not appear to me to differ
from X. phenicopterus, Fvl., a species to which Mr. Lea does not
refer in his description. It is at any rate extremely close to it,
and if distinct the difference should be specified. Mr. Lea sent
me an example some time ago of his Ollifi, and it agrees per-
fectly with the description of pheenicopterus, which I had not
previously been able to identify confidently with any Australian
specimen, although M. Fauvel reports it as widely distributed in
Australia,

[PASDERIDES. |
LATHROBIUM.

L. australicwn, Solsky. This insect should, I think, be

referred to the genus Dicax.

[OX YTELIDES. ]

G:OPHRONISTUS (gen. nov. Oxytelidarum).

Caput magnum; palpi maxillares sat breves, articulo ultimo’
acuminato ; oculi parvi, in capitis parte declivi laterali siti ;.
antenne geniculate, ll-articulate; prothorax (speciel:

typice) modicus, supra fere equalis (transversim late leviter
impressus); elytra (speciei typice) punctulata; pedes
modici ; tibiz antice extus emarginate et dentate
(Scaritidarum sinulantes); tarsi 3-articulati (!), articulo
apicali quam ceteri conjuncti multo longiori ; abdomen haud
marginatum.

Seems to be near Osoriws which however has five-jointed tarsi.
The tarsi of this new genus consist of two extremely short joints
and a third very much longer than the others together. I am
not quite sure that there is not a very minute joint before that
which appears to me to be the basal one, and I could not resolve
the doubt without damaging my unique specimen. There are,
however, at any rate only three joints that can be distinguished
under a Coddington lens. The insect for which I propose this
name is very easily recognisable as an Osoriid with less than five
tarsal joints and with front tibie resembling those of a Scaritid.

@. australicus, sp. nov. Cylindricus; nitidus; setis brevibus
subtilibus nonnullis instructus; obscure ferrugineus, capite
metasternoque magis infuscatis; capite quam prothorax
parum angustiori vix breviori, sparsius subtilius punctulato,
antice truncato, supra antennarum basin spatio minuto rufo
Jeevi tuberculiformi instructo, fronte leviter planata ; oculis
sat parvis, parum convexis, superne haud manifestis ;
antennis modicis, articulis basali sequentibus 3 conjunctis
longitudine equali (2° quam 3" paullo longiori et latiori, 3
—6° parvis inter se sat equalibus submoniliformibus, 7°—
10° multo majoribus brevibus transversis, 11° angustiori
conico) ; prothorace leviter transverso, antice truncato, ab
apice ad partem medianam leviter (hinc ad basin fortius
sinuatim) angustato, mox ante medium transversim late
leviter depresso, fere ut caput punctulato sed basin versus
puncturis sat magnis nonnullis impresso, sat anguste mar-
ginato, angulis posticis obtusis; elytris quam prothorax
paullo longioribus, irregulariter punctulatis (sc. puncturis
parvis cum nonnullis magnis sparsim intermixtis) ; scutello
modico subtriangulari; abdomine sparsim sat fortiter punc-
tulato ; tiblis anticis intus sinuatim contortis, extus dentibus
2 (altero mediano compresso permagno, altero anteapicali
paullo minori vix compresso,—his spinulis parvis obsitis) et
unco acuto apicali armatis ; tibiis intermediis fere ut antici
sed intus rectis et extus dentibus paullo minoribus ; tibiis
posticis fere simplicibus, extus minute crenulatis sparsim
longe spinuloso-ciliatis. Long., 12 1.; lat., 4 1. (vix).

I have been especially careful to describe this insect very fully
‘on account of my not having been able to define with certainty

the characters that require dissection for their determination ;
its anterior tibie resembling those of a Scaritid ought to
render its identification easy. The eyes cannot be seen at all
when the insect is looked at from above.

Victoria ; I have forgotten the circumstances of capture.

BLEDIUS.

B. Cowleyi, sp. nov. Subnitidus; obscure ferrugineus, capite
nigro, prothorace piceo-nigro, antennis (his apicem versus:
fere nigris) pedibus et abdomine subtus testaceis, mandibulis
rufis ; capite opaco vix manifeste punctulato, inter oculos
fovea mediana impresso, sutura clypeali arcuata; oculis
magnis, fortiter convexis, fortiter granulatis ; prothoraee
quam caput vix latiori, modice transverso, longitudinaliter
profunde sulcato, grosse sat crebre punctulato; elytris.
crebrius sat subtiliter (sed nullo modo indistincte) punctulatis,
quam prothorax paullo longioribus; abdomine subnitido,
creberrime subtilissime punctulato. Long., 1? 1.

This species is probably near capitalis, Fvl., from which, how-
ever, it evidently differs inter alia, not only by its darker color,
but also by its puncturation. . capitalis is described as having
its pronotum “ subtiliter” and its elytra “ vix fortius” punctulatis
(implying that the elytral puncturation is less fine than that of
the pronotum), whereas in the present species the pronotum is.
impressed with large coarse punctures (fully as coarse as in the
European AB. fracticornis, Payk), while the elytral puncturation
is much finer than in B. /fracticornis.

Queensland ; taken near Cairns by the late Mr. Cowley.

B. Adelaide, Blackb. This species must, I think, be removed
from Bledius and placed in Trogophlwus.

B. pontilis, sp. nov. Minus nitidus; breviter albido-pubescens;.
piceus, elytris pallide testaceis (circa discum _ leviter
infuscatis), antennis piceo-testaceis basin versus dilutioribus,
pedibus_ rufo-testaceis; capite creberrime subtilissime
subaspere punctulato, inter antennas leviter bi impresso,
oculis valde prominentibus, grosse granulatis ; prothorace
quam caput paullo latiori, sat fortiter transverso,
longitudinaliter subtiliter canaliculato, creberrime subtilis-
sime punctulato; elytris confertim sat subtiliter (quam
pronotum multo minus subtiliter) punctulatis, quam
prothorax sat longioribus; abdomine sat nitido, subti-
lissime punctulato. Long., 13 1.

Not unlike the European B. atricapillus, Germ., but evidently
larger and inter alia the prothorax much wider ; also probably
resembles B. convexifrons, Fvl., but that species is said to be
much smaller than JB. atricapillus, and to have its prothorax

“ narum transversus,” whereas in the present species the prothorax
is notably large aud wide, a character that also distinguishes it
inter alia from &. Caroli, Blackb., to which it is also allied.
From a certain point of view the non-infuscate disc of each
elytron appears as a faint pale spot.

S. Australia ; at Murray Bridge.

TABULATION OF SPECIES OF BLEDIUs.

As I have now described 8 Blzdii, it seems desirable to furnish
a tabulated statement of their characters. Of the 5 Australian
species described by M. Fauvel I unfortunately know only one,
and as that learned author has not happened to describe
minutely all those parts of his species which I find lend them-
selves most conveniently to tabulation I am unable to include in
my tabulation the four of his species that I have not seen. The
same remark applies also to the one Bledius that Sir W. Macleay
described. It is, however, quite clear from the descriptions that
all those five are very different from those I have described.
A. Elytra quite distinctly punctulate.

B. Pronotum coarsely and deeply punctured (like

that of B. fracticornis, Payk.
C, Eyes comparatively small. Basal joint of

antennz dark sea ae .. minax, Blackb.
CC. Eyes much larger. Basal joint of antennze
pale Cowleyi, Blackb.

BB. Pronotum not coarsely and deeply punctured.
C. All the basal four joints of the antennz much

longer than wide... insignicornis, Blackb.
CC. Antenne not having their basal four joints
elongate.
D. Pronotum opaque.
E. Elytra very closely punctulate . injucundus, Blackb.
EE. Elytra much less closely punctulate.. ovensensis, Blackb.
DD. Pronotum very nitid infans, Blackb.

AA. Elytra indistinctly (not more distinctly than
in Trogophleus exiguus, Er.) punctulate.
B. Eyes extremely prominent and very coarsely

granulate.
C. Prothorax very large, scarcely narrower
than the elytra, strongly transverse ... pontilis, Blackb.
CC. Prothorax much smaller, notably narrower
than the elytra, feebly transverse ... Caroli, Blackb.
BB. Eyes feebly convex and feebly granulate ... phytosinus, Fvl.

OXYTELUS.

O. wattsensis, sp. nov. Mas. MRobustus; sat nitidus; niger,
elytris vix picescentibus circa suturam (‘presertim versus
apicem) rufescentibus, pedibus testaceis, exemplorum non-
nullorum mandibulis apicem versus rufescentibus; capite
magno (quam prothorax vix angustiori), postice sparsim
dupliciter (subtiliter et sat fortiter) punctulato, haud

striolato, fronte inter tuberculos antennarios arcuatim
depressa, vertice medio longitudinaliter foveato; oculis sat
magnis, minus convexis, minus fortiter granulatis, longi-
tudinaliter vix ultra capitis partem medianam pertinentibus ;
antennis brevibus, articulis 1° quam sequentes 3 conjuncti
vix breviori 2° parvo quam latiori parum longiori 3° elongato
(quam 2" circiter dimidia parte longiori) 4° 5° que minutis
moniliformibus vix transversis (quam 2"* sat minoribus) 6°—
10° transversis} (gradatim magis fortiter, 10° quam longiori
circiter triplo latiori) 11° breviter conico fortiter transverso,
articulis basalibus 4 glabris nitidis (ceteris opacis pubescenti-
bus); prothorace quam longiori duplo latiori, quam capitis
pars postica magis fortiter magis crebre punctulato, haud
striolato, 3-suleato et latera versus impresso (fere ut
O. sculpturati, Grav.), lateribus bicarinatis, parte inter
carinas verticali; elytris fortiter transversis, quam prothorax
haud longioribus, fortiter minus striolatim punctulatis ;
abdomine alutaceo vix manifeste punctulato, segmento 6°
ventrali ad apicem tuberculo armato ante tuberculum
impresso. |

Femine capite quam prothorax multo angustiori, pone oculum

brevi, antice quam maris multo minus profunde depresso,
cum pronoto, magis crebre magis fortiter punctulato, vertice
multo magis inzequali, segmento ventrali 6° simplici. Long.,
21.5 lat. 21.

Resembling O. melas, Fvl., in build but somewhat more
elongate and inter alia with the pronotum and elytra very
differently sculptured. Perhaps also bears a general resemblance
to O. scadrellus, Fvl, but differs inter alia multa from that
species by its very strongly clavate antenne and its non-strigose
head.

Victoria (near Fernshaw on the Watts R ) and Tasmania,

O. flavior, sp. nov. Mas. Precedenti (O. wattsensr) afiinis ;
piceo-brunneus, nonnihil flavescens, capite antennis (basi
excepta) elytris (indeterminate, sed. preesertim apicem versus)
abdomine {maculatim) et corpore subtus (maculatim) plus
minusve infuscatis, pedibus (genubus anguste piceis exceptis)
testaceis; capite postice et prothorace quam precedentis
multo magis crebre magis fortiter (fere ut preecedentis
feminz) punctulatis ; statura minus lata magis elongata ;
cetera ut O. wattsensis.

Femine capite quam maris multo minori. Long., 13—2 1.
The female differs from that of the preceding species very little

except in respect of color and of its narrower and more elongate
form. In the male the sculpture of the head and pronotum 1s

9 5

very much coarser and closer than in the male of O. wattsensis,
—this difference being especially conspicuous on the portion
behind the eye where in watisensis the surface is very nitid and
has only a few very fine punctures (intervals among the punc-
tures four or five times as large as a puncture) while in the
present species the punctures are much larger and closer. The
antenne of wattsensis are a little more strongly clavate than
those of jflavior, both resembling the antenne of O. melas, Fvl.,
and being much more strongly clavate than in most European
Oxyteli (e.g., sculpturatus, Grav.).
Victoria (Dividing Range and Australian Alps).

O. parumpunctatus, sp. nov. Fem. sat robustus ; sat nitidus ;
niger, elytris mandibulis pedibusque rufis, femoribus plus
minusve infuscatis ; capite quam prothorax sat angustiori,
antice depresso fortiter crebrius (postice magis subtiliter
magis sparsim) punctulato, haud_ striolato; oculis sat
magnis, minus convexis, minus fortiter granulatis ; antennis
modicis, modice clavatis, articulis 5°—10° transversis ;
prothorace quam longiori sat latiori, fere ut capitis pars
postica punctulato, obsolete 3—sulcato et latera versus late
minus leviter impresso; elytris fortiter transversis, quam
prothorax parum longioribus modice latioribus, fere ut
prothorax (sed paullo magis fortiter, obsolete striolatim)
punctulatis ; abdomine sat nitido sparsim subtilius punctu-
lato. Long., 2 1. (vix).

The strong sparse even puncturation of the elytra, with
scarcely any trace of striolation distinguishes this species from
its previously described Australian congeners. Its eyes are
moderately large, but notably smaller (and less strongly granu-
late) than those of O. sculptus, Grav. Its antenne are much
shorter than in that species and are rather strongly clavate, but
somewhat less strongly than in O. me/as, Fv]. Its pronotum is
not laterally bicarinate as are those of so many of the Australian
Oxyteli. In this it agrees with the insect that I take to be
O. vulneratus, Fvl., which seems to be its nearest ally, and from
which it differs anter alia by the still feebler sulcation of its
pronotum as well as by the more nitid surface of its abdomen,

and especially by the much more sparse puncturation of its
elytra.

Victoria ; in the Alpine district.
[PIESTIDES.]
GLYPTOMA.

I am able to report the occurrence in Australia of two
species of this genus, which has not hitherto been recorded as
Australian. It can be at once distinguished from the others of

the Australian Pzestid genera which have their abdomen unmar-

gined by its tarsi consisting of only three joints.

G. sculptum, sp. nov. Obscure ferrugineum ; vix subnitidum ,
subglabrum; vix _ perspicue punctulatum; capite
longitudinaliter obtuse 3—carinato; antennis brevibus
robustis, articulis basalibus 7 moniliformibus 8°—10°
transversis 11° breviter subconico, articulo basali quam
sequentes (clavee exceptis) paullo majori; prothorace trans-
versim subquadrato, retrorsum leviter angustato, supra
valde inequali (interrupte inequaliter obtuse longitudinaliter
multicarinato), in disco planato, quam caput paullo latiori
vix longiori, angulis posticis valde acutis, lateribus vix
arcuatis; elytris quam prothorax sat brevioribus, carinis
discoidalibus eirciter 4 obtusis longitudinalibus ornatis
Long., 1 1; lat., 31.

The only previously-described Glyptoma with which I am able
to compare this species is the Hawaiian G. Blackburni, Shp. It
does not seem to differ from that insect by any character likely
to be generic ; as a species, however, it differs widely by inter
alia its very much smaller size and very much shorter elytra, as
well as by its evidently less opaque surface.

Victoria.

G. sordidum, sp. nov. Precedenti (G. sculpto) affinis; capite
subobsolete 3—carinato ; oculis magis prominulis ; antennis
minus robustis ; pronoto in disco planato parum inzquali,
utrinque versus latera subtiliter 2—carinato, angulis posticis
minus acutis; elytris quam prothorax circiter tertia parte
longioribus ; cetera ut G. sculptum. Long., 2 1.

This species can be at once distinguished from the preceding
by its very much longer elytra, and notably smaller size. It also
differs by the much less uneven surface of its head and prothorax
and by its evidently convex eyes (in G. sculptum the eyes:
scarcely stand out distinctly from the general outline). The
sculpture of the head consists of the disc being longitudinally and
very widely and feebly convex, with a much narrower and some-
what more evident longitudinal convexity on either side near the
eye. The pronotum is on the disc, almost even, but flattened,
with a vague depression in the middle of the flattened portion
and a feeble arched transverse sulcus near the base (in sculptum
the disc is occupied by strong obtuse carine confusedly inter-
rupted so as to seem like seriate tubercles from a certain point of
view, and a strong arched transverse sulcus near the base) ; the
lateral part on either side bears two fine raised lines (in scwlptwm.
these are quite strong costie). The sculpture of the elytra is.
much the same in the two species.

N. Queensland ; given to me by Mr. Koebele.

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LISPINUS.

L. sulcipennis, sp. nov. Subnitidus; piceo-niger, pedibus et
abdominis apice rufis, nonnullorum exemplorum abdominis
segmentis postice angustissime testaceo-marginatis ;
capite minus crebre punctulato, antice _ longi-
tudinaliter 2-impresso; antennis sat brevibus, arti-
culo apicali quam precedens manifeste minus lato;
prothorace leviter transverso, fere ut caput sed minus
crebre (parte mediana longitudinali anguste levi) punc-
tulato, utrinque sulco sat elongato (hoc externe prothoracis
margine cariniformi valde incrassato contento) impresso,
lateribus leviter sinuatis, angulis posticis sat acutis ; elytris
quam prothorax parum latioribus sat longioribus multo
minus fortiter multo minus crebre punctulatis, stria sub-
suturali alteraqua (hac mox ante humerum sita) integris
profunde impressis ; abdomine inequaliter (a basi ad apicem
gradatim minus crebre minus fortiter) punctulato et longi-
tudinaliter strigato, segmentis punctis singulis magnis
utrinque impressis. Long., 44 1.; lat., $1.

Readily distinguishable from the other known Australian
Lispinus by the sulciform stria which is placed close to the
beginning of the lateral declivity on each elytron. <A species
from New Caledonia seems to agree with it in this respect
(except that in the latter the stria is described as “ fine”)—
though in other respects very different. The sculpture of the
abdomen becomes finer and more sparse conspicuously from base
to apex of each segment and also slightly from base to apex of
the whole abdomen. In some examples each segment is narrowly
and conspicuously edged with testaceous behind, and in others
there is no trace of that coloring. The difference is not caused
by the greater or less display of a connecting membrane.

N. Queensland (collected by the late Mr. Cowley, of Cairns).

[HOMALIIDES. |
HOMALIUM.

fH. tasmanicum, sp. nov. Sat latum ; parallelum ; sat depressum ;
rufo-ferrugineum, antennis apicem versus elytris postice
abdominisque disco infuscatis ; capite fortiter transverso,
sparsius fortius punctulato, in clypeo utrinque impresso,
ante ocellos profunde anguste longitudinaliter sulcato, ad
basin sat truncato; oculis modicis, in capitis parte antica
sitis ; antennis modicis, articulis basali sat elongato 2° parvo
3° quam hic sat longiori 4° 5° que quam 2" paullo minoribus
submoniliformibus 6°—11° fere nigris (6°—10° transversis,
6° quam 7" minori, 7°—10° inter se sat eequalibus, 11° quam
10" sat longiori); prothorace quam longiori fere duplo

laticri, fere ut caput punctulato et quam hoe vix latiori ;

disco obsolete inequali, latitudine majori ante medium sita,
lateribus arcuatis postice subsinuatis, angulis posticis
obtusis bene definitis ; elytris quam prothorax fere duplo
longioribus vix latioribus minus fortiter magis crebre punc-
tulatis ; abdomine subopaco, creberrime subtilissime punc-
tulato.. Hone, 2 1.5: latgagel.

The large head of this species,—about the same size as the
prothorax,—gives it a facies that suggests the thought of
Phleobium clypeatum, Er.; it seems however to be a true
Homalvum, presenting the characters Lacordaire attributes to
the Tribe Homalides and agreeing with Homaliwm generically in
its comparatively long elytra, its unarmed mandibles and its
hind tarsi with their basal four joints short, equal and simple.
The irregularities of the disc of the prothorax consist in its being
flattened, the flattened space being bounded on either side by a
space (extending nearly to the lateral margin) which separately
is feebly convex ; in this convex portion there is a feeble rounded
impression near ‘the lateral margin. I have a Homaliwm in m
collection taken on the Victorian mountains which differs from
the unique example described above in being smaller (long., 14 1.),
its general color darker (ferruginous brown: rather than red), its
head notably smaller as compared with the prothorax and “its
prothorax smaller as compared with the elytra. I cannot specify
any other difference between the two and am disposed to think
them male and female of one species with sexual characters more
or less analogous to those of Anthophagus.

Tasmania.

H. Morrisi, sp. nov. Modice latum; minus parallelum; minu-
depressum ; piceum, antennis basi palpis pedibusque dilutis
oribus, prothoracis lateribus elytrorum lateribus (presertim
ad humeros) et abdominis lateribus apiceque plus minusve
dilutioribus ; capite modico crebre punctulato, utrinque ante
ocellos longitudinaliter late sulcato (sulcis ad apicem con-
tinuis sed ad partem mediam subobsoletis) ; antennis modicis,
articulis basali sat elongato 2° sat brevi 3° quam 2" paullo
longiori 4° 5° que inter se sat equalibus quam 2" paullo
brevioribus 6°—10° longitudine inter se sat zqualibus sed
gradatim latioribus 11° manifeste longiori ; prothorace sat
transverso, quam caput paullo minus crebre punctulato, in
disco foveis ovatis 2 impresso, lateribus sat late deplanatis,
angulis posticis rectis ; elytris quam prothorax fere duplo
longioribus, crebre subrugulose strigosc - punctulatis ;
abdomine supra creberrime subtilissime punctulato, subtus
coriaceo opaco et crebre leviter equaliter punctulato, minus
sparsim aureo-pubescenti. Long., 1}—13 1; lat., 21.

Extremely like the European //. rivulare, Payk, and colored
quite similarly. Placed beside 1/. rivulare, it is seen to differ as
follows :—The puncturation of its head pronotum and elytra is
considerably closer, that of the elytra is also different in character
(the punctures being much confused and run together by longi-
tudinal and oblique strigosity), the ventral segments are opaque
(being densely coriaceous and also covered with somewhat close
and even, but lightly impressed puncturation), and much more
closely clothed with fine golden hairs; the tarsi are very evidently
more slender, and the elytra are distinctly less elongate.

S. Australia ; taken near Adelaide by Mr. P. D. Morris.

[PROTEINIDES. ]

Of this sub-family of the Staphylinide, which has not been
previously recorded as Australian, I have before me two Aus-
tralian species, for which it seems necessary to form a new genus.
Lacordaire places in this tribe the genus Glyptoma, of which I
have described some species above ; Kraatz, however, places: the
latter among the Piestides on account of tbe form of its hind tro-
chanters, and I have adopted his reference.

ANEPIUS (gen. nov. Proteininorum).

Palpi maxillares modici, articulo ultimo fere filiformi, quam
penultimus multo longiori; caput breve transversum (ut
Megarthri) ; oculi sat magni parum prominuli ; ocelli nulli ;
antenne (ut Phleobii) elongate, 11° articulate, articulis
basalibus 2 quam sequentes 5 robustioribus, 3°—T° elongati-
obconicis, 8°—11° vel. 9°—11° clavam laxam formantibus ;
prothorax transversus, fere ut Phl@obit contormatus ; elytra
abdominis basin tegentia; abdomen breve, minus late
marginatum, postice angustatum; pedes modici ; tarsi breves,
inter se sat equales, quam tibiarum dimidium breviores,
articulis basalibus 4 brevissimis subdilatatis (apicali quam
ceteri conjuncti vix breviori); corpus minus depressum,
grosse punctulatum, minus dense pubescens.

Having only a single specimen each of the insects for which I
propose this generic name, I am unable to state those of the
characters which would require dissection for their determina-
tion, and it js possible that I may have quoted as generic some
characters that the discovery of additional species may prove to
be merely specific. The essential characters distinguishing the
genus among the Proteinides (as diagnosed by Kraatz) are its
very short tarsi with basal four joints subdilated, and together
scarcely longer than the fifth joint, together with the absence of
a frontal ocellus, elongate antenne (like those of Phlawobiwm) and
ahead resembling that of Megarthrus. In facies it resembles
Megarthrus.

A. raucus, sp. nov. Nigro-piceus, pedibus dilutioribus ; subni-
tidus ; capite confertim subtilius, prothorace crebre sub-
grosse, elytris grosse minus crebre, abdomine antice grosse
postice subtilius rugulose punctulatis ; capite utrinque longi-
tudinaliter impresso ; antennarum clava indeterminate 4—
articulati ; prothorace longitudinaliter 4—impresso (partibus
impressis externis minus perspicuis), angulis posticis vix
emarginatis elytris quam prothorax circiter duplo. longiori-
bus: dong)-141.; lat. 21.

The sculpture of the pronotum consists of a fairly distinct (but
not at all sharply defined) wide longitudinal impression—widest
and deepest near the base—on either side of the middle, which
(between the impressions) is somewhat strongly convex; these
inipressions are followed externally by another feeble convexity,
between which and the lateral margin is another longitudinal
impression, but this latter impression is scarcely traceable except
in the middle of its length. Thus the pronotum might also be
described as having three longitudinal obtuse convexities, between
and outside which the surface is vaguely and unevenly
depressed.

Victoria ; Dividing Range.

A. Koezbelei, sp. nov Ferrugineus, pronoti disco et abdominis
lateribus infuscatis; capite crebre sat leviter nullo modo
subtiliter, prothorace minus crebre sat fortiter, elytris minus
crebre sat profunde sat grosse, abdomine fere ut prothorax,
punctulatis; capite utrinque longitudinaliter impresso et
circum marginem liberum manifeste reflexo; antennarum
clava 3-articulata; prothorace sat transverso, sulco longi-
tudinali mediano instructo, angulis posticis perspicue (fere
ut Megarthri depressi) emarginatis ; elytris quam prothorax
fere sesquilongioribus. Long., 1 1; lat., 2 1. (vix).

So unlike the preceding (4. raucws) in most respects as to
suggest hesitation about associating the two generically ;—but
they agree in what seems to me the essential character that
prevents their being placed in any of the old Proteinid genera,—
i.e. the structure of the tarsi, and therefore I think are best left
together for the present. The present species is much more like
Megarthrus in facies than is the other,—especially in respect of
its prothorax,—longitudinally uni-suleate and having the hind
corners very conspicuously emarginate.

Australia (taken -y Mr. Koebele; exact locality unknown).

FURTHER NOTES ON THE BOTANY OF THE
WILLOCHRA VALLEY.

By Cuas. F. JoHnoock.

[Read May 6, 1902. ]

In the Handbook of the Flora of Extra-tropical South Aus-
tralia, by the late Professor Tate, ed. 1890, p. 294, in defining
the divisions of the Eremian Kegion, he says of District “8”, “ it
overlaps ‘ M’ and ‘N.’”

The head of the Willochra Valley lies within District “ N,”
and is covered by the overlap. These notes, which are the out-
come of six years’ careful work, largely refer to this overlap, and
it is in the hope that they may prove useful in addition to the
annotated schedule in the “ Flora ;” that they may do something
towards completing the botanical knowledge of this interesting
district ; and that they may perhaps lighten the labors of other
amateurs, I submit them to the notice of this Society.

Some of the notes refer to the purely overlapping species ;
some again refer to plants I believe hitherto unrecorded for this
district, while others refer to plants which, though now fairly
plentiful, have most probably been introduced through pastoral
and agricultural operations.

In every case my observations have been carefully and
thoroughly made, and, wherever opportunity arose, as carefully
repeated and verified. In cases where I had any doubt I always
submitted my identifications to Professor Tate for verification.
I can therefore confidently affirm the correctness of the details
given below.

1. Order Cruciferez.
1. BARBAREA VULGARIS. 1/10/97, &e,

Only recorded for Adelalde district. Very common near
Willowie township, &c. Usually stunted, but in favorable
situations very tall and robust. Never eaten by stock. Evi-
dently introduced in seed wheat, &c.

11. SISYMBRIUM CARDAMINOIDES. 23/9/99, &e.

- Recorded for Cooper district ; fairly common in gullies on
west of Coomooroo Hill, but not out on the plains.

Ill. GEOCOCCUS PUSILLA (?). 10/9/98, &e.

Plentiful in Willowie township. This plant was dealt with in

detail by the late Prof. Tate in his paper on “ Dimorphism in
Crucifere,” read before this Society on October 4, 1898.

Iv. CAPSELLA PILOSULA.

In this plant the leaves, as the plant grows here, show great
divergence from the obovate form. They often approach to
lanceolate, and to oblong, and may be entire, slightly notched or
almost pinnate. The leaf form seems to vary with the situation
of the specimen, and also with its nutrition.

2. Order Malvacee.
ABUTILON OTOCARPUM.

T discovered about a dozen plants in one small area in March,
1898. They reappeared in the same place in’99. They were
then eaten off by travelling stock and since then have not grown.
This species is given as not nearer than the Cooper district.

3. Order Zygophyllee.
ZYGOPHYLLUM AMMOPHILUM. 28/10/00, &e.
Occurs plentifully in overflowed areas in wheatfields. Not
widely distributed, but not rare within certain areas. Given for
the Districts C, W, and M. It thus occurs east, west, and north
of this locality, and on considerations to be mentioned later may
be taken as fairly common in District S.

4. Order Amarantace.
PriLOTUS ALOPECUROIDES. 29/9/99, d&c.
Fairly abundant in the neighborhood of Willowie and sur-
rounding plain. Given for all districts around this one (N).
The plant occurs in all favorable situations, and should be in-
cluded as for District N.

5. Order Urticaces.
URTICA INCISA.
Near all townships, in gardens and stock yards, and luxuriantly
in places on the Willowie Station, near Melrose. Only given for

southern parts of the State. Most probably introduced from the
south with garden or field seeds, and in the fleeces of travelled

sheep.
6. Order Casuarine.
1. CASUARINA QUADRIVALVIS. 29/9/00

Commonly in Pekina Range, west of Orroroo; not hitherto
recorded for District N. Also on Mount Remarkable.

u.. CASUARINA GLAUCA. 24/5/98

Plentifully in scrub lands. One of the overlaps from Dis-
trict S. :

Nore.—Since sending in my paper on the Loranthacee I have
found growths of Z. pendulus on C. quadrivalvis. On this host
the Loranthus has the darker-green thinner-leaved form, as in
the southern districts, instead of the paler and fleshier form on
Santalum, Bursaria, Bossiaea, &c., out on the plains in this
region.

7. Order Leguminose.
1, TEPHROSIA PURPUREA. 22/10/97

Melrose Creek ; rather rare. Given only for the Finke dis-
trict. Verified by Prof. Tate. :

Il. IKENNEDYA PROSTRATA, 22/10/97

Mount Brown Station, and near Wilmington and Melrose,
where it occurs fairly frequently. Perhaps introduced from
southward among seed wheat or garden seeds, or in one of the
methods below.

ut. Cassia STurtii. 16/9/96

In any scrubs ; very common plant. One of the overlaps.

Iv. ACACIA SENTIS. 23/10/97
Plentiful along creeks and damp situations. Also an overlap.

v. ACACIA HAKEOIDES. 2/10/96
Near creeks; rare. Also an overlap.

vi. ACACIA MICROCARPA. 14/9/00

On Coomooroo Hill and near Booleroo Creek. A rare shrub.
Given for the Murray district.

8. Order Santalace.
I. SANTALUM LANCEOLATUM,
Common in scrubs. An overlap.

il. CHORETRUM SPICATUM. 15/9/00, &c.

In the mallee country north of Booleroo Centre. Not recorded
nearer than Murray district.

111. EXOCARPUS SPARTEA. 22/10/97

On Mount Remarkable. Certified by Professor Tate. Re-
corded for the F, M, and A districts. I discovered only two
trees, both vigorous and well-grown, on the eastern slope of the
Mount. I had no time to search for others, but as these two
were not near each other doubtless a search would show more
specimens.

9. Order Cucurbitacee.
1. MEMoRDICA CHARANTIA. 27/6/99
A solitary specimen in Burke’s Creek, Coomooroo Hill.
Belongs to the Finke District. ;
11. MELoTHR1a MADERASPATANA. Sept./99
Willowie township. An overlap.*

10. Order Loranthaces.
LORANTHUS PENDULUS.

Booleroo Centre—Sept./98. Pekina Hills on C. quadrivailvis
—Oct./01. Also plentifully on S. Janceolatum in this neighbor-
hood. Not recorded for District N hitherto. Recorded for
District W. Also dealt with in paper read Nov. 5, 1901.

11. Order Goodeniacez.

I. GOODENIA PUSILLIFLORA. Sept./99, &.
An overlap.
11, SCAEVOLA SPINESCENS (4)

A local variety showing deviations from the typical form. I
record its occurrence here in view of the possibility of its proving
to be a new species. Occurs fairly freely in the neighborhood of
Willowie township.

12. Order Solanacez.
I. SOLANUM LACUNARIUM. Sept./9&

Occurs in Melrose Creek, south of Mount Remarkable. Re-
corded for Districts Sand W. May, therefore, be an overlap.
Referred to Prof. Tate.

11. SOLANUM ELLIPTICUM. 27/5/99

Coomooroo hill. Also an overlap. Prof. Tate.

183. Order Conifers.
CALLITRIS CUPRESSIFORMIS. June, 96, &c.
Plentiful in scrubs, and in the Pekina hills near Pekina Nob.
‘In the mallee lands it is quite a common tree. Not hitherto
recorded for any region north of the Adelaide district, so far as I
am aware.
14. Order Orchidee.
PTEROSTYLIS PEDUNCULATA. Sept./98

On the southern spurs of Mount Remarkable. Frequent in the
sheltered gullies south-west from Melrose. Not hitherto recorded

* Does not appear every season.

for any locality but Adelaide district. Referred to Prof. Tate,
and certified by him zn. lit. to the writer.

15. Order Liliacez.
1. THYSANOTUS EXASPERATUS. Sept. /96, &e.
Very plentiful in favorable seasons in this neighborhood and
further southward. An overlap from District 8.
Il. XANTHORRH@A QUADRANGULATA.

On Mount Remarkable—28/10/97. On Pekina hills—12/98.
I have been informed that it grows on the Ranges near Mount
Brown also. Not recorded nearer than Adelaide district. It

grows very freely in the above areas. I referred specimens to
Prof. Tate.

16. Order Graminez.
ALOPECURUS GENICULATA. 20/11/00
Very rare. Willowie township. An overlap.

17. Order Filices.

LINDS#A LINEARIS. 23/10/99

Melrose Creek, south of Mount Remarkable. In fair quantity
in sheltered spots. Not recorded nearer than Adelaide district.

The following plants also occur :—
1. Nirenya (?) sp. At Willowie Springs, in brackish pools.
i. Sprroeyra. Willowie Forest (Mar. /00) and at Willowie
Springs (July /01).
111, FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA. In favorable ‘situations, as walls,
rocks, &e.
1v. Monosrroma (?) sp. At Willowie Springs, with Nitella.

These notes would be incomplete without a statement of the
probable explanations of the presence of the above-named plants
in this locality. I shall divide them into three classes :—

1. The overlaps from District S (and W) ;
u1. The sporadic genera;
u1. The plants from Adelaide district, &c.

1. THE ‘ OvERLAPS.”

The frequency of these overlaps appears to me to demand the
southward extension of District S as far as Goyder’s line. Many
plants appearing in District N are limited to a narrow strip
lying north of, say, Booleroo Creek. This strip is almost wholly

the Eremian or saltbush character; and the difference
between the country lying on either side ‘of the line is very
marked. Even short distances will clearly demonstrate the
limits of the 10-inch rainfall area, in many places, as proved by
the harvest returns, the clearly defined edge of the mallee land,
and equally plainly followed margin of the bluebush, &c. Once
Goyder’s line is crossed, going northward, such trees and shrubs
as the mallee, Caswarina, Melaleuca, and different species of
acacias are practically absent ; and Salsolaceew, Cassia, Bossiwa,
the Eremian species of Santelaceze, Eremophile, Zygophyllee,
and other characteristically Eremian forms become plentiful.
Similarly many of the smaller plants have the same limit.
Since boundary lines have been laid down for all the other
districts, it would be convenient to define districts N and 8 in
this locality, and such a boundary I feel certain is supplied by
nature and science in “ Goyder’s line.” ;

u. THe SporaADIC GENERA AND SPECIES.

These must, I think, make their appearance largely by the
transport of the seeds in the dust which is driven long distances
from the north and north-west by the sirocco-like stormy winds
of midsummer and early autumn. These winds travel at high
speeds, have great powers of transporting dust and fine grit, or
any light material, and seem, by a peculiar “bearing down”
undulatory manner of blowing, to scoop up and raise to great
heights the light loose surface material on the soil. May not
seeds often be included in the dust, and thus be borne great
distances, and when alighting in favourable spots become estab-
lished for a few seasons at least ?

Another manner of transport would very probably be in the
intestines of migratory birds. Seeds of many plants, legumi-
nosex, loranthacee, &c., would bear this treatment, and in many
cases would actually benefit by it. This region is visited
annually by many birds at nesting time, coming from the Far
North. Such are quails, the black-faced lark, dotterels, cockatoo
parrots, and shell parrots, among others.

The fleeces of sheep—often travelled great distances still, and
necessarily more so when there were no railways—may be
accountable for the dissemination of many species. Indeed, a
more likely or more effective means of seed transport would be
difficult to imagine.

The hoofs of horses, sheep, and cattle, if carefully examined
when having adherent mud or dry clay will often yield grass
seeds, and no doubt a careful and systematic examination would
be rewarded in the detection of many other kinds.

The feet of shepherds’ dogs carry clay, and often seeds in the

hollows under the feet and the spaces between the toes. Dogs
are often lamed by the irritation caused by the presence of seeds
in the situations named. As these animals often travel great
distances with shepherds and drovers, there is at any rate the
possibility that they play some part in carrying seeds, even
though it may be granted they do but little.

The spores of Witella, Spirogyra, &c., may be transported by
wind, but more likely adhering to the legs and noses of animals,
or on the feet and feathers of aquatic birds, as wild ducks,
grebes, cranes, &c.

1. THE PLants FROM ADELAIDE DistRIctT, &c.

It may be contended, and with much force, that these species
were introduced among seeds brought here by settlers, as vege-
table seeds, flower seeds, wheat, oats, &c. In many cases this is
almost a certainty, and may be taken as such in species like
Barbarea, Kennedya prostrata, Urtica incisa, &c., but I do not
think the above explanation can apply to Callitris cupressiformis,
Choretrum spicatum, Casuarina quadrivalvis, Pterostylis peduncu-
lata, Xanthorrhea quadrangulata, Lindsea linearis, Arundo,
&c. Does not the presence of these plants point to the proba-
bility of a period when the Euronotian region ran well up the
Flinders Range, when climatic conditions were different and
better—perhaps in the early or middle tertiary periods ?

In conclusion, I would again repeat that this paper consists of
Notes, and must not be taken as more than the briefest statement
of the points touched upon. I feel and know that much remains
to be done in this locality, not only as regards its botany, but on
other lines also; and I venture to express the hope that while
tracts of untouched land remain—and that apparently will not
be for mauy years longer—this Society will find workers willing
to complete what is thus begun.

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CON TENTS:

PAGE,
DeENNANT, J.: Description of New, Species of Corals from the
Australian Tertiaries, Plate I. ... ia he sak ie BEES |

JoHNCOocK, CHas. F.: Notes on the Loranthacese of the Willochra
Valley ce BRS at ssi wa wee is vt ie oh

Marpen, J. H.: On Eucalyptus Behriana, F. v. M. _... vay sO

Buacksurn, Rev. T.: Further Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with
Descriptions of New Genera and Species a oes ae Perera §

JOHNCOCK, CHas. F.: Further Notes on the Botany of the Willochra
Valley ie sae ae a ie pa ae Ae 5 ce

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REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN HESPERIADZ.

By Epwarp Meyrick, B.A., F.Z.S., anp OswaLp Lower;
F.E.S., Lond., &c.

{Read June 3, 1902. |

HESPERIADA.

Eyes glabrous. Club of antenne large, strong, basal joint
with long hair tuft. Anterior legs fully developed ; posterior
tibie usually with middle spurs. Forewings with all veins
separate. Hindwings with 5 generally absent.

A large family, generally distributed, but absent from New
Zealand. Most abundant within the tropics.

Many arrangements have been proposed by different writers

on this group, but we have adopted the system of numbering

the veins, which for brevity and clearness appears to us ample
for the study and recognition of the different genera. The
position of vein 5 of the forewing in relation with 6 and 4
proves a valuable generic character. The shape of the club,
and the absence or presence of the stigma of the male, are also
useful guides, and although the latter varies much in shape and
size 1t is remarkably constant in individual species. The pat-
tern of the wings and general coloring of the upper side are
very similar in coloration and appearance, especially so in the
Indo-Malayan forms, and it is highly probable that some of our
species will prove to be synonymic with Orientalforms, but long
series and further study are required to giveanything approach-
ing finality to the subject. The best and most important
markings fur identification will be found on the under surface
of the hindwings, and the shape of the hindwings has been
characterised where of any value. The markings of the female
are generally similar to the opposite sex, but more strongly
developed. The descriptions of larve and pupe are given
where known, and it will be noticed that a large proportion
of the species feed on species of Cladiwm, and are usually full
fed in October and November. We have enumerated eighty
species, all of which are distinct. We have fully a dozen
others, but not in a fit condition for description. The reputed
Australian species are enumerated at the end of the paper.

—

We estimate that over 100 species will be found to occur in
Australia. The group resolves itself into fourteen genera,
Telesto, Bd., and Trapezites, Hiib., being the most predominant
and widely distributed. Perhaps it is as well to mention that
the drawing up of the generic characters and identifications
has been made by Mr. Meyrick. The descriptive and other
work in connection with the paper has been performed by the
junior author. The specific descriptions may appear unneces-
sarily lengthened, but the abortive works of many of the
older authors, which for the purpose cf study are useless, dis-
poses of this objection. We may state that we shall at all
times be pleased to identify any specimens entrusted to us,
and wish to thank the many kind friends for assistance, especi-
ally Messrs. Hlidge, Waterhouse, Turner, Tepper, and Lyell.

Those genera asterisked (*) are confined to the Australian
region. :

In conclusion perhaps it is well to mention, Huschemon
Rafflesie, Mac. This insect is undoubtedly not referable to
the Hesperiade. It has a large and well developed frenulum,
which is invariably absent in the Hesperiade and in all other
Butterflies. Superficially it recalls the Agaristide. In neura
tion, however, it nearly approaches the Hesperiade. It
stands by itself as a separate family, and must, we think, be
regarded as related to the ancestral form of the Hesperiade,
intermediate between them and the Thyridide.

TABULATION OF GENERA.

1. Hindwings with five developed... 3
Hindwings with 5 obsolete... 5
Palpi ascending, terminal joint long,
slightly Pollen near apex, porrected 4
Palpi sub-porrect, terminal joint mode-

rate ... 8 Hxometeca.
3. Hindwings with 3. and 4 closely ap-
proximated fa eas .. 14 Hasora.
Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote ... 13 Badama.
4. es with 5 parallel to 4 and 6,
slightly nearer 6 at base... 6
Forewings with 5 rather approximated
to4 ... 2 ie acre |
5. Posterior tibie without middle spurs.. i
Posterior with all spurs we se Da Fi
6. Palpiascending ... sf a ... 7 Phenicops.

Palpi sub-porrect she a. .. 5 Mesodinea.

7. Forewings in male with costal fold ... 3 Netrocoryne
Forewings in male without fold er

8. Forewings in male with stigma fa » 0 Pelesse:
Forewings in male without stigma ... 10

9. Palpi porrected 3s ... 4 Tagiades.
Palpi obliquely ascending a ..., | Trapempes:

10. Terminal joint of palpi short... Noah ketal
Terminal joint of palpi rather long ... 9 Apaustus.

11. Terminal joint of palpi porrected ... 12 Notocrypta.
Terminal joint of palpi erect... veo Kale

12. Forewings with 3 in male gi mois

Poe So ae - .. Ll Erynnas.

Forewings with 3 in get reitote from wl 10 TVeltcota.
13. Hosen ine in male with costal fold, pos-
terior tibiz with all spurs ... ‘ 3
Forewings in male with costal fold.
posterior tibie without middle spurs 1 Casyapa.

1. Casyapa, Kirby.

Club of antenne moderate, gradually thickened, tapering to
a fine point, bent, not hooked. Hind tibie densely fringed,
and with only terminal pair of spurs. Forewings in male with
costal fold; vein 5 equidistant from 4 and 6; vein 3 from
well before end of cell; vein 2 three times as far from base
of wing as from end of cell. Hindwings with termen evenly
rounded ; vein 5 obsolete ; 3 from just before end of cell.

Differs from Phenicops, Watson, by the costal fold.

1. CasyaPA CRITOMEDIA, Guer.

(Hesperia critomedia, Guer. voy. Cog., 11., t. 18, fig. 6, 1829 ;
Thymele odix, Boisd., voy. Astrolabe, Lep. p. 160, n. 2, 1832;
Chetocneme caristus, Hew., Desc. Hesp., p. 21, n. 1, 1807.)

Male,70mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and abdomen

bright ochreous-fuscous, terminal joint of antenne
darker fuscous. Legs, dark fuscous. Forewings
elongate-triangular, termen nearly straight; dark

ochreous-fuscous; basal half of wing clothed with short
ochreous-ferruginous hairs; a broad transverse orange-yellow
fascia, from costa slightly beyond middle to near anal angle,
but not quite reaching it, broadest on costa and continued as a
moderate costal streak to base, attenuated towards anal angle;
ciha dark fuscous. Hindwings with ‘ermen evenly rounded ;
color and basal hairs as in forewings; a faint ochreous line
along posterior extremity of cell; a very broad orange-yellow

band along termen, becoming much narrowed towards vein 6
and not near reaching apex of wing; cilia dark fuscous, becom-
ing orange-yellow on lower half of termen. Underside of both
wings dark fuscous, markings of upper side reproduced in pale
yellow, but band on hindwings not reaching beyond vein 6;
a pale yellow dorsal streak on forewings.

Herberton and Cape York, Queensland; three specimens in
January. Occurs also in New Guinea.

2. PHorENicops, Watson.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, bent. Palpi ascendhng,
terminal joint very short, obtuse. Posterior tibie without
middle spurs. Forewings in male without characters; 5
parallel to 4 and 6, slightly nearer 6 at base. Hindwings; 5
obsolete.

An endemic genus, comprising the three largest and hand-
somest species in the Australian group.

1. Forewings dark fuscous, transverse band

yellow ses ae: ... °& Porphyropis
2. Forewings fuscous, transverse band
whitish > .-- 1 Beata:

. Forewings orange, transverse band
broken into two, large whitish
hyaline spots ae a acc) a I CnIIEe.

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2. PHanicops BEATA, Hew.

(Netrocoryne beata, Hew. Desc. Hesp., p. 22, n. 1, 1867
, Ex. Butt. V. Hesp., figs. 2, 3, 1874).

Male and female, 64-80 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen
ochreous-fuscous Palpi, antenne, and legs ochreous, palpi
strongly mixed with orange; eyes dull carmine. Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, termen bowed,
oblique, somewhat sinuate beneath apex; bright ochreous in
male, ochreous-fuscous in female; markings of forewings in
male as in denitza, but only one subapical spot; female with
a moderately broad oblique transparent whitish fascia, from
beyond middle of costa to just above anal angle, not quite
reaching costa, containing a small triangular spot of ground
color above middle, edges of fascia irregular, lower third con-
stricted, costal edge ochreous; a small whitish spot. beyond
termination of cell, sometimes absent; cilia ochreous-fuscous.
Hindwings with termen rounded ; color of respective sexes as in
forewings, but mixed with orange in female; a small sub-
triangular spot of semi-transparent whitish in posterior extre-

mity of cell, beneath which is a quadrate orange patch; two
roundish semi-transparent whitish spots between veins 2 and
4 near termen, generally absent; cilia as in forewings. Under-
side of wings dull ochreous brighter in male; markings of
upper side reproduced. |

The male is similar in appearance to denitza, but at once
distinguished by the absence of purplish neural streaks. The
female is quite a different looking insect, but is readily known
by the broad transparent fascia of forewings.

The larve feed on T'ristania, Hugenia, and the camphor
laurel. They draw two leaves together, one over the other
in canopy-like form, with silken threads, and remain quiescent
during the day; only emerging at night. Specimens feeding
on the camphor laurel, which were protected by mosquito
netting bound round! the twigs, lived through the winter,
changing in September and emerging in October. <A second
brood will change in February or March and be on the wing
a fortnight or three weeks later. It is most active at. dusk
(Illidge).

Cooktown, Mackay, and Brisbane, Queensland ; four speci-
mens in November and December.

3. PHOENICOPS DENITzA, Hew.

(Netrocoryne denitza, Hew. Dese. Hesp., p. 22, n. 2, 1867;
Ex. Butt. V. Hesp., f. 4, 1874; Staud, Ex. Sch., t. 100, 1888.)

Male and female, 64-68 mm. Head, palpi, legs, and antennez
orange, club of antenne blackish. Eyes carmine. Thorax
and abdomen orange in male, purplish in female, female
beneath orange. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly
straight, termen bowed, oblique; in male orange, in female
iridescent bluish purple, with costa broadly suffused with
orange in middle, apical and hind-marginal area dull orange ;
all veins in both sexes generally outlined with bluish purple ;
2 large rounded semi-hyaline whitish spots, edged with pur-
plish ; first at extremity of cell, immediately followed by a
small oblique streak of orange, more pronounced in female;
second immediately below and beyond first, surmounted by an
ovate, and below by a rounded similar spot, upper only sepa-
rated by a vein; 3 smaller similar spots midway between cell
and apex, placed obliquely outwards, median largest, lower
smallest, dot-like in male, and sometimes nearly obsolete ; cilia
orange, mixed with fuscous in female. Hindwings with
termen hardly prominent in middle; color as in forewings;
all veins outlined with bluish purple; an ovoid orange spot

in middle of wing, edged above by a broad fuscous fascia, not
continued to margin, edged by a similar fascia beneath, from
the lower edge of which proceeds another fascia towards anal
angle, but not reaching it; interneural spaces on ‘termen
broadly orange, duller in female ; basal hairs of male yellowish,
in female dull fuscous; cilia as in forewings. Underside ot
both wings with color as above, markings reproduced, but less
distinct; base of wings in both sexes orange; fascia of hind-
wings more distinct.

A beautiful species, at once recognised by its brilliant color-
ing; its habits are similar to beata, Hew. The flowers of
Buddlea neemda and the loquat (Hriobotrya Japonica) are a
great attraction for this insect during March and April. The
late Mr. G. Barnard, of Duaringa, bred this species for larve,
feeding on 7'ristania conferta.

Brisbane, Rockhampton, and Duaringa, Queensland; Port
Darwin ; four specimens in November and December.

4. PHOENICOPS PORPHYROPIS, N. sp.

Male, 64 mm. MHead, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark fus-
cous, eyes blackish, post-orbital rims yellow abdomen beneath:
orange. Forewings with termen oblique, dark fuscous, suf-
fused with iridescent purplish ; a moderately broad transverse
bright yellow band!, edges irregularly dentate, from imme-
diately beneath, costa beyond middle to inner margin just above
anal angle; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded ;
color and cilia as in forewings; a bright yellow, rather narrow
patch of yellow on termen just below apex.

Apparently somewhat allied to Carysta (chetocneme) cal-
lixenus, Hew. (Desc. Hesp., p. 21, 1867; Exot., Butt. v.
Hesp., fig. 1, 1874), but differs by the presence of markings
on hindwings and different color of forewings.

Johnstone River, North Queensland ; one specimen received
from Mr. R. Illidge, taken in February.

3. NretTRocorYNE, Feld.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, bent. Palpi porrected,
terminal joint rather short, obtuse. Posterior tibie with all
spurs. Forewings in male with costal fold; 5 parallel to 4
and 6, slightly nearer 6 at base. Hindwings; 5 obsolete.

The genus is confined to the Australian region.

5. NETROCORYNE REPANDA, Feld.
(Reise Nov. Lep. iii., p. 507, n. 882, t. 70, fig. 10, 1867;
(2) Goniloba vul pecula, Prittw., Stett. Ent. Zeit... pelLet; era I:
t. 3, fig. 2a. b., 1868.) |

Male and female, 44-52 mm. Head orange, palpi fuscous
above, white beneath. Antenne ochreous, club and base
blackish. Legs ochreous-fuscous. Thorax and abdomen fus-
cous. Forewings triangular, costa nearly straight, termen
sinuate above and below middle; light ochreous, more or less
infuscated ; markings in male dull whitish, in female whitish,
semi-hyaline, margined with dark fuscous; a large, somewhat
quadrate spot at posterior end of cell, in female surmounted
by a patch of yellowish on costa; a second, similar, beneath
and beyond, surmounted by a smaller quadrate spot which
touches both first and second spots, and enclosing a triangular
spot of fuscous ; in male the 3 spots are separate, in female the
second quadrate spot is followed beneath by 2 smaller spots,
lowest very small; an oblique transverse series of 3 sub-costal
spots at three-fourths from base, placed on darker ground
color, lower smallest; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with
termen somewhat angulated in middle; color as in forewings ;
a rounded semi-hyaline whitish spot before middle; a dark
fuscous fascia from middle of costa, curved round and ending
on middle of inner margin; in female more or less broken
up into spots; basal hairs ochreous-fuscous; cilia as in fore-
wings. Under side of both wings with‘color and markings as
above.

Although showing some variety in depth of coloring the
species is easily recognised by the shape of hindwings. We
have quoted Goniloba vulpecula, Prittw., as a synonym, but the
figure in Ent. Stett. Zeit., is wretched, although undoubtedly

pertaining to this _ species. Larva, full fed; 30. sea
Moderate rather narrow, cylindrical, smooth, tapering
towards posterior segments. Head black, body slaty-
grey, second segment yellowish, third segment

orange, with a transverse series of four round black spots
two on each side of dorsal line ; fourth and fifth segments, with
similar series of four black quadrate spots; tenth segment with
two larger quadrate black spots, placed on either side;
twelfth and thirteenth segments orange, with a large black
dorsal spot on extremity of each, and a series of sub-spiracular
small black spots, three on either side of dorsal spots; two
small black spots on anterior portion of eleventh segment ;
lines nearly straight, hardly waved ; dorsal moderate, whitish,
centred with fuscous throughout; spiracular, orange, narrow;
subra-spiracular broad, whitish, well defined; sub-spiracular
whitish. Spiracles orange, fuscous centred.

The young larve, which is semi-transparent yellowish-fus-

cous in its very early stages, cuts out a circular! piece of the leaf,
and forms a canopy-like shelter, leaving a small aperture for
ingress and egress. On approaching adult size this shelter is
deserted and a new one formed by drawing the edges of the
leaves together, gradually extending the domicile until of
suitable dimensions; in this last position the larva pupates
during September and the imago is on the wing from Novem-
ber.

The eggs are laid in April on the upper side of the leaf.
They are somewhat elongate-hemispherical in shape, and deeply
grooved.

Feeds on Callicoma serratifolia (Cunoniacee), Eleocarpus
reticulatus, and FH. cyaneus (Trliacee).

Sydney and Como, New South Wales; Brisbane to Cook-
town, Queensland; November to March, nine specimens.

4. Tacrapes, Hiib.

Club of antenne gradual, elongate, pointed bent. Palpi
porrected, terminal joint short, obtuse. Posterior tibie with
all spurs. Forewings in male without characters ; 5 parallel to
4 and 6; slightly nearer 6 at base. Hindwings with 5 rudi-

mentary.
An Indo-Malayan genus of considerable extent ; represented
in Australa by the single known species. The insects are

mostly colored fuscous and white, the species under review
being no exception to the rule. :

6. TAGIADES JANETTA, Butler.

Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., p. 519 (1870); 7. gamelia, Mish.
Proc. Roy. Soc., Q’d., p. 146 (1889).

Male, 50 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and
abdomen dark fuscous. Palpi beneath whitish. Legs fus-
cous, strongly mixed with whitish. Forewings elongate, trian-
gular, costa rather strongly arched, termen hardly bowed,
oblique; fuscous with silvery-white markings; 2 somewhat
trapezoid spots just before end of cell, their apices more or less
confluent ; 2 moderate spots beyond and below extremity of
cell, first irregularly diamond-shaped ; second below and before,
somewhat triangular; an irregular oblique series of 3 sub-
costal spots at three-fourths from base, median smallest, upper
sometimes surmounted by an additional minute spot; 2 small
spots placed obliquely beyond and beneath lowest spot; cilia
fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded; white, basal
half, except along inner margin, light) fuscous; a

dark fuscous patch at apex, continued along termen |
to one-third, becoming more or less confluent with basal patch
on costa; 2 moderate quadrate dark fuscous spots immediately
preceding apical patch, lower largest and more distinct; cilia
white, an apical patch fuscous. Under side of forewings with
color and markings as on upper side, but cellular spots strongly
confluent and surmounted by an elongate silvery-white mark ;
a more or less defined whitish sub-terminal band’, broadest and
more pronounced on lower third. Hindwings beneath white ;
a dark fuscous streak, commencing indistinct and narrow at
base, suddenly becoming very broad and continued round to
termen at one-third, termination abrupt; quadirate spots as on
upper side ; a small fuscous streak on termen above anal angle ;
cilia as above.

Somewhat allied to Japetus, Cr.

Brisbane to Cape York, Queensland; four specimens,
November and December.

5. Mrsoprna, Meyr.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, bent, sub-porrect, termi-
nal joint very short. Posterior without middle spurs. Fore-
wings in male without stigma; 5 parallel to 4 and 6, slightly
nearer 6 at base. Hindwings; 5 obsolete. The two species
may be recognised as follows:

1. Forewings with whitish markings ... 8 Halyza.

2. Forewings with yellowish markings ... 7 Aeluropts.

7. Mesopina AELUROPIS, Meyr., M.S.S.

Male and female, 30-44 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax and palpi beneath
whitish, antenne annulated beneath with white, club reddish-
carmine, beneath white, abdomen and legs mixed beneath with
whitish, posterior legs more whitish. Forewings elongate-
triangular, termen gently bowed, oblique; dark fuscous, with
yellowish markings; basal third more or less clothed with
short golden hairs; a large quadrate spot in posterior end of
cell, posterior edge slightly sinuate in middle, anterior edge
nearly straight; a roundish spot beyond lower extremity of
first; a second, similar, twice as large immediately beyond,
below, and a third sometimes absent in male, small, placed
exactly below middle of second; an oblique transverse row
of three sub-apical spots, lower largest; sometimes absent
in male; cilia dark fuscous, becoming mixed with whitish in
middle of termen and almost wholly whitish around anal angle.

Hindwings with termen rounded; apex hardly prominent ;
color as in forewings; a large patch of rather long golden-
ochreous hairs extending from base to near two-thirds not near
reaching costa or inner margin; cilia as in forewings, but
more whitish. Under side of forewings with color as above,
upper half of termen broadly blue-grey ; whole of cell filled up
with orange, 3 posterior spots of upper side reproduced and
confluent with posterior edge of cell; lower of the 3 sub-
apical spots of upper side reproduced ; cilia fuscous-grey, with
dark fuscous spots at extremities of veins. Hindwings grey-
whitish, somewhat lilacine; an obscure ring of fuscous before
middle ; a row of 3 or 4 similar rings at two-thirds from base ;
cilia greyish-fuscous.

Larva full fed, 35 mm. Cylindrical, very pale greenish;
head thickly covered with fine white erect hairs, body
finely clothed with similar hairs, but in a lesser degree.
The whole larva is covered with a fine white powder,
causing it to appear wholly white. It apparently hves head
downwards, as the opening of the sheaf which it constructs is
below, and not above as is usual inthis group ; before pupating
the larva closes the opening by spinning a silken pad across it.
It pupates head downwards. Feeds on Patersonia, sp. (Iri-
dacee), and imago emerges during October.

The imago bears some resemblance to some species of 7'elesto,
the female being similar to donnysa on forewings above.

Mount Kembla and Katoomba, New South Wales; several
specimens bred in February and March.

8. MESODINA HALYzIA, Hew.

(Hesperilla halyzia, Hew. Desc. Hesp., p. 38, n. 1, 1868;
Ex. Butt. v. Hesp. and Cyclop., f. 7, 1874; female, A. and S.,
Vict. Butt., p. 125, 1893).

Male and female, 28-34 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdo-
men dark fuscous, palpi and thorax beneath white. Legs
whitish. Antenne fuscous, annulated with white, club red-
dish, internally white. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa
somewhat sinuate in middle, termen oblique, not bowed; dark
fuscous with metallic reflections ; markings whitish ; a large,
somewhat quadrate spot in posterior end of cell, sinuate ante-
riorly and postriorly; a cartridge-shaped spot immediately
beneath and beyond, beneath which is another large quadrate
spot, only separated by intervening vein; an oblique trans-
verse row of 3 sub-apical spots, absent in male; cilia fuscous,
basal half darker. Hindwings with termen rounded ; without

‘markings ; color and cilia as in forewings. Under side of fore-
wings with color and markings as above; a broad) dull bluish-
white costal streak, narrowly mixed with yellowish on basal
half and becoming very broad on apical and area of termen,
but only reaching to two thirds of termen; cilia as above, but
lighter and somewhat chequered with fuscous. Hindwings
dull whitish, with a lilacine bloom; a very ill-defined row of
fuscous dots, from three-fourths of costa towards inner margin
at three-fourths, but not reaching it; an elongate streak of
golden-fuscous, from base direct to anal angle, edged anteriorly
by a streak of dull purplish; cila as above.

A. sombre-looking species, not like any other in the group.

The larva, method of pupating, and food plant are as in
aelurops.

Como, Katoomba, and Sydney, New South Wales; Perth,
Western Australia ; from October to April, three specimens.

6. *TrLesto, Boisd.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, more or less bent. Palpi
obliquely ascending or sub-porrect, terminal joint short, sub-
conical. Posterior tibize with all spurs. Forewings in male
with stigma; 5 parallel to 4 and 6, slightly nearer 6 at base.
Hindwings; 5 obsolete.

In the following tabulation the characters are drawn from
the male insects, unless otherwise specified :

1. Under side of hindwings red-
dish, markings and veins
outlined with whitish; no
markings in cell... eI NS -Pacta.
Under side of hindwings
creamy - white, markings
black; cell with a large:
white centred elongate spot
at extremity $4: -
‘2. Hindwings above with orange
transverse fascia unevenly
waved, posterior extremity
produced... We ... 10 Ornata.
Hindwings above with orange
transverse fascia almost
even throughout... 1
‘3. Forewings above with nares
laree shining-golden ; otic,
strongly arrod. Size. 36
MME... nie re ... 9 Peronata, male.

Forewings above, with markings
much reduced in size; cilia
barred. Size, 25-29 mm...

Hindwings beneath bright yel-
lowish - orange; markings
black, comprising 3 trans-
verse series of spots

Hindwings beneath dull red:
dish - fuscous ; markings
creamy-white, comprising 2
transverse, irregular series
of spots _ Sas

5. Hindwings beneath fuscous,
with 10 silvery-white spots
arranged in 3 transverse
series

Hindwings beneath reddish- fie
cous, with one large cellu-
lar and 3 small sub-median
white spots 4

Stigma erect, narrow black,
interrupted, extending to
below vein 1 oS: fe

Stigma black, thick, curved,
edged broadly posteriorly
with dull fuscous ry

Hindwings beneath bright
ochreous, with transverse,
twice _sinuate, silvery-
whitish sub-median facia...

Hindwings beneath reddish-fus-
cous, markings fuscous, dot-
hke est:

. Forewings with stigma, narrow,
black, erect, mane inner
margin wae

Forewings with stigma, ovoid,
blotch. like, black, not near
reaching inner margin

. Forewings above with two addi-
_ tional white spots, beyond
subcostal series

Forewings above without such
spots

12 IMunionga, female:

11 Jlastersi.

14 Crypsargyra.

16 Dirphia.

“I

18 Drachmophora..

21 Donnysa.

26 Flammeata.

22 Chaostola.

10.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Forewings above with cellular
spot curved upwards at ex-
tremity; hindwings with
orange median patch above

Forewings above with similar
markings; hindwings with-
out markings above

Wings strongly suffused wth
purplish above; markings
yellow

Wings fuscous above, markings
white

Forewings above aitle 2 wali,
tional moderate white spots
joining subcostal series ;
patch on hindwings dull
white ae rb bs

Forewings similarly marked ;
patch of hindwings orange...

Forewings above with cellular
spot ovoid, golden-yellow,
occupying one-third of cell

Forewings above with cellular

spot very small, whitish,
transverse ae aut
Forewings with stigma dull
whitish, entire, blackish

edged, reaching inner mar-
gin, cellular spot narrow...
Forewings with stigma similar ;
cellular spot absent
Forewings with stigma black,
very oblique, broadly-lan-
ceolate, not reaching inner
margin; cellular spot elon-
vate: whitish
Forewings with similar stigma,
but less oblique ; cellular
spot absent
Hindwings above
verse series
spots ote
Hindwings above wither aan
spots

with trans-
of 4 whitish

93 Anderson.

29 Doubledayi.

26 Flammeata, female.

28 Atralba.

24 Duispar.

31 Ismene

30 Perronia.
38 Crypsigramma.

34 Compacta, male.

34 Compacta, female.

17. Forewings above fuscous, with
upper half of cellular spot,
strongly excised and becom-
ing 8-shaped : 33 Perronii, female
Forewings above light fuscous ;
cellular spot narrow, hardly

constricted above ... ... 3L Lsmene, female.
18. Forewings above without
markings, except whitish
stigma aes 39 Bathrophora, male.
Forewings above rah -celluient
spot “absent a 39 Bathrophora, female

19. Stigma narrow, erect, bee
somewhat waved, not inter-
rupted ; patch of hindwings
above bright orange 15 Chrysotricha.

Stigma similar, broken into 4
spots; patch of hindwings
dull fuscous ; 6

20. Hindwings beneath reddish

spots placed asin Dirphia... 19
Hindwings beneath purplish,
fuscous without markings or

faintly indicated ... sesipall
21. Forewings with stigma, narvoy,
curved, white mn - 30 Leucostigma.

Forewings with stigma, ode!
rately broad, oblique, dull
grey-whitish ou 14
22. Hindwings above ys two

whitish median spots; fore-

wing with cellular spot

quadrate gale er, ee 19 Vonticole.

* Hindwings above with two

somewhat hyaline spots;

forewing with cellular spot

sickle- shaped 2 36 Croceus.
23. Under side of hindwings fleshy-

ochreous, with unc series

of rather large white fus-

cous-edged spots oa 20 Cyclospila.

Under side of hindwings red:
dish-ochreous, with 3 or 4
indistinct fuscous dots ... 92

24. Forewings with stigma, waved,

narrow, entire, black ;
lower sub-apical spot some-
times absent i ... o2 Sexguttata-

Forewings with stigma narrow,
entire, reddish; sub-apical
spots present : 27
. Forewings above with all mark-
ings absent, except ovoid
black stigma ; 27 Tymbophore.
Forewings above with all mark-
ings present, stigma broken
into 3 small spots... Pe LO
26. Hindwings above with very
large bright orange trian-
gular patch in middle... 25 Ldothea.
Hindwings above with very
narrow ‘transverse orange
median band see ee. OD

bo
|

27. Hindwings above with three
white spots; one in cell,
two sub-median_.... ... 930 Senta.
Hindwings above with one
whitish spot in cell BEML iG

28. Under side of hindwings yel-
lowish without markings ;
cilia chequered... 37 Xanthomera.
Under side of hindwings dull
ochreous without markings ;
cilia. fuscous... fy me OO
This is the dominant genus in Australia, and _ likely
to be much increased. (We have 3 species unnamed, which
are probably new, but not in a fit condition for description.)
The female specimens bear considerable resemblance to species
of the genus T'rapezites, Hiib; but the male are easily distin-
guished by the stigma, which, although showing considerable
variation, is always present. This character separates it from
Trapezites.
9. TELESTO PERORNATA, Kirby.
(Hesperilla perornata, Kirby. Ann. Mag. N.H., vi., p. 437,
1893; A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 121; 1893.)
Female, 36 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and abdo-
men dark fuscous, head and thorax mixed with golden-ochreous
hairs, palpi beneath ochreous-whitish, thorax yellowish hairs

beneath, antennz mixed with ochreous on basal half, abdomen
with broad whitish segmental rings, anal tuft ochreous. Fore-
wings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched at base, thence
straight, termen oblique, gently bowed ; golden-fuscous ; mark-
ings shining golden-ochreous; basal hairs golden-ochreous ; a
large rounded orange spot in posterior end of cell, sometimes
irregularly mixed with fuscous anteriorly ; an elongate, quad-
rate spot above inner margin, slightly beyond one-third from
base; an irregular triangular-shaped spot above inner margin
before anal angle, sometimes constricted anteriorly ; an oblique
transverse row of 3 confluent sub-costal spots at three-fourths
from base ; a moderate quadrate spot above andslightly beyond
second inner marginal spot ; a narrower and slightly more elon-
gate spot immediately above quadrate spot, only separated
obscurely by dividing vein; cilia whitish ochreous, chequered
with blackish. Hindwings with termen irregularly rounded ;
color as forewings, but somewhat darker; a broad curved
median orange band, anterior edge encircling cell, posterior
edge more or less obscurely crenulate; cilia as in forewings.
Under side of forewings dull fuscous, all markings of upper side
reproduced ; a transverse row of 4 confluent spots along upper
half of termen to apex, posteriorly emarginate ; cilia as above.
Hindwings beneath yellow-whitish ; markings black ; a spot at
base ; an elongate spot on costa in middle; a second, smaller,
immediately below; a third, cartridge-shaped, very large and
occupying whole of cell, except an elongate median streak of
ground color; a fourth, moderate, immediately below ; an irre-
gular spot just before apex, followed at its anterior and pos-
terior extremities by a row of 5 spots, those along termen
being the smaller; inner margin broadly fuscous; cilia as in
forewings.

Closely allied to the following; best distinguished by its
comparatively large size, narrower band of upper side of hind-
wings, and special markings of under side of forewings.

The larve feed on Cladiwm, and are pale yellowish-green,
markings hardly traceable. The pupe are blackish and have
two blunt projections on forehead.,

Sydney, New South Wales; -Victoria; four specimens in
March.

10. TeLEsTo orNaTA, Leach.

(Hesperilla ornata, Leach, Zool. Misc. I., p. 126, t. 55, figs..
4,0, 1815; Math. Trans. Ent. Soc., p. 185, t. 6, figs. 9, 9a, 1888 ;
A.and S. Vict. Butt., p. 120, 1893.)

Male and female, 28-34 mm. Head and palpi blackish, spotted

with ochreous, palpi ochreous beneath, collar orange. Thorax
and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax clothed with ochreous hairs,
and clothed with white beneath, abdomen with whitish-
ochreous segmental rings, anal tuft black, mixed with white.
Antenne black, sharply annulated with white beneath, club
whitish beneath. Legs whitish-ochreous, tibie and _ tarsi
blackish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly
straight, termen nearly straight, oblique in male, rounded in
female; dark golden-fuscous, somewhat shining; basal hairs
yellowish ; markings golden-ochreous ; a large quadrate spot in
posterior end of cell, somewhat sinuate in male anteriorly ;
stigma black, erect, narrow, sometimes broken into two spots,
from above inner margin at two-thirds to lower extremity of
termination of cell, where it is broadest ; a moderate cartridge-
shaped spot immediately beyond end of cell, in male much
smaller; a quadrate spot immediately below, in male very
small, only separated from preceding spot by intervening vein ;
an oblique transverse row of 3 elongate sub-costal spots at two-
thirds from base, upper smallest; cilia yellowish, barred with
fuscous. Hindwings with hind-margin somewhat prominent
toward anal angle; dark fuscous, darker than forewings; basal
hairs yellowish ; a moderately broad transverse orange median
band, upper extremity encircling termination of cell and con-
tinued as a quadrate spot towards inner margin, posterior edge
somewhat crenulate, becoming elongate on outer edge, but not
near reaching termen; cilia as in forewings. Under side of
forewings dark fuscous, spots of upper side reproduced, but less
distinct, cellular spot surmounted by an elongate cuneiform
whitish spot, somewhat suffused; a moderately broad trans-
verse whitish band, from just before apex and slightly curved
round to near upper extremity of spot following stigma,
broadest beneath, emitting from its anterior edge of upper-half
whitish streaks to the 3 sub-costal spots and enclosing 3 ovoid
spots of ground color, and enclosing on edge of termen 4 nearly
similar spots of ground color, upper largest, third obscure; a
dull, in female bright, somewhat quadrate whitish spot on vein
1 at two-thirds from base; cilia as above, but more distinctly
barred. Hindwings pale whitish-ochreous, markings black ;
a round spot on costa at base ; an elongate spot on costa before
middle; a similar smaller sub-costal spot beyond middle;
a large pyriform spot in cell, centred with ground
color; a rounded spot beneath first elongate spot, a second
below second sub-costal spot, and a third at apex; a row of 5
‘spots along termen, quadrate, upper smallest, followed above
‘by a row of 4 parallel more elongate spots, sometimes median

pair and more or less confluent with those on termen ; a large
cuneiform spot at base, below cell; inner margin broadly fus-
cous; cilia as in forewings, somewhat reddish tinged at base of
black bars.

Closely allied to the preceding, but immediately distin-
guished from that species by the narrower and different shape
of orange band of hindwings and smaller markings. The male
is subject to slight variation in the development of the post-
stigmal dot, which in some specimens is very suffused.

Larva full fed, 30 mm. Moderate, cylindrical, somewhat
wrinkled, with hardly perceptible short whitish hairs, those
on posterior segments being longer. Head pale ochreous-fus-
cous, with a fine reddish median stripe, becoming V-shaped on
forehead, and a fuscous-reddish spot on either side of mouth.
Body yellowish-fuscous, markings fuscous, faintly indicated ;
dorsal well developed, sub-dorsal and lateral similar, but more
conspicuous on segments 9-13; spiracular and sub-spiracular
hardly traceable; supra-spiracular ochreous whitish ; full fed
in October; imago emerges during October and November.
Feeds on Cladiwm asperum. The pupe are fuscous, and are
furnished with two long hornlike projections on anterior seg-
ment. The pupal stage is of very short duration.

Sydney, Newcastle, and Bathurst, New South Wales; Jind-
wick, Leongatha, and Wandin, Victoria; Cooktown and
Mackay, Queensland ; October to January, five specimens.

11. TELESTO MASTERSI, Waterh.

(Hesperilla Mastersi, Waterhouse. Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W.,
p- 54, 1900, pl. 1, figs. 5-8.)

Male and female, 40-46 mm. Head fuscous. Palpi yel-
lowish-white. Antenne and legs fuscous, antenne annulated
beneath with whitish, club reddish beneath. Thorax and
abdomen above blackish, with yellowish segmental rings. Fore-
wings elongate, triangular, costa almost straight, termen
oblique; dark golden fuscous; basal hairs orange yellow;
markings ochreous-yellow, hyaline; a large quadrate spot in
posterior end of cell, in female indented anteriorly and pos-
teriorly ; a second, moderate, beyond extremity of cell; in
female there are 2 similar spots immediately below the second,
the upper large, quadrate, the lower somewhat elongate :
an oblique transverse series of 3 small sub-costal spots at
two-thirds from base ; a small spot in female at one-third from
base ; stigma black, moderate, entire from beyond middle of
inner margin to beyond lower termination of cell: cilia fus-

cous, chequered with ochreous-white. Hindwings with.
termen rounded in female, anal angle in male somewhat pro-
minent; color as in forewings, but somewhat darker; basal
hairs yellow; a large, broad orange-yellow transverse median
patch, somewhat narrowed in male, not near reaching costa or
inner margin, upper edge irregular, posterior hardly straight ;
cilia as in forewings. Under side of forewings dark fuscous,
lighter towards apical third; markings of upper side, except
stigma, reproduced ; costa yellowish-white, spotted with fus-~
cous on posterior half; inner margin yellow ish-white, broadest
in middle; cilia as above, but more pronounced. Hindwings.
reddish-fuscous ; markings ochreous-white ; basal third of costa
ochreous-white ; a moderately broad band from costa near apex
to middle of inner margin, separated into four spots, first and.
second confluent extending to middle of disc, third and fourth
elongate, fourth on inner margin; a black spot in band near
costa ; a parallel band of about 3 or 4 roundish spots from inner
margin above anal angle to below apex ; cilia as in forewings.

Allied to Ornata, but the lesser number of spots of forewings;
and especially by the arrangement of the markings of under
side of hindwings, this species is at once recognised ; it is the
finest yet described.

Clifton and Mount Kembla, Illawarra, New South Wales;
taken by Mr. A. G. Hamilton and G. A. Waterhouse, in
January.

12. TELESTO MuUNIONGA, Oll.

(Hesperilla munionga, Olliff. Proc. Linn. Soc., New South
Wales. Ser. 2, iv., p. 623, 1889.)

Female, 29-35 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomendark fuscous,
segmental margins of abdomen yellowish, more distinct be-
neath. Antenne and palpi blackish, antenne annulated with
yellow beneath, palpi whitish beneath. Legsochreous. Fore-
wings elongate, triangular, costa nearly straight, faintly sinuate
in middle ; dark fuscous-golden ; basal hairs yellowish, not very
dense ; markings orange ; a large somewhat cuneiform spot in
posterior end of cell, narrowed beneath ; a second, cartridge-
shaped, beyond termination of cell, lying between veins 2 and
3; a third, quadrate, immediately below, only separated by
intervening vein ; asmall spot above inner margin at two-thirds
from base; a transverse series of 3 elongate sub-costal spots
at two-thirds from base; cilia dark fuscous, broadly chequered
with orange. Hindwings with termen rounded; color as in
forewings; a rather short, narrow, orange median band at. end: ~

of cell, not near reaching margins; cilia as in forewings.
Underside: Forewings dark fuscous; markings of upper side
-suffusedly reproduced ; anterior half of cell blackish ; a mode-
rately thick yellow costal streak from base to apex, at apex
becoming blotch-like and extending to above middle of termen,
within the blotch are 3 elongate blackish spots just beyond
the 3 yellow sub-costal spots, and' a series of 4 round
blackish spots along termen; cilia as above. Hind-
‘wings yellow with blackish markings; 2 roundish spots at
base ; 3 transverse series of elongate spots, first before, start-
‘ing from a very elongate spot on costa, to before middle of
inner margin; second from beyond middle of costa to beyond
middle of inner margin; third along termen, the latter series
‘being roundish; cilia as in forewings.

The bright orange yellow markings of under side of hind-
“wings in contradistinction to the other similarly marked species
‘makes this species easy of recognition.

Mount Kosciusko, New South Wales; one specimen.

13. TELEstTo picta, Leach.

(Hesperilla yreta, Leach. Zool. Mise. I., p. 126, t. 55, f. 4, 5,
1815; Math. Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond., p. 187, 1888; A. and S.,
Vict. Butt., p. 121, 1893.)

Male and female, 32-38 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne,
and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi strongly mixed with whitish
beneath, thorax and abdomen clothed with short, fine yel-
lowish hairs, abdominal segments more or less outlined with
yellow, antenne annulated with whitish beneath. Legs
ochreous, mixed with fuscous and whitish. Forewings elon-
gate, triangular, termen gently bowed, oblique; dark golden-
.fuscous, basal hairs yellowish; markings golden-ochreous; a
large somewhat rounded spot in posterior end of cell, anterior
edge with a slight projection in middle, posterior edge faintly
indented in middle; stigma erect, waved, entire, narrow, from
vein 1 above inner margin at two-thirds to beyond lower ex-
tremity of cell; a somewhat quadrate spot touching apex of
‘stigma; another spot, larger, just below, only separated by
dividing vein ; a moderate suffused spot above inner margin at
“two-thirds from base, most distinct on under side ; a similar spot
at one-third from base; an oblique transverse series of 3 small
sub-costal spots at two-thirds from base; cilia dark fuscous.
Hindwings with termen rounded, anal angle somewhat pro-
minent in male; dark fuscous; basal hairs ochreous-fuscous ;
extending to median band and along inner margin;

‘ Nnarrow median orange transverse band, constricted
posteriorly. and not reaching inner margin, upper
edge encircling posterior extremity of cell; cilia orange,
chequered with black. Under side of forewings dark reddish-
fuscous, markings of upper side, except stigma, reproduced ;
a series of 4 or 5 white lunate spots along apical third of
termen; a very fine interrupted whitish line along termen ;
cilia as above. Under side of hindwings reddish-fuscous ; all
veins outlined with whitish ochreous; a whitish-ochreous
moderately thick transverse band from just before apex to
above middle of inner margin, hardly reaching inner margin;
a fine crenulate parallel sub-terminal whitish line, from apex
to vein 1, becoming blotch-like at extremity; a fine whitish
ne along termen; cilia as above.

Easily recognised from its allies by the markings of under
side of hindwings and outlining of veins.

Mr. G. F. Matthew found the larve feeding upon Cladium
mariscus, and states they are of the usual skipper shape, pale
transparent olive in color, having the head sienna red, with a
V-shaped mark on face. Mr. Waterhouse states that he has
bred it from larve feeding on (’. asperwm, and that the larve
and pupe are almost identical in appearance with Ornata.

Sydney and Bathurst, New South Wales; Croajingalong,
Victoria; from January to April.

14. TELEsSTO CRYPSARGYRA, Meyr.

(Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., ser. i1., p. 829, 1887.)

Male and female, 25-29 mm. Head black, spotted with pale
yellow. Palpi pale yellow, apex black. Antenne black, be-
neath spotted with pale yellow. Thorax fuscous, clothed with

yellow hairs. Abdomen black, segmental margins pale
yellow. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly
straight, termen rounded, slightly oblique; dark

fuscous; basal hairs yellowish; spots light ochreous-yel-
lowish, somewhat hyaline ; first moderate, irregular, in middle
of disc; 3 very small, sub-confluent, in an oblique transverse
row beneath costa at three-fourths ; one small sub-quadrate, be-
tween veins 3 and 4 at base, beneath which in male is a minute
dot; in female a rather larger adjacent similar spot; stigma
erect, black, from disc beyond middle to two-thirds of inner
margin; in female a small yellow spot near inner margin
before middle, and a larger one at two-thirds; cilia fuscous,
terminal half sometimes obscurely spotted with pale yellow.
Hindwings with termen rounded; blackish-fuscous; a mode-

rate transverse fascia like band in middle of disc, narrowed and
less defined beneath, not nearly reaching margins; cilia
blackish, more or less chequered with yellow. Under side of
forewings dark fuscous ; markings of upper side, except stigma
reproduced ; a yellowish suffusion beneath costa on basal half ;
a small yellow spot on costa at four-fifths ; a yellow bar before
termen, from costa to vein 4; an interrupted line along termen.
Hindwings beneath fuscous-ferruginous; veins partly outlined
with yellowish ; an oblique pale yellowish blotch from costa
near base; ten snow-white spots, arranged as follows: First
small, beneath middle of costa; second longitudinal-linear, in
disc before middle; third cuneiform, irregular, beneath disc,
before middle ; fourth moderately large, trapezoidal, in middle
of disc; fifth sub-oval, beneath costa before apex; remaining
five rather small, forming a sub-marginal series, 2 upper
smallest and sometimes confluent.

Very distinct and handsome; easily known by the spots of
under side of hindwings.

The larva when full fed is similar in markings and appear-
ance to Picta and Ornata, but smaller and somewhat blue-
green in appearance and deeper in tone than either of
the above species. It feeds on a specis of Cladiwm, and is full
fed in November. The pupa is similar to Ornata, and is fur-
nished with appendages as in that species.

Blackheath and Katoomba, New South Wales, from Novem-
ber to February.

15. TELESTO CHRYSOTRICHA, n. sp.

Male,40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne, legs and abdo-
men ochreous-fuscous, palpi beneath ochreous-whitish, head,
thorax, and abdomen clothed with yellowish hairs. Forewings:
elongate, triangular, termen nearly straight, oblique; dark
fuscous, with yellowish markings; basal hairs orange; a large
quadrate spot in posterior extremity of cell, indented an-
teriorly and posteriorly ; a cartridge-shaped spot at base of
veins 3 and 4, a smaller one immediately below, and an oblique
transverse series of three sub-apical spots; stigma black, waved,
moderate, erect, from above inner margin beyond middle to
base of veins 3 and 4; cilia fuscous, darker at base. Hind-
wings with termen rounded, color as in forewings; basal and
inner marginal hairs orange; a large median patch of orange
scales, somewhat divided by intervening veins; cilia yellowish.

Under side of forewings reddish-ochreous ; markings of upper
side reproduced; basal two-thirds of cell orange, dorsal area

pale yellow on posterior half more or less edged above by its
own width of pale yellow; spot between veins 2 and 3 much
enlarged, and pale yellow. Hindwings reddish; markings sil-
very-white, edged with fuscous; a round spot in posterior ex-
tremity of cell; a similar spot at two-thirds from base, between
veins 6 and 7, and two similar between veins 2 and 4; dorsal
area pale yellowish; cilia as above.

Allied to Dirphia, Hew., but separable by the different
coloring of hindwings above and below, in other respects
similar.

Northampton and Albany, Western Australia; two speci-
mens in November.

? 16. TeLesto DirpHia, Hew.

(Hesperilla dirphia, Hew. Desc. Hesp., p. 38, n. 2, 1868 ;
male, H. trimaculata, Tepp. Trans. Roy. Soc., 8.A., 1v., p. 32,
t. 2, fig. 4, 1881; female, HW. quadrimaculata, vb. l.c., fig. 2.)

Male and female, 35-47 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne,
and abdomen dark golden-fuscous, palpi yellowish beneath,
thorax clothed with long yellowish hairs, antenne annulated
with whitish, club reddish-fuscous, internally whitish. Legs
fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly
straight, faintly sinuate in middle, termen hardly round,
oblique ; dark golden-fuscous, with whitish-ochreous markings ;
a large, somewhat quadrate spot in posterior end of cell, edges
sinuate ; a quadrate spot beyond end of cell, near base of veins
3 and 4; in female a similar spot immediately below ; a mode-
rate quadrate spot lying on vein | and three-fourths from base,
absent in male; an oblique transverse row of 3 quadrate sub-
costal spots at two-thirds from base; stigma black, narrow,
erect, somewhat broken into 5 spots, from above inner margin
beyond middle to beyond posterior extremity of cell; cilia
dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, color as in
forewings ; basal half of wing clothed with long dull yellowish
hairs; a round yellow spot in cell near posterior extremity ;
cilia ochreous-fuscous. Underside of forewings ochreous-fus-
cous, median third of wing dark fuscous, markings
of upper side reproduced, except stigma and upper
and lower of sub-costal spots; in the male are 2
extra spots placed as in male; cilia as above. Under side of
hindwings reddish-ochreous; markings snow-white, edged
with blackish ; a large roundish spot in end of cell; a second
in disc at two-thirds and 2 others, much smaller, contiguous to,
and below second ; cilia ochreous-fuscous, around inner margin

fleshy.

Readily known by the white spots of under side of
forewings ; in some female specimens the cellular spot of upper
-side of hindwings is absent.

Blackwood, Belair, and Port Victor, South Australia ;
‘Grampians, Victoria; Perth, Western Australian (S. Angel) ;
Katoomba and Sydney, New South Wales; in October and
November. Mr. Miskin records it from Cape York, Queens-
land, so that it would appear to have a very wide range.

Larva full fed, 44 mm. Moderately stout, cylindrical,
nearly smooth, clothed with short, hardly perceptible whitish
hairs, those on anal segment being more dense, longer, and
fuscous tinged. Head rugose, black; body yellowish-green,
‘three anal segments mixed with fleshy-pink, dorsal line well
developed, moderate, greenish, becoming obscured anteriorly ;
‘spiracular, sub-spiracular, and supra-spiracular hardly- trace-
able, spiracles small, fuscous. Full fed in October; feeds on
Lepidospermum concavum. The pupa is cylindrical, with two
large, short, somewhat rose-shaped projections on anterior seg-
ment. Imago emerges from early in October to December.

17. TELESTO DOMINULA, Plotz.
(Telesto: dominula, Plotz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlv., p. 379, 1884.)

“16 mm (measurement of one wing only). Hindwings above
unspotted. The typical spots are white. In male forewings
only with the apical dots; a narrow transverse spot in the cell,
and a small spot in cell 3; a strong black and grey stigma
runs from vein | to the angle of cell 3, almost transverse and
bent towards termen. Hindwings beneath fuscous; a dirty
white pear-shaped spot stands in the cell towards base, behind
the middle runs a similar-colored waved band, cut by the
dark veins, from cell le to cell 6; in cell 7 stands a separate
spot, and one towards termen in cell 5. In cell lc the band
sends a light streak to base, dilated towards the extremity.”
The above is translated from Plotz’s original description, and
would indicate a species very similar to Drachmophora, Meyr.,
“Im appearance.

“Tasmania.”

18. TELESTO DRACHMOPHORA, Meyyr.

(Ent. Mo. Mag., p. 82, 1885.)

Male and female, 27-30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi whitish-yellow beneath,
‘thorax clothed above with greenish-yellow hairs, beneath
whitish, abdominal segments whitish beneath. Legs fuscous.

Forewings elongate, triangular, costa straight, termen rounded,
oblique; dark golden-fuscous; markings ochreous-white; a
small elongate spot in posterior end of cell ; a second, roundish,
between veins 3 and 4, near base; a third, larger, just below
and beyond, absent in male; a fourth, resting on vein Lat
two-thirds from base; an oblique transverse series of 3 sub--
costal quadrate spots at three-fourths from base ; stigma short,
obliquely curved, from inner margin above vein | to beyond.
posterior extremity of cell, edged posteriorly by 3 very dull
ochreous-fuscous spots; cilia fuscous, barred with dull
ochreous. Hindwings with termen rounded; color as in fore-
wings; basal half of wings clothed with long ochreous hairs,
becoming orange along upper margin of cell; cilia as in fore-
wings. Underside of forewings dark fuscous, costa through--
out, broadly orange ; markings except stigma and accompanying
spots as on upper side; 3 or 4 suffused whitish spots along
upper half of termen; cilia as above, but more pronounced.
Underside of hindwings golden fulvous, becoming darker on
margins; an irregular silvery-white spot at about one-third
from base ; asecond, elongate, lying on vein 1 near base; a mode-
rately broad irregularly edged, waved transverse silvery-white
fascia, from just beneath costa beyond middle to vein 1 above
anal angle, strongly sinuate on vein 6, brightest and broadest
between veins 2 and 4; a row of suffused whitish spots above.
termen ; inner margin yellowish ; cilia as in forewings.

A very beautiful species on the under side; easily known by”
the curious form of the stigma and transverse fascia of under
side of hindwings.

Somewhat similar in appearance beneath to Dominula,
Plotz.

Deloraine, Tasmania; Moonbar, New South Wales; in
March (and probably February).

19. TELESTO MONTICOLE, OI].

(Hesperilla monticole, Oll. Proc. Linn. Soc., New South
Wales, iv., p. 624, 1889).

Male, 24-25 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdomen dark
fuscous, palpi whitish beneath. Antenne fuscous, spotted
with whitish beneath. Forewings elongate, triangular, ter--
men gently bowed, oblique; dark fuscous; three white spots ;
first sub-costal near apex, divided into three parts by veins ;
second in cell at posterior extremity; somewhat quadrate ;
third large just beyond and below lower angle of cell ; a fourth
spot just below third; stigma, black, moderately erect, slightly

waved, from above inner margin beyond middle to base of
lower angle of cell; cilia ochreous-white, barred with fuscous-
ochreous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; color as in fore-
wings; a white median spot, divided into two parts by bi-
secting vein; cilia as in forewings. Under side of both wings
greyish-fuscous, somewhat ochreous tinged, forewings with
ochreous basal hairs; markings as above; a whitish streak
along upper half of termen. Hindwings with broad longi-
tudinal bars of whitish, one in middle extending from base
to termen, very conspicuous, and interrupted before extremity
of cell where there is a fuscous spot, and again at about midway
between cell and termen ; an indistinct white bar near costa;
a third near inner margin, both interrupted by a suffused fus-
covs spot at about two-thirds from base.

Somewhat hke 7’rapezites gracilis, Tep., but the stigma forms
a definite character.

Type in Australian Museum, Sydney; taken at Moonbar,
New South Wales; two specimens in March.

20. TELESTO CYCLOSPILA, 0. sp.

Male and female, 33-38 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax clothed with golden-
ochreous hairs, antenne spotted with white beneath, club red-
dish above, palpi beneath whitish. Forewings elongate, trian-
gular, costa faintly sinuate in middle, termen gently
bowed ; golden-ochreous, somewhat shining, basal third clothed.
with short yellowish hairs; markings golden, except sub-costal
spots which are whitish; a large quadrate spot in posterior
end of cell, indented above middle on anterior and posterior
edges; stigma black, erect, shghtly waved, but not broken
into spots, gently curved inwards above inner margin, from
two-thirds inner margin to base of veins 3 and 4; a moderate
cartridge-shaped spot touching upper extremity of stigma; a
similar smaller spot just below ; an oblique transverse series of
three whitish sub-costal spots at three-fourths from base; cilia
dull whitish, basal half fuscous. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; basal hairs orange, extending to middle; an elon-
gate-quadrate orange patch below cell in middle of wing ; some
orange scales below; cilia as in’ forewings. Underside of
forewings dull fleshy-ochreous ; wing below cell fuscous, except
above anal angle, which is pale yellowish ; markings of upper
side, except stigma, reproduced ; sub-costal spots edged’ pos-
teriorly with dark fuscous; upper margin of cell orange; an
oblique series of 3 spots below post-cellular cartridge-shaped

-spot, first moderate, quadrate, somewhat projecting anteriorly ;
-.second smaller, about half size of first; third elongate and
reaching termen, rounded anteriorly; cilia as above. Hind-
wings fleshy-ochreous, markings white, edged with fuscous; a
round spot at end of cell ;a curved series of 7 spots; first elon-
gate, below costa at just before two-thirds; second, largest,
immediately below and beyond; third and fourth small; fifth
and sixth moderate ; seventh small, last 5 parallel to termen ;
‘inner marginal area broadly pale yellowish ; cilia as above.

Allied to Dennysa, Hew., but separated by the fewer number
of spots of upper side, and especially by the totally different
color and markings of under side of hindwings, which in that
‘species is lilacine and the spots are very small and differently
placed.

Port Lincoln, South Australia; Melbourne, Victoria; two
‘specimens in November.

91. TELESTO DoNNYsa, Hew.

(Hesperilla donnysa, Hew. Male. Desc. Hesp., p. 39, n. 3,
1868 ; Butt. v. Hesp. and Cyclop, fig. 7, 1874; A. and S., Vict.
Butt., p. 102, 1893.)

Male and female, 33-40 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dark golden-fuscous, palpi and thorax whitish
beneath, thorax and abdomen clothed with yellowish hairs
above, antenne spotted with white beneath. Legs reddish-fus-
‘cous. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa almost straight,
‘termen hardly rounded, oblique; dark golden-fuscous mark-
ings yellowish; a moderately large elongate-quadrate spot in
posterior end of cell, anterior and posterior edges sinuate; a
-second, somewhat reunded, between veins 3 and 4 near base;
a third, larger, just below second ; a somewhat ovate spot above
inner margin at two-thirds from base, absent in male, or
‘faintly traceable; an oblique transverse series of 3 sub-costal
spots at three-fourths from base; stigma, black, narrow,
oblique, somewhat broken into spots from immediately above
inner margin to base of vein 4; cilia golden-fuscous. Hind-
‘wings with termen rounded; color as in forewings; basal and
inner marginal hairs long, orange; a moderate dull orange
band in middle of wing, divided into 3 spots by intervening
veins, upper spot quadrate, well developed, lower two obscure ;
ciliai ochreous, with fuscous spots at extremities of veins. Under
side of forewings dull fuscous, median) third dark fuscous ; inner
margin light ochreous ; markings of upper side, except stigma,
weproduced ; a suffused yellowish spot resting on vein | at two-

thirds from base; cilia as above. Hindwings beneath pale
fleshy lilac, with 7 fuscous spots; sometimes centred with
whitish ; first in cell near posterior extremity; second con-
siderably beneath costa, at two-thirds from base; the remain-
ing 5 in a transverse row at two-thirds from base, and-almost.
parallel to termen; inner margin broadly dull ochreous,
gradually attenuated from base; cilia as in forewings.

This species, although subject to slight variation in the de-
velopment of the spots of under side of forewings, may be re-
cognised by the narrow sexual band and small orange patch on
hindwings.

The larve, which feed on species of Cladiwm, are when full
fed about 35 mm. in length, head oblong and large, greenish-
brown with a conspicuous V-shaped mark, apex pointing
towards the body; there are also brownish markings on the
sides; the body is cylindrical, tapering slightly towards anal
extremity, uniform dull green, shghtly wrinkled and paler at
each segment; a dark green dorsal line; anal flap punctuated
with minute bristles. The chrysalis is moderately long, with
rugose projection on anterior segment. Found between
united leaves or stems, the larva first spinning a circular silken
pad about an inch:above, which prevents the leaves contracting
and enclosing the insects; the larve are full fed in November,
the pupal state lasting about a fortnight.

Ringwood, Victoria; Scottsdale and) Deloraine, Tasmania ;
Katoomba and Sydney, New South Wales; Blackwood and
Port Lincoln, South Australia; from November to January.

22. TELEsSTO cHaAosToLa, Meyyr.
(Trans. Linn. Soc., New South Wales, i1., p. 830, 1887.)

Male, 34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and abdomen fuscous:
grey, palpi becoming whitish beneath, hairs of abdomen yel-
lowish tinged. . Antenne black, annulated with white. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, costa nearly straight, termen
rounded, somewhat oblique; dark ochreousfuscous; basal
hairs yellowish; a slender ochreous-whitish line immediately
beneath costal edge on basal half (sometimes absent); spots
hght ochreous yellowish, thinly scaled ; one in middle of disc,
moderately large, sub-quadrate ; a second, smaller and sub-oval,
near beyond this in middle; 3 very small, adjacent, arranged
in a transverse series beneath costa at three-fourths; 2 other
similar spots obliquely beneath and beyond these; a black
stigma from beyond first discal dot to three-fifths of inner
margin; cilia grey-whitish, barred with fuscous, basal third

fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded; dark fuscous;
basal hairs yellowish ; a longitudinal oblong ochreous-yellow
blotch in middle of disc, surmounted by 3 or 4 cloudy yellowish
spots touching it; cilia whitish, basal third dark fuscous.
Underside: Forewings dark fuscous, paler along inner
margin, spots of upper side reproduced, but lighter in color ;
a triangular orange blotch extending beneath costa from near
base to first spot; three additional yellowish spots beneath
second discal spots, forming with it a transverse series; a
cloudy grey-whitish patch along upper half of termen, navr-
rowed at extremities and edged with dull purplish. Huind-
wings purplish fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with grey-whitish,
dorsal half more grey-whitish, excepting near termen; a twice
dentate dark purplish mark towards inner margin before
middle; 8 indistinct moderate spots outlined with dark fus-
cous, one before and above middle, one smaller in middle, re-
maining 6 forming a series (lower 3 adjacent) parallel to ter-
men at two-thirds; a series of obscure fuscous dots beyond.
Female, 36 mm. Color and markings as in male except-
ing stigma, the single post-cellular spot is somewhat more flat-
tened than in male, and immediately below it are 2 rather
larger spots, first sub-quadrate, second irregular cuneiform.
Allied to the preceding species, but very distinct by the
larger number of spots on forewings, besides other differences.
Blackheath, New South Wales; one male specimen taken by
Mr. G. H. Raynor in November; Huonville, Tasmania; one
female specimen taken by Mr. J. R. Norman in December.

23. TELESTO ANDERSONI, Kirby.

(Ann. Mag., N.H., vi., p. 434, 1893; A. and S., Vict. Butt.,
p. 118, 1893.)

Male and female, 28-30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne,
and abdomen dark ochreous-fuscous, palpi beneath ochreous-
whitish, antenne annulated with whitish beneath, club red-
dish. Legs ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa nearly straight, shghtly arched near base, especially
female, termen oblique, gently rounded; dark golden-fuscous,
with yellowish markings; basal hairs orange; a large elongate
spot in cell, occupying posterior half, strongly sinuate above ;
two somewhat quadrate spots beyond end of cell, upper lar-
gest; an erect, moderate black stigma, from immediately be-
fore last mentioned spots to inner margin at two-thirds; an
oblique series of 3 sub-apical spots beyond three-fourths of
costa; cilia dark fuscous, with a blackish hind-marginal line.

Hindwings with termen rounded ; color as in forewings; basal
and inner marginal hairs orange; an elongate median patch
of yellowish scales, reaching from base to beyond two-thirds of
wing, brightest on upper edge; cilia orange yellow.

Underside of wings purplish-fuscous, markings of forewings
reproduced, excepting stigma; basal two-thirds of cell filled
with orange; markings more or less edged with dark fuscous ;
cilia as above. Hindwings with two obscure parallel series
of transverse fuscous dots in middle, not reaching either mar-
gin; cilia dull ochreous, with a few blackish spots at base.

Female, 30-32 mm. Color as in male, but markings of fore-
wings golden-yellow, post cellular pair larger, spot in cell less
elongate, patch of yellow on hindwings more pronounced.

This species could at first sight be easily confused with
Chaostola, Meyr., but the absence of the two extra spots
beyond the post-cellular pair is a definite and reliable distinc-
‘tion, besides which Chaostola has only one post-cellular spot
in the male, but three large ones in the female.

Dandenong Ranges and Poowong, Victoria; in December
-and January.

24. TELESTO DISPAR, Kirby.

(Ann. Mag., N.H., vi. p. 436, 1893; TVrapezites dispar, A.
cand S., Vict. Butt., p. 117, 1893.)

Male,40 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen golden-ochreous,
more or less clothed with greenish-ochreous hairs; thorax and
abdomen beneath clothed with whitish hairs. Palpi blackish.
Antenne black, annulated with white beneath, club reddish-
carmine beneath. Legs reddish-fuscous. Forewings elon-
gate-triangular, costa nearly straight, termen gently bowed,
oblique; ochreous-fuscous, with somewhat golden reflections ;
markings golden-metallic; a large elongate-ovate spot in pos-
terior end of cell, somewhat indented in middle above; a
moderate, somewhat quadrate spot beyond lower extremity of
first spot, sometimes surmounted by 2 or 3 small additional
spots, but these are generally absent; stigma narrow, black,
more or less broken into 5 or 6 elongate spots, from inner mar-
gin at two-thirds, terminating between quadrate and ovate
spots; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded,
color as in forewings; base and inner margin clothed with
greenish-ochreous hairs; an elongate patch of dull orange in
middle of wing, not near reaching termen; cilia reddish-
‘ochreous, mixed with fuscous at base. Under side of forewings
‘reddish-ochreous, upper margin of cell narrowly orange
‘throughout, large cellular spot of upper side reproduced, and

edged posteriorly with blackish, which color is continued
obliquely to inner margin and basal area of wing; a large
golden--orange quadrate spot between veins 4 and 5; a second,
larger, immediately below; a third, somewhat paler and much
narrower below second ; a very elongate yellowish blotch imme-
diately below, extending to termen; a second, just below,
more or less suffused anteriorly; a very small whitish spot
between veins 7 and 8, blackish edged; cilia reddish-fuscous,
mixed with blackish, darker around inner margin. Hind-
wings and cilia reddish-ochreous, without markings.

A large and distinct species not nearly approaching any
other in general appearance. The species known as ldothea,
Miskin, is considered by some to be the female of the present
species, vide Kirby, Ann. Mag., N.H., vi., 436, 1893, which is
not improbable, but in the absence of authentic information
we prefer to keep them separate at present.

Hobart, Tasmania; Grampians, Wandin, and Macedon, Vic-
toria ; in December and January.

25. TELESTO IDOTHEA, Misk.

(Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, p. 152, 1889; A. and S., Vict.
Butt., p. 116, 1893.)

Female, 40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, mixed with greenish-ochreous hairs, whitish-ochreous
beneath. Antenne dark fuscous, annulated with white be-
neath, club reddish beneath. Legs ochreous. Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, termen gently bowed,
oblique; dark fuscous golden; markings golden, somewhat
hyaline ; basal hairs orange; a large irregularly quadrate spot
in posterior end of cell, anterior edge with a faint tooth in
middle, posteriorly slightly indented above middle; a cart-
ridge-shaped post-cellular spot beyond and below, apex almost
touching cellular spot; a second, elongate-quadrate imme-
diately below ; a third below middle of second, irregular- trian-
gular; a fourth, somewhat ovoid, immediately below- third,
sometimes joined to third by 2 or 3 golden scales; an oblique
transverse series of three quadrate sub-costal spots, lower lar-
gest; cilia fuscous, chequered with black. Hindwings with
termen hardly waved; dark fuscous inclining to blackish ;
basal and inner marginal hairs greenish-yellow; a very large
somewhat cuneiform patch of orange, from near base to two-
thirds of wing, bounded by veins 2 and 6, much dilated
posteriorly, posterior edge with 2 semi-circular excavations
between veins 2 and 4; cilia reddish-ochreous, chequered with

black at extremities of veins. Under side of both wings
reddish-ochreous, dorsal two-thirds of forewings blackish, not
reaching inner margin above middle; cellular and first 2 post-
cellular spots of upper side, reproduced; sub-costal, spots
hyaline, somewhat suffused and more or less edged with black ;
inner margin whitish-ochreous, except basal third, which is
blackish ; 2 lower post-cellular dots appear as elongate blotches
of whitish-ochreous ; some orange scales along upper margin of
cell; cilia as above. Hindwings with markings black, com-
prised of 3 small dots, with indications of a fourth; first and
second at two-thirds from base, between veins 2 and 4; third
between veins 6 and 7 at two-thirds from base; fourth hardly
traceable, preceding first; inner margin broadly dull white ;
cilia as above.

This insect is in all probability the female of the preceding
species, a view shared by others than ourselves, but as the
question in still in doubt it appears better to await further
information before insisting on the point.

It is an attractive and easily recognised) species, specially
characterised by the large brillant orange patch of hindwings.

The larva, which is similar to 7’rapezites vacchus in appear-
ance, feeds on Cladium. The pupa is blackish, with rugose
head.

Katoomba, New South Wales; Wandin and Healesville dis-
trict, Victoria; two specimens in December.

26. TELESTO FLAMMEATA, Butler.

(A and M.N.H. (5), ix., p. 85, 1882; 7’. eclipsis, Butl., L.c.,
p- 86, male; Hesperilla atromacula, Misk., Proc. Roy. Soc.,
Queensland, p. 148, 1889.)

Male, 28-34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, densely clothed with greenish hairs, beneath whitish-
ochreous. Antenne blackish, annulated with whitish, beneath
more or less whitish throughout, club reddish above, whitish
beneath. Legs dull reddish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-
triangular, costa somewhat arched at base, faintly sinuate in
middle, termen gently bowed, oblique; golden-ochreous, basal
two-thirds of wing more or less clothed with dense orange hairs,
somewhat curled in disc; markings yellowish; an irregular
elongate spot in posterior end of cell; a second, similar, imme-
diately beyond extremity of cell, between veins 3 and 4,
beneath which is a very large rounded patch of velvety black ;
a small sub-apical spot between veins 6 and 7; a suffused
blackish line along termen; cilia ochreous-fuscous, somewhat

chequered with blackish. Hindwings with termen somewhav
waved; color as in forewings; base and inner margin more or
less clothed with orange hairs; an elongate patch of orange
above middle of wing, between veins 4 and 6, not reaching
either margin; cilia ochreous. Under side of forewings
ochreous, somewhat reddish tinged ; costa from base to beyond
middle yellowish, markings of upper side reproduced, some-
what hyaline; black patch absent; median third of wing dark
fuscous, ground color becoming whitish-ochreous between vein
1 and inner margin; cilia as above. Huindwings with color as
in forewings, 2 or 3 small suffused fuscous spots at end of cell ;
‘a curved series of about 6 similar spots at two-thirds from base,
between veins 1 and 7; cilia as above.

Female, 28mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen blackish,
more or less clothed with greenish-ochreous hairs, beneath as
in male. Legs and antenne as in maie. Forewings as in
male, but termen more bowed ; ochreous-fuscous, more or less
wholly irrorated with purple reflections; basal hairs yellowish
wholly irrorated with purple reflections ; basab hairs yellowish ;
markings golden; a large roundish spot in posterior .end of
‘cell; a cartridge-shaped spot immediately below and beyond,
between veins 3 and 4; a similar, but larger spot immediately
‘below, separated from above by vein 3; an oblique transverse
row of 3 sub-costal spots, at about two-thirds from base, lower
largest ; cilia ochreous, with blackish points at extremities of
veins. Hindwings with shape, color, markings, and cilia as in
male. Forewings beneath with color as in male; markings
of upper side reproduced, but color dull ochreous. Uindwings
beneath with color and markings as in male.

An easily recognised species, especially the male. The
large black sexual blotch being a conspicuous character.

Healesville, Lake Tyers, Gisborne, Wandin, and Powong,
‘Victoria ; Como, New South Wales; in January and February.

27. TELESTO TYMBOPHORA, N. sp.

Male, 30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, legs,
and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi dull whitish beneath,
‘thorax and abdomen more or less clothed with ochreous hairs.
Forewings elongate, triangular, termen gently bowed, oblique ;
‘dark fuscous, clothed with scattered golden-ochreous hairs;
‘basal hairs ochreous, sparse; a very small hyaline dot at base
of veins 6 and 7; stigma large, roundish, just above vein | in
middle; cilia ochreous. Hindwings with termen faintly
sinuate before anal angle; color and cilia as in forewings;
basal and inner marginal hairs dull golden-ochreous. -

Under side of both wings dull fuscous, more or less sprinkled
with yellowish, so as to appear ochreous-fuscous ; dot of upper
side of forewings reproduced.

A curious and conspicuous species, closely allied to Flam-
meata. We once thought it might be an aberrant form of that
species, but having seen several specimens, all similar, we have
decided to name it.

Mount Kembla, New South Wales; one specimen taken in
December.

28. TELESTO ATRALBA, Tepp.

(Hesperilla atralba, Tepp. Trams. Roy. Soc., 8.A., lv., p.
33, t. 2, f. 5, 1881; Telesto dactyliota, Meyr, Proc. Linn. Soc.,
N.S.W., p. 831, 1887.)

Male and female, 25-33 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen fuscous grey, palpi whitish beneath, hairs of abdomen
yellowish tinged. Antenne black, slenderly annulated with
white. Forewings with costa almost straight, termen rounded,
almost oblique ; rather dark fuscous, in male ochreous shining ;
basal third clothed with pale ochreous-yellowish hairs; spots
pale whitish yellowish, thinly scaled, in male very small, in
female moderate; first in middle of disc, transverse; second
between veins 3 and 4 at base, roundish, in female with an
additional larger spot adjacent to it beneath ; three adjacent
spots, arranged in a transverse series beneath costa at three-
fourths; 2 others obliquely beneath and beyond; stigma in
male, strong, blackish, from lower angle of first spot to beyond
middle of inner margin; cilia grey-whitish, basal half barred
with darker. Hindwings with termen rounded; ground
color and cilia as in forewings, dorsal half clothed with pale
ochreous yellowish hairs; a pale ochreous-yellowish cloudy
longitudinal-oval discal blotch, beneath and beyond which are
several very obscure cloudy pale ochreous-yellowish spots, in
male tending to form a post-transverse series. Forewings
beneath dark fuscous; an obscure, yellowish suffusion beneath
costa on basal half; a triangular blotch suffused with
whitish grey, occupying apical fourth of wing; spots as above,
but in male with an additional spot beneath posterior discal
spot, asin female. Hindwings beneath light grey, mixed with
fuscous towards costa ; spots round, outlined with dark fuscous ;
a very small one beneath costa at one-third; a similar one
in disc before middle; two dot-like, before middle, towards
inner margin; seven moderately large spots, placed as an
acutely angulated post-median series.

Port Lincoln, Noarlunga, and Moonta, South Australia;
‘Geraldton, Western Australia; in October and November.

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29. TeLesto DovusLepayt, Feld.

(Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges., xil., p .491, n. 180, 1862; male,
Hesperilla dirphia, H.S., nec. Hew., Stett. Ent. Zeit,, p. 79,
n. 61, Taf. i1i., fig. 10, 1869; ? female, 7’el. Leachu, Feld., Verh.
Zool., Bot. Ges., xil., p. 491, n. 181, 1862; A. and S., Vict.
Butt., p. 126, 1893.)

Male and female, 28-30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,,
and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax, and abdomen clothed with
greenish-yellow hairs, beneath whitish, antenne spotted
beneath with yellowish, club reddish above, whitish beneath.
Forewings elongate, triangular, termen bowed, oblique;
ochrerous fuscous, with golden reflections; markings yel-
lowish; an elongate spot in cell, extending from beyond
middle to posterior extremity, where it is curved to upper
edge of cell; much shorter in female; a quadrate spot above
and beyond extremity of stigma; a second, smaller, just
below, becoming very large in female; an oblique transverse
row of 3 whitish spots beyond two-thirds from base; stigma
dull fuscous, edged on either side narrowly with black,
erect, somewhat waved, from immediately above inner
margin at two-thirds to before lower post-cellular spot, cilia
fuscous, mixed with whitish. Hindwings with termen hardly
waved; color as in forewings; a large patch of dull yellow
hairs, extending from base along inner margin to two-thirds,
more dense in middle, but not forming definite markings; cilia
yellowish, at base fuscous. Under side of forewings purplish-
fuscous, markings of upper side reproduced; a moderately
broad bluish white marginal streak, extending from middle
of termen to apex; inner margin broadly fuscous-whitish
throughout, cilia as above. Hindwings beneath purplish-fus-
cous, irrorated throughout with bluish white, except a sub-
median band of 5 contiguous moderate fuscous spots; cilia as
above.

At once recognised by the rich coloring of under side of
hindwings and curious cellular spot of male. We think that
the insect figured in “Victorian Butterflies,’ p. 126, as
Hesperilla arsenia, Plotz., represents the female of this
species, as there are seven spots, not six, on upper side of
Arsenia, male. There is an excellent figure of the male
(figured as Dirphia, Hew.) in Stett. Ent. Zeit., taf. iii., fig. 10.

Gympie, Duaringa, Mackay, and Brisbane, Queensland ;
Como and Sydney, New South Wales; Healesville and Wan-
din, Victoria; from November. to March.

30. TELESTO LEUCOSTIGMA, Nn. sp.

Male and female, 26-30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs, and abdomen golden-fuscous, antenne faintly spotted with
whitish, palpi beneath whitish, hairs of abdomen deep golden-
ochreous. Forewings elongate, triangular, termen gently
bowed, oblique; dark fuscous, finely sprinkled golden-
ochreous ; basal hairs golden-ochreous ; markings semi-hyaline,
faintly ochreous-tinged ; a sickle-shaped spot, in female some-
what quadrate, in posterior extremity of cell sometimes almost
obsolete in male; a transverse series of three sub-apical spots,
sometimes absent in male; a quadrate spot at base of veins
3 and 4, and a smaller one immediately below; stigma white,
moderately erect, faintly curved outwards at apex, entire,
edged on either with black; cilia ochreous-fuscous. Hind-
wings with termen rounded ; color as in forewings, but without
markings; basal and inner marginal hairs long, golden-
ochreous; cilia ochreous. Female with color as in male, but
markings more yellowish and much enlarged ; indications of a
small spot on vein 1 beyond middle. Under side of fore-
wings in both sexes fuscous, somewhat purplish tinged, becom-
ing dull ochreous along posterior half of dorsum ; markings of
upper side except stigma, reproduced. Hindwings more red-
dish-purplish, with 2 faintly indicated transverse rows of
fuscous spots.

Allied to Doubledayi, but differs from any other Australian
species by the white stigma, which is a very distinctive charac-
ter ; the occasional absence of the sub-apical spots and of cellu-
lar spot are curious forms of variation.

Kuranda and Brisbane, Queensland; Mount Kembla, New
South Wales; two specimens in October.

31. TELESTO ISMENE, Newm.

(T. parvulus, Plotz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 378, 1884;
Telesto wsmene, Meyr., Ent. Mo. Mag., p. 82, 1885; A. and S.,
Vict. But., p. 128, 1893 ; Hesperilla humilis, Misk, male, P.R.
Soc., Queensland, p. 150, 1889.)

Male, 24 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, thorax and abdomen mixed with golden-ochreous
hairs, palpi, thorax, and abdomen beneath whitish. Legs
ochreous-whitish. Antenne blackish, annulated with white,
club blackish, apex reddish beneath. Forewings elongate-
triangular, termen gently bowed ; ochreous-fuscous, with golden
reflections, basal third more or less clothed with short orange
hairs; markings whitish; a narrow, somewhat 8-shaped spot

in posterior end of cell, rarely obsolete ; a small roundish spot
almost touching apex of stigma; an oblique transverse row
of 3 small sub-costal spots, at about two-thirds from base, some-
times edged with fuscous; stigma hyaline, broadly edged with
black on either side, from inner margin just beyond middle,
somewhat curved outwards so as to nearly touch post-cellular
spot, anteriorly twice indented, much constricted below
middle ; cilia greyish-fuscous, with blackish points at extremi-
ties of veins. Hindwings with termen hardly waved; dark
fuscous, with golden reflections, hairs on base and inner
margin somewhat ochreous; cilia as in forewings. Under side
of forewings fulvous, markings of upper side, except stigma,
reproduced ; a dull whitish patch above anal angle. Hind-
wings with, a transverse sub-median band of about six indistinct
contiguous reddish-ochreous spots; cilia as above.

Female, 26-30 mm. With coloring as in male, 8-shaped,
post-cellular and sub-costal spots as in male, beneath post-
cellular spot is a larger spot, slightly and obliquely beyond ;
a smaller spot below this, and indications of another .beween
the two last-mentioned; cilia asin male. Under side of both
wings as in male, markings of forewings reproduced, except-
ing the two spots below second post-cullular spot; transverse
band of hindwings more pronounced than in male.

Closely allied to Dowbledayi, Feld. The male is
best distinguished by the cellular spot, which in
the present species is somewhat obscured but well
developed and large in Doubledayi. The female
is much more similar, but the additional post-cellular spots.
and coloring of hindwings are efficient characters to distinguish
it from that species.

Healesville, Nar-Nar-Goon, Lake Tyers, Victoria; Brisbane,.
Mackay, and Duaringa, Queensland.

32. TELESTO SExGUTTATA, Herr-Sch.

(Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 80, n. 64, t. 3, fig. 16, 1869).

Male, 30mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and abdomen
golden-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen
nearly straight, faintly sinuate on lower half; golden-ochreous,
markings pale ochreous ; a cartridge-shaped spot just above and
beyond apex of stigma; a second, much smaller, somewhat
triangular, immediately below; a third, more suffused below
second, and a fourth, suffused resting on vein 1; an oblique
transverse series of 3 (lower one more or less absent) sub-costal
spots before apex; second largest; stigma narrow, waved,

ohtique, entire, black; commencing at base of vein 5 and
terminating on vein l-near fourth spot; cilia pale ochreous,
with a dark line at base. Hindwings with termen faintly
waved; color and cilia as in forewings; a few ochreous hairs
below cell. Under side of both wings pale ochreous ; a broad
dull fuscous sub-median streak on forewings; markings of
upper side reproduced ; a dull whitish elongate patch on inner
margin near anal angle; cilia of both wings as above.

Female, 36 mm. Color and markings, except stigma, as in:
male, but spots larger, the fourth being conspicuous ; the third
is absent.

An easily recognised species; the absence of the third sub-
costal spot is curious. A specimen in the Macleay Museum,
probably referable to this species, has all the markings of fore-
wings, except stigma, obscured, otherwise similar. Herrich-
Schaeffer's figure is accurate; it represents the female.

Bowen, Queensland; two specimens, male and female, in.
Brisbane Museum collection.

33. TELESTO PERRONII, Latr.

(Hesperia perron, Latr., Enc. Meth.,1x.,p. 763, n. 100, 1819 ;
Tel. perronu, Bdv., Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 164, 1832; 7. Kochi,
Feld., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges., xii., p. 491, n. 179, 1862; Herr
Schaff., Ent. Stett. Zeit., t. 3, fig. 12; Hesperilla doclea, Hew.,
Desc. Hesp., p. 39, n. 4, 1868; ? Tel. arsenia, Plotz., Stett-
Ent. Zeit., xlv., 384, 1884.)

Male, 26-30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, thorax and abdomen clothed with greenish-ochreous
hairs, beneath whitish-ochreous. Antenne dark fuscous,
annulated beneath with ochreous-whitish, club reddish above,
whitish ochreous beneath. Legs _ ochreous. Forewings
elongate-triangular, termen gently bowed, oblique; ochreous-
fuscous, with golden reflections; base of wing clothed with
short dense yellowish jhairs; markings whitish, somewhat
hyaline; an elongate mark in posterior end of cell, posteriorly
narrowly curved upwards so as to becoming somewhat sickle-
shaped; a somewhat quadrate jost-cellular dot, just beyond
apex of stigma, indented above middle posteriorly; a small
dot obliquely below; a transverse series of 3 small sub-costal
spots, at about two-thirds from base; stigma black, broad,
entire, oblique, extremities much narrower, from immediately
above inner margin to just before first post-cellular quadrate
spot; cilia whitish, basal half fuscous. Hindwings with
termen rounded; color as in forewings; basal two-thirds of
inner margin clothed with long ochreous hairs; cilia as in
forewings. Under side of forewings fulvous, becoming fus-

cous from below cell and towards lower half of termen; inne
margin broadly fuscous-whitish ; markings of upper side re-
produced, but lower post-cellular spot much enlarged and some
what cuneiform; cilia fuscous-fulvous. Hindwings fulvous ;
a few obscure spots of fuscous near base ; a sub-median row of
transverse fuscous spots; cilia as in forewings.

Female, 34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne, legs, and
abdomen agin male. Forewings with costa arched at base,
termen bowed, oblique; ochreous-fuscous, somewhat tinged
with purplish, basal one-third of wing clothed with short
ochreous hairs; markings silvery-white ; an irregularly eight-
shaped spot at posterior end of cell, upper half much con-
stricted, and almost obsolete in some specimens; a cartridge-
shaped spot beyond lower extremity of cell; an elongate quad-
rate spot before and below it, separated by intervening vein ;
an oblique transverse row of 3 quadrate spots at two-thirds
from base, median smallest; cilia as in male. Hindwings
with termen rounded ; color as in forewings, basal two-thirds
of inner margin clothed with dull ochreous hairs. Under side
of forewings dull ochreous-fuscous; markings of upper side
reproduced ; inner margin as in male. Hindwings with color
as in forewings; sub-median series of dots as in male, but
hardly traceable ; cilia fuscous.

The male of this is_ easily recognised by the
broad black stigma, which indicates the species
with certainty; the female on the upper side is not
unlike a large female specimen of Doubledayi, Newm. We
have doubtfully quoted Arsenia, Plotz., as a synonym; possibly
that species 1s identical with female of /smene.

Larve full fed 25-30 mm. Head _ reddish-fuscous,
mixed with blackish and becoming broadly blackish
behind and on sides; V-shaped mark fuscous mode-
rately indicated, body cylindrical. moderately thick
throughout, hardly smooth; light fuscous, finely irrorated
with blackish. (In the early stages it is fleshy-pink,
without any traceable lines.) Dorsal well defined, moderate,
black ; spiracular, supra, and sub-spiracular dark fuscous, latter
very faintly indicated, spiracles small, fuscous; anal segment
paler than general ground color. Feeds on various grasses
(? Xerotes, Sp.); also bred from larve feeding on Cladiuwm
asperum. Pupe dark fuscous, shaped exactly as in T'rapezites
aacchus, Fab.

Sydney and Como, New South Wales; Ocean Grange, Vic-
toria; Brisbane to Mackay, Queensland; from November to
February, eleven specimens.

Fah

34. TELESTO compacta, Butl.

(Male. A.M.N.H. (5), ix., p. 87, 1882; female, Hesperilla
scepticalis, Rosen, f:c., xvi., p. 379, t. 11, fig. 2, 1885; A. and
SeVict.; Butt., p. 127, 1893-)

Male, 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen golden-
ochreous, densely clothed with short greenish-ochreous hairs ;
beneath whitish. Antenne dark fuscous, annulated beneath
with ochreous, club with apical two-thirds reddish. Legs red-
dish-ochreous, anterior pair mixed with whitish. Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched at base, faintly sinuate
in middle; termen bowed, oblique; dark golden-ochreous ;
markings yellowish-white; an elongate sub-crescentic mark in
posterior end of cell, posterior extremity hardly reaching end
of cell; a moderate roundish post-cellular spot above and
beyond apex of stigma; an oblique transverse series of 3 some-
what quadrate sub-costal spots, at about two-thirds from base,
median smallest; stigma short, black, somewhat broken into
spots, obliquely placed, from considerably above inner margin
towards anterior edge of post-cellular spot, but not near reach-
ing it; cilia ochreous-reddish, mixed with blackish and with a
dark fuscous terminal line. Hindwings with termen slightly
waved ; color as in forewings; base and inner margin clothed
with greenish-ochreous hairs ; markings yellowish-white ; 2 very
small roundish spots at one-third from base in middle; a trans-
verse band of four cartridge-shaped spots at about two-thirds
from base, upper one much smaller and touching second ; cilia
as in forewings. Under side of forewings yellowish-orange,
dorsal half broadly blackish-fuscous; markings of upper side,
except stigma, reproduced, but color more silvery, especially
sub-costal spots. | Hindwings reddish-ochreous; markings of
upper side reproduced in silvery white, and more or less edged
with dark fuscous; an additional similar and smaller spot lying
between veins 7 and 8 near base; 2 very small spots, one above
first spot of band ; second, adjacent to fourth spot of band, the
whole forming a band of six spots instead of four ; cilia reddish-
ochreous.

Female, 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, clothed with greenish-yellow hairs, beneath whitish,
abdomen beneath fleshy-white. | Legs reddish-ochreous. An-
tenne dark fuscous, annulated above and below with white,
club dark fuscous, beneath reddish. Forewings elongate-trian-
zular, cosa gently arched, termen bowed, oblique; dark golden-
fuscous ; basal area sparsely clothed with short ochreous hairs ;
markings whitish, semi-hyaline; a somewhat 8-shaped spot

in posterior end of cell, upper half constricted; a moderate-
cartridge-shaped post-cellular spot, considerably beyond first ;
a moderate quadrate spot below; a small triangular spot above
inner margin, at about two-thirds, lying on vein 1; cilia red--
dish fuscous, base blackish. Hindwings with color as in
forewings, termen rounded, basal and inner marginal areas-
more or less clothed with long orange hairs; a large yellowish,
in male orange, elongate-quadrate spot in middle of wing,
immediately below posterior extremity of cell; two small, suf-
fused, somewhat cuneiform yellowish spots, parallel to this,.
second hardly perceptible on account of density of inner mar-
ginal hairs; cilia as in forewings. Underside of forewings
with costal half orange-ferruginous, dorsal half more or less-
dark fuscous; a narrow streak whitish-lilac, from apex along
termen to above anal angle; markings of upper side repro-
duced ; cilia ochreous-ferruginous. Hindwings with color as.
in forewings, lilacine streak continued as a band for whole
length of termen, and edged above by its own width of dark
ferruginous, on upper extremity of which is a series of suffused
blackish, white-centred small spots; markings of upper side
reproduced in obscure ochreous-white ; two or three suffused
similar dots between posterior extremity of cell and base; cilia
as in forewings.

The male of this species stands conspicuously distinct by the
hyaline markings of hindwings, and approaches no other des-
cribed species from Australia ; the female is a totally dissimilar
looking insect, and was until recently considered a distinct ; im
fact, Watson (P.Z.S., 1893), stated that they constituted dis-
tinct genera, but Mr. Waterhouse has taken them frequently
in cop, which is decisive. The under side of this sex is not
unlike the female, Trapezites maheta, Hew. Mr. Miskin has
re-described (P.R. Soc., Queensland, p. 149, 1889) what he con-
siders the male of this species, and from the description it evi-
dently pertains to this species, although no mention is made
of the stigma being present.

Sydney, Newcastle, and Katoomba, New South Wales; Gis-
borne, Macedon, Wandin, Pakenham, Ferntree Gully, and Sale;
Victoria; four specimens from February to April.

Mr. Miskin records it from Port Darwin.

35. TeLesto senta, Misk.
(Female. Hesperiila senta, Misk., Ann., Q’nd, Mus. Supp.,.
1891.)
Male. 28mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdomen dark fus-
cous, abdomen ringed with whitish, palpi, and thorax beneath
ochreous-whitish. Antenne dark fuscous, spotted beneath

with whitish, club reddish. Legs dark fuscous, yellowish
tinged. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa faintly sinuate
in middle, termen hardly rounded, oblique; dark golden-fus-
cous; markings silvery white; an irregular quadrate spot in
posterior end of cell, strongly indented anteriorly and pos
teriorly, lower edge somewhat elongate; a dull ovoid spot
immediately below ; stigma narrow, entire, oblique, somewhat
whitish, edged posteriorly by a narrow black line, from two-
thirds of inner margin to base of veins 4 and 5; a somewhat
cartridge-shaped spot touching its apex; a small spot imme-
diately below preceding spot; an oblique transverse row of 3
cartridge-shaped sub-costal spots at two-thirds from base,
median smallest ; cilia dark fuscous-whitish. Hindwings with
termen rounded; color and cilia as in forewings; a moderate
ovate whitish spot at two-thirds from base, between veins 6 and
7; a similar spot at two-thirds from base, between veins 3 and
4. Under side of forewings dark fuscous, markings of upper
side, excepting stigma reproduced; cell with some orange
scales; 3 irregular suffused ochreous patches between inner
margin and cell, hardly forming definite markings. Hindwings
with color as in forewings; inner margin broadly irrorated
with yellowish scales; markings whitish more or less edged
with fuscous; a very obscure spot at base of veins 7 and 8; a
second in end of cell, moderate, roundish ; a third between veins.
7 and 8 at two-thirds from base; a fourth, ovate, largest, imme-
diately below; and two others, similar and parallel, between
veins 2 and 4; an obscure row of small parallel whitish dots
before termen.

Female, 31 mm., with color and markings as in male, but
forewings with an additional sub-costal spot, large quadrate
spot resting on vein 1 in middle, and the other spots much
enlarged, especially that between veins 2 and 3. Hindwings:
a large spot at posterior extremity of cell and a curved row of
six hyaline spots before and parallel to termen, apical one the
largest. | Under side as in male.

Nearest Croceus, Misk., but very distinct and easily recog-
nised by the number and arrangement of spots on upper side of
hindwings.

Cooktown and Cairns, Queensland; two specimens in
November.

The type (female) is in the Brisbane Museum.

36. TELEsTo cROocEUS, Misk.

(Male. Hesperilla croceus, Misk., Proc. Roy. Soc., Q’d, p-
150, 1889; female, /.c. nec., Croceus.)

Male and female, 30-36 mm. JHead, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs, and abdomen dark ochreous-fuscous, palpi beneath
whitish-ochreous, thorax clothed with yellowish hairs, abdomen
ringed obscurely with whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate,
triangular, costa nearly straight, termen gently bowed, ob-
lique; dark ochreous-fuscous, basal half of wing, especially in
male, clothed with dense golden-ochreous hairs; markings pale
ochreous; a transverse spot in posterior end of cell, in male
elongate and continued along lower margin of cell to near
middle, appearing somewhat sickle-shaped ; an oblique trans-
verse series of 3 sub-costal spots at three-fourths from base,
median smallest; a small quadrate spot between veins
-3 and 4 near base; another immediately below, between veins
2 and 3; in male elongate, narrow, in female large and cart-
ridge-shaped ; stigma black, erect, narrow, somewhat broken
into spots, from immediately above inner margin at two-thirds
to base of veins 3 and 4; cilia fuscous, becoming ochreous
around anal angle. Hindwings with termen rounded, faintly.
sinuate before anal angle, color and basal hairs as in forewings,
but yellow hairs mixed with scales and extending to beyond
three-fourths of wing; 2 round whitish ochreous spots, sepa-
rated by intervening vein, in middle of wing at two-thirds from
base; cilia ochreous, fuscous at base. Under side of both wings
fuscous, densely irrorated with orange-yellow scales, so as to
appear orange-eyellow; markings of upperside, except stigma,
reproduced ; inner margin broadly whitish-ochreous through-
‘out, more pronounced in female; markings of hindwings repro-
duced ; cilia brighter than above.

Nearest Xanthomera, but differs by presence of spots on
hindwings. Mr. Miskin, in describing the species, stated that
the female had no spots on hindwings, but the insect which
he mistook for the feriale of this species is the following
species. The female Croceus has spots on hindwings similar
to male, though sometimes obscured, and at first sight bears
a close resemblance on upper side to 7’rapezites tasmanicus,
Misk.

Brisbane, Cooktown, Cairns, and Townsville, Queensland ;
in October and November.

37. TELESTO XANTHOMERA, 0. Sp.

Male 30, female 36 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, legs
and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi whitish beneath, abdomen
ringed with whitish, thorax clothed with yellowish hairs. Fore-
wings elongate, triangular, costa faintly arched near base,

thence straight, termen gently bowed, oblique; ochreous-fus-
cous, with pale yellowish markings; basal hairs yellowish ;
stigma black, erect, edged with darker, entire, anteriorly den-
tate, from inner margin to base of veins 3 and 4; a large
spot in end of cell, anteriorly indented above middle; in male
becoming elongate on lower half; a second, somewhat cunei-
form, lying at base of veins 3 and 4; a third, cartridge-shaped,
immediately below; a fourth, ovoid, just below cellular spot,
touching third, and sometimes confluent with it; a fifth, suf-
fused, quadrate, lying on middle of vein 1; an oblique trans-
verse series of 3 quadrate sub-costal spots at twothirds froin
base; cilia ochreous-fuscous, barred with dark fuscous. Hina-
wings with termen rounded ; color as in forewings; basal hairs
yellowish ; an elongate, moderate patch of dull yellowish-
orange scales in middle of disc; cilia whitish ; barred with fus-
cous. Under side of both wings fuscous, densely irrorated with
with yellow scales, so as to appear yellow; markings of upper
side faintly reproduced ; lower portion of cell blackish ; a faint
blackish suffusion beyond post-cellular spots; hindwings with-.
out markings.

Somewhat allied to the preceding, but easily separated by
the absence of markings on hindwings above and below.

in one female specimen there are thirteen veins in forewing,
caused by the stalking of vein 3. It occurs in one wing only.

Brisbane and Cairns, Queensland; two specimens in March
and September. We have also seen specimens taken in Vic-
toria and New South Wales.

38. TELESTO CRYPSIGRAMMA, N. sp.

Male, 26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark
fuscous, mixed with ochreous, hairs beneath whitish. Antenne:
blackish (broken). Legs fuscous, mixed with whitish. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched at base, termen
rounded, oblique; golden-ochreous ; markings whitish, an irre-
gular mark in middle of cell, suffused; two roundish spots.
beyond apex of stigma, upper largest; an oblique transverse:
row of 3 sub-costal spots near apex, upper one hardly trace-
able; stigma black, entire, moderately thick, oblique, from
above inner margin to posterior extremity of cell, anterior edge
suffused, posterior edge well defined ; cilia fuscous-whitish (im-
perfect). Hindwings with termen faintly waved; color as in
forewings, sparsely clothed with golden-ochreous hairs towards
base; cilia fuscous. Under side of forewings dull ochreous-
fuscous ; markings of upper side faintly reproduced, excepting

post-cellular spots, which are prominent and somewhat en
larged ; a large roundish dull white blotch at anal angle; cilia
as above. Hindwings with color and cilia as in forewings.

This insect, although not in the best of condition for desecrip-
tion, indicates a species easily recognised by the paucity of
markings, and somewhat unusual shape of stigma, which latter
is similar to that of the male, 7. perronii, Latr.

Two specimens; Herberton, Queensland, in November.

39. TELESTO BATHROPHORA, N. sp.

Male, 28mm. JHead, palpi, thorax, antenne, and abdomen
blackish-fuscous, palpi, head, and thorax mixed with golden-
greenish hairs, antenne beneath annulated with whitish, club
whitish beneath, palpi and thorax whitish beneath. Legs
golden-fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently
arched at base, termen gently bowed, oblique; dark fuscous,
with a greenish-golden sheen; without markings; stigma
entire, moderate, whitish, oblique, edged on either side nar-
rowly with blackish, from above vein one to posterior extremity
of cell, anterior edge with a moderate projection in middle,
posterior edge moderately straight; cilia dark fuscous. Hind-
wings with termen rounded ; color and cilia as in forewings ;
without markings; a few golden-ochreous hairs towards base.
Under side of both wings ochreous-fuscous; inner margin of
forewings broadly dull-whitish ; cilia of both wings as above.

Female, 30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, legs, and
abdomen asin male. Forewings asin male, but termen more
bowed; markings white; a somewhat quadrate spot between
veins 4 and 5 near base; an oblique transverse series of 3 quad-
rate sub-costal spots, median smallest; cilia as in male, Hind-
wings with termen rounded; cilia asin male. Under side of
forewings as in male, markings of upper side reproduced ; cilia
as above. Hindwings somewhat darker; an obscure trans-
verse band of dull whitish scales, from beneath costa in middle,
curved round towards middle of inner margin, and there lost
in general ground color ; fainter indications of a parallel series
-above termen ; cilia as above.

A conspicuous and easily recognised species. Distinct from
all the known. Australian Congeners by the whitish stigma and
absence of markings in male. We believe this is the insect
that Mr. Miskin considered to be Halyza, Hew.

Mackay and Duaringa, Queensland; three specimens in
November and December.

fond

(. *TRapEzites, Hiib.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, more or less bent. Palpi
obliquely ascending or sub-porrect, terminal joint short, sub-
conical. Posterior tibie with all spurs. Forewings in male
without stigma; 5 parallel to 4 and 6, slightly nearer 6 at base.
Hindwings with 5 obsolete.

Differs from 7'e/esto, Boisd., by the absence of stigma in male.
The species vary very little, with perhaps the exception of
Tacchus and Phigalia. In the following tabulation it will
be noticed that the under side of hindwings forms the chief
characteristic. The male and female present no differences,
with the exception of the termen of hindwings of the former,
-which are somewhat prominent at anal angle.

1. Hindwings below fuscous, with a

single black, white-centred spot 41 Petalia.
Hindwings below yellow, with
similar spot and two additional
above termen ... a ... 40 Helromacula.
2. Hindwings below, with a sub-
median transverse row of large,
white, blackish-edged spots... 42 Symmomus.
Hindwings below without such
spots <i a ... 44 Maheta, female.
3. Hindwings below with 2 transverse
series of roundish silvery spots 44 Maheta, male.
Hindwings below with elongate
(one very elongate) silvery-
white streaks ... sek ... 46 Argenteo ornata
4. Hindwings above with a large
triangular orange median

patch, not cut by veins ... 43 Croites, female.
Hindwings above with transverse
orange patch cut by veins... 5

-5. Hindwings below fulvous, with 5
small white spots, blackish

edged... Et 424 Lacchus.
Hindwings below lilacine without
such spots oe 6

6. Forewings above with orange spot
in cell edged on either side

with black Be 50 Phigalia.,
Forewings above with cellular spot
not edged with blackish cent YS

7. Hindwings above with 2 small
roundish white sub-median

spots. ... 51 Tasmaneus.
Hindwings without markings eee
8. Hindwings beneath yellow, with
a single white, black-edged
median spot... 45 Lutea.
Hindwings beneath fuscous, with
similar buti more blackish spot 1
9. Hindwings beneath ochreous-fus-
cous, with 3 transverse series

of white lunulate spots ... 49 Gracilrs.
Hindwings beneath orange-fuscous,
with only one row of spots... 2

10. Forewings beneath with a very
large cuneiform black patch,
markings of upper side absent 47 Sphenosema.
Forewings beneath similar, but
spots of upper side more or
less reproduced aH ... 48 Paraphaes.

40. TRAPEZITES HETEROMACULA, N. sp.

Male, 36 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen golden-ochreous,
abdomen sparsely clothed with yellowish hairs, segmental mar-
gins narrowly whitish. Antenne fuscous, faintly annulated
with white, club ochreous beneath, reddish above. Palpi
ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, triangular, termen
gently bowed, oblique; fuscous, mixed with yellowish; a
narrow elongate bright orange streak along dorsum from base
to middle, finely attenuated at base; a somewhat suffused
roundish spot immediately above posterior extremity of this
streak; a large golden hyaline elongate-quadrate spot at base
of veins 3 and 4; a second, similarly colored, elongate-cart-
ridge-shaped spot immediately above, almost lying base of veins
5 and 6; a third quadrate in posterior end of cell; a transverse
series of three sub-apical cartridge-shaped spots; cilia fuscous,
becoming ochreous-tinged around anal angle. Hindwings with
termen faintly sinuate before anal angle ; color as in forewings,
but cell darker ; basal and dorsal hairs bright yellow ; a rather
short, moderate, irregularly edged, orange median band, pos-
terior extremity extending to vein 6, anterior continued along
cell towards base; cilia fuscous, becoming yellowish on ter-
minal half. Under side of forewings bright yellowish ; mark-
ings of upper side reproduced in pale whitish-ochreous. Hind-
wings with color as in forewings; band of upper side faintly
reproduced ; a moderately large black, white-centred median

spot; two small roundish, faintly fuscous edged whitish spots,
lying midway between large spot and termen, cilia of both
wings as above.

Appears to be intermediate in form between Petalia, Hew.,
and /acchus, Fab., differing from the former by the brighter
coloring and two additional spots on under side of hindwings,
and from the latter by more abbreviated band of upper side of
hindwings, and lesser number and position of spots on under
side of hindwings.

Type in coll., Macleay Museum.

Endeavor River, Queensland ; one specimen.

41. TRAPEZITES PETALIA, Hew.

(Hesperilla petalia, Hew., Descr. Hesp., p. 32, n. 25, 1868;
Herr-Schaff, Stett. Ent. Zeit, t. 3, fig. 11, 1869; Telesto mega-
lopis, Meyr., Trans. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., p. 832, 1887.)

Male and female, 28-32 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dark fuscous, antenne annulated with white be-
neath, palpi, thorax, and abdomen clothed with short ochreous
hairs. Legs whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa
nearly straight, termen hardly rounded, oblique; golden-
ochreous ; markings semi-hyaline, dull golden; an irrregularly
eight-shaped spot in posterior end of cell; in female much
enlarged and becoming somewhat quadrate ; a cartridge-shaped
post-cellular spot immediately beyond, indented posteriorly ; a
much larger, somewhat quadrate spot, immediately below, simi-
larly indented ; an irregular yellowish spot obliquely below;
in female much larger, quadrate, and more whitish; inner
margin from base to before two-thirds narrowly yellowish; an
oblique transverse series of 3 elongate quadrate sub-costal
spots, lower largest; cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half
fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded; color as in fore-
wings; dorsal half of wing clothed with long yellowish hairs,
excepting beneath yellowish patch; a moderate median yel-
lowish patch, immediately beyond cell, anterior edge distinct,
posterior edge somewhat suffused ; cilia as in forewings. Under
side of forewings dull ochreous, dorsal half dark fuscous, cell
broadly blackish towards posterior extremity; markings of
upper side reproduced; cilia as above. Hindwings grey-
whitish; a large distinct round black spot slightly above
middle of wing, suffusedly edged with dull yellowish; a small
white (in female large) spot in centre of black spot; cilia grey-
whitish.

Considerable confusion has arisen in the past in reference

to the correct identification of this species, it having until
recently been confused with Lutea, Tepp., and /acchus, Fab.
At first sight it could easily be mistaken for the former, but
the preponderance of yellowish markings on that insect, color-
ing of under side and longer forewings, separate the present
species with certainty ; fromiZacchus it is easily separated by its
smaller size, and especially by absence of small series of dots
on under side of forewings.

Brisbane and Mackay, Queensland; Como, New South
Wales; four specimens in March and November, appearing to
frequent Leptospermum.

42. TRAPEZITES SYMMOMUS, Hb.

(Zutr. Ex. Schmett., f. 225, 226, 1823; Matthew, Trans. Ent.
Soc., p. 183, 1888; Staudinger, Ex. Schmett, t. 100, 1888;
Telesto praxedes, Plotz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xlv., p. 378, 1884;
Trapezites symmomus, A. and §., Vict. Butt., p. 114, 1893.)

Male and female, 44-56mm. JHead, palpi, thorax, antennz,
and abdomen dark fuscous; abdomen and thorax mixed with
greenish hairs, becoming fulvous on thorax anteriorly, abdo-
men with yellow segmental rings, palpi beneath yellowish
orange, thorax beneath golden fulvous, abdomen beneath red-
dish, club of antenne beneath orange, apex reddish. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, termen bowed,
oblique; dark golden fuscous, markings golden, somewhat
hyaline; a large quadrate spot in posterior end of cell ; a mode-
rate somewhat cartridge-shaped post-cellular spot, between
veins 3 and 4; a large elongate spot immediately below, ante-
rior extremity extending to beyond middle of quadrate spot
in cell, anterior edge indented above middle; a small trian-
gular spot immediately below anterior edge; an oblique trans-
verse row of 3 quadrate sub-costal spots at two-thirds from
base; basal third of wing clothed with short orange hairs; a
moderate streak of orange along costa from base to end of cell ;
inner margin narrowly orange from base to before middle;
an irregular quadrate spot of orange immediately above
posterior extremity of last-mentioned streak ; cilia
dark fuscous, becoming orange around anal angle and lower
fourth of termen. Hindwing with termen gently waved;
dark fuscous, tinged with purplish; basal hairs orange; a
broad transverse median band of orange, between veins 1 and
6, irregularly waved above and below, becoming narrower
towards inner margin; cilia orange, becoming some-
what barred with fuscous at extremities of veins.. Under side

of both wings reddish-ochreous. Forewings with markings of
upper side reproduced, but triangular spot continued obliquely
and narrowly to vein 1, color yellow, as is inner marginal spot ;
base of cell triangularly blackish; a dark fuscous line beyond
the 3 sub-costal spots, gradually enlarging and becoming sud-
denly confluent over upper half of hindmarginal area of wing ;
cilia as above. Hindwing with markings white; a roundish
spot strongly encircled with black ; a spot at one-third of inner
margin edged with black on lower portion only; a curved
transverse row of 6 irregularly quadrate spots, edged with
blackish, especially on wpper margin; first between veins 1 and
2, largest; fourth and fifth smallest; sixth moderate, between
veins 6 and 7; cilia orange, with faint fuscous bars at extre-
mities of veins.

Larva full fed, 36-40 mm. Stout, cylindrical, tapering to-
wards posterior segments, body rugose throughout. Head
dark fuscous, becoming blackish posteriorly, usual V-shaped
lines whitish, hardly meeting posteriorly, and edged with
blackish on inner edges; face reddish-fuscous, body
reddish -fuscous, minutely with blackish; dorsal line
broad, blackish, not well developed except on_ edges,
supra-spiracular similar; ‘spiracular and __ sub-spiracular
lighter fuscous, hardly traceable, spiracles small, blackish. Full
fed in October. Feeds on Yerotes longifolia and Cladiwm.
The pupa is sub-cylindrical, fuscous and spotted with blackish,
the posterior segments are somewhat pointed.

Easily recognised by its large size and brilliant coloring.

Watson (P.L.S., 1893) spells the name Symmonus.

Mackay and Brisbane, Queensland; Frankston and Gram-
pians, Victoria; Waverley and Como, New South Wales; five
specimens November to April.

42a. TRAPEZITES IACCHUS, Fab.

(Paptlis iacchus, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 532, n. 389, 1775;
Don, Ins. New Holl., t. 31, fig. 1, 1805; Bowsd. (Steroprs
zacchus), Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 169, n. 3, 1832; Trapezstes
eliena, Hew., Desc. Hesp., p. 32, n. 24, 1868; Hesperra maheta,
Misk. (nec., Hew.), Ann., Queensland Mus., p. 78, 1891;
T. iacchus, A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 115, 1893.)

Male and female, 34-38 mm. JHead, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen dark fuscous, clothed with pale greenish-yellow hairs,
beneath pale yellowish. Antenne fuscous, annulated with
ochreous, posterior half beneath ochreous, apical half of club
reddish beneath: Legs dull orange. Forewings elongate-

triangular, costa gently arched, termen bowed, oblique, varying
from golden fuscous to dark fuscous; markings as in Symmo-
mus, but triangular spot beneath elongate spot absent; cilia
dark fuscous, terminal half yellowish, especially round anal
angle. Hindwings with termen gently waved ; color as in fore-
wings; basal and inner marginal hairs orange; a transverse
band of orange between veins | and 6, divided by veins into 4
spots, first narrow; second narrow, wedge-shaped ; third simi-
lar, but smaller; fourth large, elongate-quadrate, reach-
ing from end of cell to above inner margin, but not near reach-
ing it; ciliaasinforewings. Under side of both wings orange-
fulvous, upper two-thirds of forewings blackish-fuscous, except-
ing a wedge-shaped streak of ground color along termen;
markings of upper side reproduced ; ciliaas above. Hindwings
with 5 black, white-centred spots; first large, in cell near pos-
terior extremity ; second, third, and fourth moderate, arranged
in a curved series at two-thirds from base, between veins 1 and
4; fifth small, obscure, at about two-thirds from base, between
veins 6 and 7; inner margin broadly pale yellowish ; cilia dull
orange.

Allied to the preceding, but apart from its much smaller
size it can be chiefly distinguished from that species by the
orange band of hindwings being divided into spots by inter-
vening veins, whilst in Symmomus it is entire. It also differs
by the fewer number of spots on under side of hindwings,
which in Symmomus are 8 in number. In the present species
there are but 5. Most authors quote elena, Hew., as a
synonym, but it is just possible in error, as we possess an insect
certainly allied to zacchus, but quite distinct, but not in a
fit condition for identification. | Hewitson’s description ind:-
cates a differently colored insect to zacchus.

Larve and pup are similar to Symmomus in appearance and
habits. Feed on Xerotes multiflora, R. Br. (Brownz, F. v. M.),
Graminacee ; the imago are not uncommon on Leptospermum
blossoms (R#. [/lidge).

Frankston, Macedon, Gisborne (Zyell), and Ocean Grange
(Wise), Victoria; Waverley and Como, New South Wales ;
Duaringa, Brisbane, and Mackay, Queensland; Hobart and
Deloraine, Tasmania; eleven specimens from October to
January, most common in December.

43. TRAPEZITES CROITES, Hew.

(Cyclopides crottes, Hew., Ex. Butt., v., fig. 14, 1874;
Astictopterus croites, Misk., Ann. Queensland Mus., 78, 1891.)

Female, about 25 mm. Forewings dark fuscous, with yellow
hairs towards base ; an oblique yellow band before middle, not
reaching costa or dorsum, posterior edge with double promin-
ence above middle; a transverse-oblong yellow spot beneath
costa at two-thirds, another beyond this between veins 4 and
6, and an irregular band at two-thirds from vein 4 to near
dorsum ; cilia pale yellowish, spotted with dark fuscous. Hind-
wings dark fuscous, with a large irregular well-defined yellow
patch in disc; cilia as in forewings. Under side of forewings
as above, but with ochreous-whitish apical patch. Hindwings
fuscous, almost wholly suffused with ochreous-whitish ; discal
patch and a dorsal streak dilated to tornus, cream color.

The specimen being a female, the genus is doubtful. Des-
cribed from the type which is probably. unique, in British
Museum.

Western Australia.

44, TRAPEZITES MAHETA, Hew.

‘Male. Hesperia maheta, Hew., Ann. N. H. (4), xix., p. 80,
1877; Trapezites tacchus, Misk. (nec. Hew.), Ann. Queensland
Mus., 78, 1891.)

Male and female, 30-38 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdo-
men dark fuscous, thorax and abdomen mixed with ochreous
hairs, whitish beneath, antenne dark fuscous, annulated with
white beneath, club ochreous-whitish, apical half reddish be-
neath. Legsreddish fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa gently arched, termen gently bowed, oblique, faintly
sinuate above anal angle; dark fuscous, with golden reflec-
tions; basal hairs yellowish, a yellowish sub-costal streak, suf-
fused, from base to before middle ; markings golden, somewhat
hyaline ; an irregular quadrate spot in posterior of cell, ante-
rior edge constricted above middle, causing lower half to pro-
ject somewhat, posterior edge faintly sinuate; a small some-
what quadrate spot considerably beyond, lying between veins
3 and 4 near base; a large cartridge-shaped spot lying just
below, anterior edge from beyond middle of cellular spot, pos-
terior edge to below middle of quadrate spot ; an oblique trans-
verse row of 3 somewhat roundish sub-costal spots at two-thirds
from base; a somewhat moderate pentagonal spot of whitish-
ochreous, below anterior edge of cartridge-shaped spot; inner
margin narrowly yellow from base to beyond middle ; cilia dark
fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, somewhat promi-
nent at anal angle; dark fuscous, somewhat purplish tinged ;
basal and inner marginal hairs long, yellowish-green ; a mode-

rate, broad, transverse post-median band of yellow, at two-
thirds from base, bounded by veins 1 to 6, edges more or less
emarginate ; cilia whitish suffusedly barred with fuscous at
extremities of veins. Under side of both wings reddish-
ochreous, somewhat tinged with flesh color; markings of upper
side reproduced in pale yellow-whitish; upper margin
of cell more or less yellowish, dorsal two-thirds of
wing, excepting middle third of termen fuscous. Hindwings
with 7 silvery-metallic spots, edged with fuscous; first largest,
lying at base of cell, irregular-quadrate; second, somewhat
pyriform, parallel and anterior to first; third moderate, at
two-thirds from base, lying between veins | and 2; fourth
small, immediately beyond ; fifth smallest, just beyond fourth ;
sixth small, elongate, at two-thirds from base, lying between
veins 6 and 7, and surmounted by a small fuscous dot; 2 very
small spots parallel to fifth; yellow band of upper side some-
what reproduced in fleshy-ochreous; inner margin and anal
angle dark fuscous; cilia as above.

This species stands in some collections as Phigalia, Hew.,
and although superficially somewhat similar it differs prin-
cipally from that species by the color and markings of under
side of hindwings, the color of J/aheta being fleshy, whilst in
Phigalia it is whitish, with a lilacine tinge. The silvery
markings of under side of hindwings of male are a good dis-
tinction; the markings of upper side of forewings are much
more abbreviated than in Phigalia; the base of wing is very
scantily clothed with hairs; in Phigalia they are dense. The
orange band of hindwings is narrower and extends much nearer
to inner margin than in the other species mentioned. It is
just possible that the insect figured on page 119, “Victorian
Butterflies,” is intended for the male of Maheta, although it is
named Phigalha.

Brisbane and Mackay, Queensland ; Waverley and Bathurst,
New South Wales; five specimens from December to April.

45. TRAPEZITES LUTEA, Tepp.

(Hesperilla lutea, Tepp., Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., iv., p. 33, t.
2, f. 6, 1877; Trapezites petalia, Misk. (nee. Tepp.), Ann.
Queensland Mus., #9; °1891;)

Male and female, 30-40 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdo-
men dark fuscous, clothed with greenish yellow hairs, beneath
yellowish-white. | Antenne dark fuscous, annulated beneath
with white, club yellowish-white beneath, apical half reddish.
Legs yellowish- -white. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa

gently arched, termen gently bowed, oblique ; ochreous-fuscous,
golden tinged; basal two-thirds of wing clothed with short,
dense, greenish-yellow hairs; markings pale yellow, opaque ;
an irregularly shaped spot in posterior end of cell; a second
considerably beyond, hardly below; a much larger somewhat
roundish gpot obliquely before and below second; a fourth
somewhat suffused, considerably before and below third; an
oblique transverse series of 3 somewhat ovate sub-costal spots
at two-thirds from base, median largest; cilia dark fuscous,
becoming whitish at tips and around anal angle. Hindwings
with termen rounded, color as in forewings; a large patch of
long yellowish-green hairs from base along inner margin, oc-
cupying two-thirds of wing, on posterior extremity between
inner margin and vein 4, the hairs appear to form 3 elongate
streaks, separated by intervening veins; an elongate-quadrate
patch of pale yellow at two-thirds from base, parallel to upper
elongate streak of hair; cilia pale yellowish-white. Under
side of both wings yellow; markings of upper side of forewings
reproduced in pale yellowish-white, excepting sub-costal spots,
which are hardly traceable; dorsal two-thirds of wing dark
fuscous, excepting median third of termen; cilia whitish.
Hindwings with a moderately large silvery-white roundish spot
at end of cell, edged with black; cilia as in forewings.

Not unlike Petalia, Hew., but the preponderance of yellow
above and below affords a ready test for recognition.

Stonyfell and Port Lincoln, South Australia; two specimens
in November; also from Duaringa, Queensland; and Hobart,
Tasmania.

46. TRAPEZITES ARGENTEO-ORNATA, Hew.

(Cyclo pides argenteo-ornatus, Hew., Desc. Hesp., p. 41, n. 4,
1868 ; Ex. Butt., v., Cyc. and Hesp., fig. 18, 19, 1874; Astictop-
terus argenteo-ornatus, Misk., Ann. Queensland Mus., p. 79,
1891.)

Male and female, 30-36 mm. Head, antenne, thorax, and
abdomen dark golden-fuscous, post-orbital rims white, antennze
spotted with white beneath, club blackish, apex crimson, thorax
and abdomen clothed with yellowish hairs. Palpi yellowish-
white. Legs ochreous-white. Forewings elongate, triangu-
lar, costa slightly arched at base, thence straight, termen
oblique, faintly rounded; dark fuscous; basal hairs dense,
appressed, orange-ferruginous; markings yellowish-orange; a
moderate, in male small, irregular quadrate spot in posterior
end of cell; a second, quadrate, midway between first spot and
termen ; a third, similar, below and considerably before second ;

a fourth, largest, considerably above inner margin in middle ;
an oblique transverse series of 3 quadrate sub-costal spots at
two-thirds from base; cilia fuscous, chequered with whitish
Hindwings with termen rounded, hardly prominent at apex ;
color as in forewings; basal and inner marginal hairs golden-
ochreous; an elongate bright orange patch below middle of
wing, nearer to costa than in inner margin; cilia as in fore-
wings, but more whitish, especially round anal angle. Under
side of forewings dark fuscous ; costa with a moderately thick
streak of yellowish, from base to apex, becoming blotch-like
at apex and upper half of termen; markings of upper side re-
produced, sub-costal spots almost white; cilia as above. Hind-
wings beneath fuscous-yellowish ; markings metallic-silvery,
edged with blackish ; yellow post-median patch reproduced, but
color yellow; a narrow elongate streak below costa, close to
base; a second, similar, but smaller, below costa in middle ;
a third, somewhat diamond-shaped below costa before apex ;
a fourth in cell, elongate, narrowed, and slightly curved on
upper third; a fifth, elongate, lying on vein 1 at one-third
from base; a transverse row of 4 roundish spots at two-thirds
from base, commencing at vein 1 and ending at lower extre-
mity of yellow patch; inner margin broadly dull yellowish ;
cilia as in forewings.

Exceptionally distinct by the elongate silvery-metallic
markings on under side of hindwings.

Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia; in October and
November.

47. TRAPEZITES SPHENOSEMA, Ni. sp.

Female, 34 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, legs, and
abdomen dark fuscous, palpi beneath ochreous-whitish, an-
tenne annulated with whitish. Head and thorax clothed with
golden-ochreous hairs, abdominal margins dull whitish. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, termen gently bowed, oblique; dark
fuscous; basal half of wing clothed with short golden-ochreous
hairs; markings obscure, dull ochreous; a small double spot
in posterior extremity of cell; a second at base of veins 3 and
4; a third immediately below second, and an oblique trans-
verse series of three sub-apical ones; cilia ochreous. Hind-
wings with termen rounded; color and basal hairs as in fore-
wings, but hairs longer and extended along dorsum ; cilia as
in forewings. Underside: Forewings ochreous; a very large
cuneiform black patch occupying upper five-sixths of wing, its
apex directed to base. Hindwings ochreous-yellowish ; a faint
reddish spot in posterior extremity of cell; a faint transverse

post-median series of similar but smaller spots; cilia pale
ochreous.

In the absence of the male the correct generic position can-
not be assured, but in all probability it is nghtly referred.

The curious wedge-shaped mark on underside of forewings is
distinctive.

Perth, Western Australia; one specimen in November. We
have seen others from the same locality.

48. TRAPEZITES PARAPHAES, Nl. sp.

Female, 25 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, legs, and
abdomen dark fuscous, head and thorax clothed with mode-
rately long yellowish hairs, antenne spotted with white be-
neath, palpi whitish beneath. Forewings elongate-triangular,
termen gently bowed, oblique; dark fuscous, with ochreous
markings ; basal hairs ochreous; costal edge ochreous ; a small
quadrate gpot in posterior extremity of cell; a second, similar,
lying at base of veins 3 and 4; a third immediately below
second, and a fourth resting on vein | at two-thirds from base ;
an oblique transverse series of three sub-apical spots, upper
smallest; cilia ochreous. Hindwings with termen rounded ;
color cilia and basal hairs as in forewings, but basal hairs more
dense and continued along dorsum. Under side: Forewings
ochreous, markings of upper side, except spot on vein 1 re-
produced ; absent in some specimens; a large cuneiform black
patch occupying upper five-sixths of wing, apex directed to
base. Hindwings ochreous, somewhat tinged with reddish ;
two series (supra-median and sub-median) of obscure dull red-
dish spots; cilia of both wings as above.

Closely allied to the preceding, differing in its smaller size,
coloring, and different shaped wings. The descriptions of this
and the preceding read much alike, but the insects when
placed side by side are quite distinct in appearance and easily
separable.

Perth, Western Australia; one specimen received from Mr.
Reid, taken in November. Mr. G. A. Waterhouse has a male
specimen from King George’s Sound. It differs only in the
absence of spots on under side of forewings.

49. TRAPEZITES GRACILIS, Tepp.

(Pamphila gracilis, Tepp., Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., iv., 34, t. 2,
fig. 7, 1881.)

Male and female, 26-32 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen dark fuscous, palpi and thorax clothed with greenish-

yellow hairs, abdominal segments narrowly whitish. Legs
reddish fuscous. Antenne dark fuscous, annulated with white,
club dull reddish beneath. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa slightly arched at base, termen slightly bowed, oblique ;
dark golden-fuscous, with white markings; a somewhat reni-
form spot at end of cell; an outwardly curved series of five
quadrate sub-costal spots, from beneath costa at two-thirds,
curved round to meet another series of four similar spots which
terminate above inner margin at two-thirds, fifth spot of upper
series smallest, second spot of lower series largest ; cilia fusceus,
chequered with white. Hindwings with termen rounded ;
color and cilia as in forewings; basal and inner marginal hairs
golden-fuscous. Under side of forewings dark fuscous, except-
ing a moderately broad streak of reddish-ochreous along costa
and apical third of termen; markings of upper side not wholly
reproduced, but in male all markings reproduced, excepting
lower 2 of second series of spots; spots of first series white,
accompanied by a parallel series of 4 triangular white spots
near termen, anteriorly blackish edged; the last-mentioned
series of spots are also visible in female; cellular and other
markings dull ochreous, hardly traceable in female; cilia as
above. Underside of hindwings fulvous; markings
white ; an elongate cuneiform spot, from base to beyond middle
of cell, dilated posteriorly ; a narrow elongate spot lying above
and beyond posterior extremity of first; a third, small, con-
siderably beyond second ; a fourth, very large, quadrate, imme-
diately below third, with an elongate projection on upper pos-
terior edge; a fifth, quadrate, lying between veins 1 and 2;
irregularly indented above and below; a curved series of 5
(sometimes 6) parallel spots, between veins 1 and 6, indented
above and below; fourth spot twice indented and sometimes
separated into 2 spots; all markings more or less edged with
dark fuscous, excepting posterior edges of last-mentioned spots ;
cilia as in forewings.

Easily distinguished by the markings of forewings and sepa-
ration of all markings of under side of hindwings. It may be
identical with Astictopterus cynone, Hew. Hewitson’s figure
(Ex. Butt., v., f. 14, 1874) approaches it so closely as to admit
of little doubt.

Semaphore and Henley Beach, South Australia ; Gunbower,
Victoria; several specimens taken in June and December.

50. TRAPEZITES PHIGALIA, Hew.

(Hesperilla phigalia, Hew., Desc. Hesp., p. 32, n. 23, 1868 ;
Herr Schaff., Stett. Ent. Zeit., t. 3, fig. 15, 1869; T’elesto phlea,

Plotz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xlv., p. 378 (? 1884); Trapezites
phiilyra, Misk., Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, p. 153, 1889;
female, A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 119, 1893.)

Male and female, 34-40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen dark fuscous, densely clothed with long greenish-
yellow hairs, beneath whitish. Legs fuscous-whitish, all
coxe white. Antenne fuscous, annulated with white above
and below, club beneath whitish, apical half reddish. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, costa shghtly arched at base, faintly
sinuate in middle, termen hardly bowed, oblique; dark
fuscous-golden ; markings orange; basal half of wing more or
less clothed with short dense orange-yellow hairs; an irre-
gularly quadrate spot in posterior end of cell, deeply indented
anteriorly and posteriorly, ground color on either side becom-
ing black ; a large, in male small, elongate quadrate spot, below
first-mentioned spot, surmounted at its posterior apical
extremity by a moderate quadrate spot; a very small spot
below second spot, near anterior extremity; an irregularly
shaped yellowish, somewhat opaque spot, above inner margin
in middle, in female almost touching lower edge of second spot ;
an oblique transverse series of 3 roundish, white, subcostal
spots, at two-thirds from base, median smallest ; inner margin
narrowly edged from base to beyond middle with short orange
hairs; cilia dull whitish, chequered with fuscous, basal half
wholly fuscous. Hindwings with color asin forewings, termen
faintly waved, apex and anal angle somewhat prominent, more
especially in male, base and inner margin broadly clothed with
loag orange hairs; median band, between veins 2 and 6, twice
dentate below and once above, posterior half much dilated ;
cilia as in forewings. Underside of both wings fleshy-whitish,
somewhat lilacine tinged; three subcostal spots reproduced as
above, accompanied below and beyond by two small fuscous
dots; cell of forewings orange, becoming confluent with
quadrate spot of upperside, in female containing a suffused
blackish quadrate spot in middle, in male much smaller and
somewhat pointed; an irregularly shaped patch of blackish
beyond end of cell; other spots of upperside reproduced, some-
what confluent and edged posteriorly by 3 elongate-quadrate
spots, separated by intervening veins; a somewhat cuneiform
blackish spot just below blackish spot in middle of cell; cilia
dull whitish, chequered obscurely with fuscous. Hindwings
marked with a series of small, roundish fuscous rings filled
with ground color; first roundish, between veins 7 and 8, at
one-third from base; second irregular in cell, diamond shaped

near posterior extremity ; third, irregular shaped, between veins

7 and 8 at two-thirds from base; fourth, below and beyond,
between veins 6 and 7; fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth
forming a slightly curved transverse row at two-thirds from
base, between veins 1 and 6, posterior pair much smaller, ninth
sometimes with an adjacent fuscous fleck; tenth, small, con-
siderably above ninth, accompanied by a similar fleck ; cilia as
in forewings, but less chequered.

The larve, which is very similar in appearance to Lacchus,
feed on Cladium.

Not unlike Maheta, Hew., but the differences between the
two species will be found explained at the footnote in reference
to that species.

Gisborne, Macedon, Toora, Dutson, and Wandin, Victoria ;
Sydney and Katoomba, New South Wales; Rockhampton
(Miskin), Ithaca Creek (Z//idge), Queensland ; Blackwood and
Highbury, South Australia; several specimens from Septem-
‘ber to March, November being the month when the species
1s commonest.

51. TRAPEZITES TASMANICUS, Misk.

(Hesyerilla tasmanicus, Misk., female, Proc. Roy. Soc.,
Queensland, p. 149; Z'elesto comma, Kirby, Ann. Mag. N.H.,
vi., p. 436, 1893.)

Male and female, 26-28 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen dark fuscous, more or less clothed with greenish-
yellow hairs, beneath whitish. Antenne dark fuscous, annu-
lated with white, club reddish beneath. Legs whitish. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, costa somewhat sinuate in middle,
termen faintly rounded, oblique; dark golden fuscous; basal
third of wing clothed with short yellowish hairs; markings
pale ochreous-white ; a large irregular-shaped spot in posterior
end of cell, constricted above and becoming somewhat elon-
gate on lower edge; an elongate-quadrate spot midway between
last-mentioned spot and termen, surmounted by a_ small
roundish spot; an oblique transverse series of 3 small quadrate
‘sub-costal spots at two-thirds from base, median smallest; in-
dications of 2 small yellowish spots below cellular spot; cilia
dull whitish, chequered with fuscous. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; color as in forewings; basal and inner marginal areas
clothed with moderately long yellowish hairs; 2, rarely 3, con-
spicuous, moderate, roundish whitish spots below middle of
wing, only separated by intervening veins. Under side of
forewings dark fuscous; a large grey-whitish triangular patch,
extending from 3 sub-costal spots to apex and continued

middle of termen ; cell with a few orange hairs; markings of.
upper side reproduced, excepting yellowish spots; cellular spot
edged with blackish ; inner margin narrowly dull-whitish ; cilia
whitish, chequered with black. Hindwings fuscous, wholly
irrorated with grey-whitish scales, excepting 2 transverse irre-
gular rows of small fuscous dots, at one-third and two-thirds
from base; spots of upper side reproduced and edged with
blackish ; cilia as in forewings.

Distinct by the markings on hindwings; a similar character
eccurs in Zelesto croceus, Misk., but the smaller size, absence of
stigma in male, and additional spots on forewings, easily sepa-
rate it from that species.

Hobart, Tasmania; Gisborne, Healesville, Lilydale, and
Gembrook district, Victoria; four specimens, from November
to January.

8. *Exometz#ca, Meryr.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, bent. Palpi subporrect,
terminal joint moderately long, pointed. Posterior tibie with
all spurs. Forewings of male without stigma; 5 parallel to
4 and 6, slightly nearer 6 at base. Hindwings; 5 present,
somewhat nearer 6 at base.

Contains only the single species, which has the facies of
some species of 7’rapeztes. The presence of vein 5 in hind-
wings is, however, a distinctive character.

52. EXOMETHCA NYCTERIS, MEyr.

(Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., ser. i1., p. 833, 1887).

Male, 27 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen yellow-
ochreous, palpi whitish on lower half, antenne grey, club car-
mine above. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly
straight, termen hardly rousided: somewhat oblique ; ochreous-
fuscous, towards costa posteriorly tinged with darker fuscous ;
costal edge tuscous; a small dark fuscous longitudinal spot at
base, near inner margin; a dark fuscous transverse linear mark
in disc above middle; a cloudy fuscous dot beneath vein 2 be-
fore middle; 2 very small white spots, margined with dark
fuscous, placed transversely in disc at two-thirds, upper be-
tween veins 3 and 4 at base; 2 dark fuscous dots placed trans-
versely beneath lower of these; 3 very small white adjacent
spots placed transversely beneath costa at three-fourths, mar-
gined posteriorly by a dark fuscous line, somewhat produced
beneath; cilia fuscous, mixed with ochreous, becoming
ochreous-yellowish towards anal angle. Hindwings with ter-
men rounded; color as forewings, base more yellowish, costal

third wholly dark fuscous ; a cloudy fuscous transverse mark in
disc before middle; a curved transverse row of 5 very small
cloudy dark fuscous spots at two-thirds, extending from near
costa to below middle; cilia fuscous, mixed with ochreous.
Under side of forewings fuscous, dorsal third pale whitish
ochreous; white spots as above; a whitish transverse discal
mark, margined with dark fuscous; a cloudy purplish blotch
at three-fourths, reaching from costa two-thirds across wing,
and enveloping the white spots. Hindwings beneath rather
light fuscous, towards anal angle somewhat suffused with
ochreous-whitish ; a small, somewhat darker crescentic discal
spot before middle; four very small darker fuscous spots ar-
ranged in a straight transverse series at two-thirds, one being
above and 3 below middle.

Sits with wings projecting perpendicularly forward (as in a
bat), so as to enclose the legs (Meyrick).

Albany, West Australia; one specimen, in December.

9. Apaustus, Hiib.

Club of antenne rather short, hollowed, with short,
abruptly narrowed point. Palpi ascending, terminal joint
moderately long, slender, erect, pointed. Posterior tibie with
all spurs. Forewings in male sometimes with stigma; 5
approximated to 4 towards base. Hindwings: 5 obsolete.

A. genus of moderate extent, extending to Oriental region.
The curious form of the antenne is characteristic of the genus.

1. Stigma of forewings absent ... eet
Stigma of forewings present .. tae
2. Hindwings beneath ochreous-fuscous,
with a white sub-median band ... 53 Papyria.
Hindwings beneath ochreous, sub-
_ median band, yellow Ae. 54 Flavovittata

3. Hindwings beneath bright ochreous,

without markings, or faintly in-
dicated ss ab $3. ... 5b Lascunea.

Hindwings beneath, light yellow

to yellowish orange, markings of
upper side moderately reproduced... 56 Sunias.

53. APAUSTUS PAPYRIA, Boisd.

(Hesperilla papyria, Boisd., Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 166, 1832;
Taractrocera celeno, Cox. Entomologist, iv., 402, 1873; H.
fumosa, Guest, Trans. Roy. Soc., §.A., v., p. 37, 1882 ; Apaustus
minimus, Misk., Proc. R. Soc., Queensland, p. 153, 1889 ; Tarac-

trocera papyria, A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 129, 1893 ; Apaustus
aliz, Pletz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 165, 1885.)

Male and female, 18-24 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen dark fuscous, palpi beneath yellowish, thorax and
abdomen clothed with yellowish hairs, beneath white, abdomen
posteriorly sometimes ringed with whitish. Antenne fuscous,
spotted with white. Legs whitish. Forewings elongate,
triangular, costa faintly sinuate in middle, termen gently
bowed, oblique ; dark fuscous, with orange-yellow markings; a
narrow costal streak from base to before middle ; a streak along
lower margin of cell, continued right around to posterior ex-
tremity, where it becomes dilated and indented on either side,
finely attenuated towards base; a narrow streak along inner
margin from base to two-thirds, anteriorly attenuated and
edged above throughout by a narrow dark fuscous streak; an
oblique transverse row of somewhat quadrate, more or less
connected, spots from just beneath costa at two-thirds, and
curved round to two-thirds of inner margin, the 2 above middle
placed considerably beyond the 3 sub-costal ones; in the male
the lower two-thirds of series of spots become confluent,
and appear as a thick streak, which is edged anteriorly by a
narrow black stigma throughout; cilia dull whitish-fuscous.
Hindwings with termen faintly sinuate in middle; color as in
forewings; basal and inner marginal hairs yellowish; mark-
ings orange; a narrow elongate in cell near base; a moderate
transverse series of irregularly edged quadrate confluent spots
beyond middle of wing, not reaching either margin; cilia as in
forewings. Under side of forewings dark fuscous; costa
throughout and upper two-thirds of termen broadly orange
yellow; markings of upper side, except stigma, reproduced,
becoming whitish-ochreous ; a sub-terminal streak of light fus-
cous. Hindwings dark fuscous, irrorated throughout with
yellowish scales; markings of upper side reproduced, but color
whitish ; cilia as above.

Somewhat allied to Lascivia, Rosen, but immediately dis-
tinguished from that species by the markings of under side of
hindwings, which in Lascivia are absent Watson states
(P.Z.S., 1893) that this is the only species possessing a stigma
in male. This is erroneous, as Flavovittata, Latr., which is
allied to Papyria, has a similar character, and we have two
undetermined species of similar structure. The species
described by Cox as Celeno undoubtedly refers to a slight
variety of the present species, which does vary, but not to any
appreciable extent.

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The larve, which is of the usual yellowish-green Hesperid
type, feed on Jmperata arundinacea. It is similar in habits
and appearance to Lascivia in both larval and pupal stages.
The pupa is somewhat similar, but rather lighter fuscous, the
posterior segments are covered with short bristles, above and
below, the head has the anterior portion very rugose.

The imago frequent the blossoms of lucern (2/edicago sp.).

Hobart, Tasmania; Parkside, Highbury, and Mount Lofty
range, South Australia ; Sydney and Como, New South Wales ;
Melbourne, Gisborne, &c., Victoria; Western Australia
(Miskin) ; several specimens from November to March.

54. APAUSTUS FLAVOVITTATA, Latr.

(Hesperilla flavovittata, Latr., Enc. Meth., ix., p. 768, m.
114, 1819; H. bifasciata, Misk. (nec Tepp.), Ann., Queensland
Mus., p. 81, 1891).

Male, 20 mm. Differs only trom Papyria as follows: All
the white markings of under side are changed to ochreous-
yellow, and the band of hindwings is much shorter.

Perth, Western Australia ; two specimens in November.

5d. APAUSTUS LASCIVIA, Rosen.

(Pampiula lascivia, Rosen., Ann. N.H. (5), xvi., p. 378, t. 11,
fig. 1, 1885; Apaustus lascwia, A. and S., Vict. Butt., p. 113,
1893.)

Male and female, 17-25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdo-
men dark fuscous, palpi beneath yellowish, thorax and abdo-
men densely clothed with long yellowish hairs. Antenne fus-
cous, spotted beneath with yellowish, club blackish, basal two-
thirds yellowish. Legs whitish, tibize and tarsi yellowish.
Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly straight, termen
obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous; basal half of wing in male
more or less minutely irrorated with yellowish, in the female
the irroration extends along costa to apex; markings orange ;
a moderately thick streak along costa from base to middle,
posteriorly cut by intervening veins; an elongate streak along
lower margin of cell and continued right around posterior ex-
tremity, anteriorly attenuated; an oblique transverse row of
5 or 6 (generally 5) more or less quadrate spots, in male sepa-
rated by veins, in female inclining to coalesce, from consider-
ably below apex to above two-thirds of inner margin; a suf-
fused spot below costa between extremity of costal streak and
apex of transverse row; cilia fuscous-whitish. Hindwings with
termen rounded, faintly sinuate before anal angle; color of

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wing and markings as in forewings; basal and inner marginal
hairs long, yellowish ; a nearly straight row of 4 irregular cart-
ridge shaped spots below middle, between veins 2 and 6; cilia
as in forewings, but more orange. Under side of forewings
orange-yellow, dorsal two-thirds black; markings of cell and
lower three spots of transverse series reproduced; cilia as
above. Hindwings and cilia light yellow-ochreous, without
markings.

Distinct by the absence of markings on underside of hind-
wings.

The larve feed on Jmperata arundinacea (Graminace). The
larve when full grown are one inch in length, pale green; the
two anterior segments are smallest. When half-grown the
head is totally black; when full-grown light brown, with the
usual black V-shaped mark and black ring round the head.
The larve when full-grown constructs a sheath similar to the
one it feeds in; closes up both ends and casts the skin. The
pupa is at first pale olive-green, gradually becoming light
brown, and is about half an inch long. The pupal state is ten
to twelve days. Each larve conceals itself by uniting the
edges so as to form a sheath where it remains, when feeding,
which is usually at night; it protrudes its head just outside
the sheath and nibbles the edges of it; when one sheath is
devoured a second is formed.

Fernshaw, Oakleigh, and Murrumbeena, Victoria; Sydney
and Balmoral, New South Wales; Cairns (Mishkin), Mackay
(Turner), Queensland ; Hobart, Tasmania; from November to
February.

56. ApaustTus sunias, Feld.

(Pamplila sunias, Feld., Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien. Math. Nat.
Cl., xl., p. 462; n. 54, 1860; Ocybadistes walkeri, Heron., Ann.,
Nat. Hist. (6), xiv., p. 106; Ancyloxypha agraulia, Hew., Desc.
Hesp., p. 45, n. 3, 1868.)

Male and female, 17-24 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdo-
men blackish, densely clothed with orange hairs, abdomen
latterally yellow, beneath whitish. Antenne blackish
annulated with yellowish, apex of club black. Legs yellowish.
Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly straight, termen
obliquely rounded, less rounded in male; bfackish-fuscous,
with bright orange markings; a broad streak from base to just
before two-thirds of costa, filling up whole of cell, except a
narrow streak of ground color; an irregular triangular spot
immediately beneath costa at five-sixths, anterior edge be-
coming confluent with costal patch in male; an oblique trans-

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verse row of 4 spots; first immediately below and beyond
triangular spot, irregular quadrate, anterior edge touching
previous spot; second and third elongate, in male irregular-
‘quadrate ; fourth,irregular,in female constricted above middle ;
a narrow streak along inner margin from near base to
two-thirds, above which is a suffused elongate streak ; cilia dull
ochreous, basal half blackish, round anal angle orange. Hind-
wings with termen faintly sinuate above anal angle; color asin
forewings, markings orange; basal and inner marginal hairs
orange ; an irregular spot in posterior end of cell ; a moderately
broad curved transverse band below middle of wing, edges irre-
gular dentate; a small spot above apical portion of band, in
male becoming confluent with it; cilia orange. Under side
of forewings orange-yellow, dorsal two-thirds of wing black,
except towards termen; 3 lower spots of upper side repro-
duced ; cilia as above. Hindwings beneath with color some-
what yellower; an obscure triangular patch of dull orange
lying above inner margin, attenuated towards base; cilia as
above.

Differs from its congeners by its brilliant coloring and
broader markings.

The larve feed on Cynodon dactylon (Couch Grass), also
Imperata arundinacea. According to Olliff (Ann. M.N.H.,
p. 36, 1888) they are pale green, darker at sides, considerably
narrowed posteriorly, head dark brown with a white V-shaped
mark in front; the lateral line very indistinct. Full fed
larve 11 lines in length. Pupa grey, transparent. Fed on
Couch Grass, at the roots of which it pupated. The imago ap-
peared early in April.

Elwes and Edwards (Rev. Or. Hesp., p. 255, 1896), doubt-
fully query this species as synonymic with 7'elicota dara, Koll.,
an Asiatic species.

We once took this species in abundance at the Botanic Gar-
dens, Adelaide, flying over the blossoms of Globe amaranth
(Gomphrena) in February ; also occurs at Sydney, Katoomba,
Bathurst, &c., N.S. Wales; Gisborne, Melbourne, &c., Vic-
toria; Brisbane to Cooktown, Queensland; Port Darwin;
from November to April.

10. Texicota, Moore.

Club of antenne elongate, apex pointed, bent. Palpi ascend-
ing, terminal joint short, pointed, erect. Posterior tibie with
all spurs. Forewings in male with stigma; 3 in male approxi-
mated to 2, remote from 4, 5 approximated to 4 towards base.
Hindwings: 5 obsolete.

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An Indo-Malayan genus of moderate extent; two of the
undermentioned species are found outside of Australia. In
this and the following genus great care is necessary to separate
the species, the markings in many instances being extremely
-similar.

1. Forewings rather short, stigma present,

markings bright orange-yellow,
cell with streak of ground color... 57 Marnas, male.
Forewings rather long, markings red-
dish orange, anterior two-thirds
of cell, filled in with ground
color be Ses ae exer iS
2. Posterior edges of transverse band
of forewings continued as
fine streaks along veins to ter-
men, stigma present... a9 Augias, male.
Posterior edges of transverse band
of forewings, not or hardly reach-
ing termen; stigma present ... 60 Bambuse, male
3. Spot in cell of hindwings well marked 58 Ohara, female.
Spot in cell of hindwings not well
marked... 3 be Fee |

57. TELICOTA MARNAS, Feld.

(Pamphila marnas, Feld., Sitzb. A.K. Wiss. Wien. Math.
Nat. Cl., xl., p. 462, n. 53, 1860; Hlwes and Edw., Rev. Orient.
Hesp., p. 256, 1897).

Male and Female, 24-30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen blackish, mixed with greenish ochreous hairs,
abdominal segments orange, palpi beneath yellow, thorax and
abdomen beneath orange. Legs dull orange. Antenne
blackish, spotted beneath with orange, club beneath orange,
apical third black. Forewings elongate, triangular, rather
short, costa arched at base, faintly sinuate in middle, termen
rounded, oblique; blackish-fuscous, with orange markings; a
rather thick costal streak from base to middle, leaving extreme
‘costal edge blackish; cell filled up with orange, except at
posterior extremity, which is blackish and causes the orange
coloring to appear rounded above and below; a narrow streak
of ground color in middle of cell, attenuated anteriorly; an
oblique transverse series of 3 subcostal spots at two-thirds from
base; a very small (in some specimens moderate), spot con-
siderably beyond and below subcostal spots between veins 4 and
5; a smaller spot obliquely above and touching last, absent in

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some specimens; three obliquley placed spots; first cartridge-
shaped, between veins 3 and 4, below and before the small
spot ; second similar, immediately below, between veins 2 and
3; third irregular, largest, strongly excised on either side in
middle; stigma blackish, narrow, oblique anteriorly parallel
to 3 previous spots ; a narrow suffused streak along vein 1 from
stigma to base; a moderate streak along inner margin from
beneath irregular spot to base; cilia dull ochreous, at base
fuscous, round anal angle orange. Hindwings with termen
faintly sinuate above anal angle; color as in forewings, basal
and inner marginal hairs orange; markings orange; a
moderately broad irregular-edged median transverse band, be-
tween veins 1 and 6, continued as a streak along vein 1 to
termen, band narrowed posteriorly, veins 3 and 4 obscurely
outlined with fuscous on band ; a small spot, sometimes absent,
above apex of band; cilia orange-yellow, at base fuscous.
Under side of forewing fulvous, dorsal two-thirds, except
median third of termen blackish; markings of upper side, ex-
cept stigma, reproduced; lower half of cell becoming black,
except a median orange spot; cilia as above. Hindwings
beneath yellowish-orange, becoming broadly tawny around
termen; markings of upper side somewhat obscurely repro-
duced, edged above and below by indistinct blackish lunules ;
an obscure patch of blackish scales above anal angle; cilia as
above.

This species stands in some collections as Olvivescens,
Herr. Sch., but the figure of that species in Ent. Stett. Zeit. (p.
79, n. 60, t. 3 fig. 14., 1869) does not agree with the species
under review, but denotes a species described further on. The
occasional additional spot above apex of transverse band of
forewings appears on both the Brisbane and New Guinea
specimens, but the Brisbane specimen lacks additional spot
above transverse band of hindwings. Our male specimens
(17 in number) agree exactly with the description given in
Elwes and Edwards, Rev. Or. Hesp., 256, 1897.

Sydney, New South Wales; Mackay, Brisbane, and
Kuranda, Queensland ; in October and December. Also from
Ambonia and New Guinea.

58. Treticota oHARA, Plotz.
(Hesperilla ohara, Plotz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xliv., p. 227, 1883.)
Female, 36 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen blackish,
thorax and abdomen more or less clothed with orange hairs,
beneath yellowish. Antenne dark fuscous, annulated with

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ochreous beneath, club ochreous, apical half reddish. Legs
orange. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched,
termen rounded, rather strongly oblique; dark fuscous, very
minutely irrorated with oranye; markings bright orange; a
moderate streak from base along costa to near the 3 sub-costal
spots; an oblique series of 3 subcostal spots immediately be-
yond, median smallest; 2 elongate, sometimes confluent spots
in end of cell, lower anterior; an oblique transverse row of
5 spots; first very small, roundish, beyond lower subcostal
spot between veins 5 and 6; second small, quadrate, just below ;
third moderately large, cartridge-shaped, just below second,
between veins 3 and 4; fourth similar, larger, below third;
fifth, largest, irregular, posteriorly excised in middle; a narrow
streak from anterior edge of this along vein 1 to base; a
moderate streak along inner margin from below fifth spot,
finely attenuated on anterior half. Hindwings with termen
faintly sinuate above anal angle; color asin forewings; mark-
ings bright orange; basal and inner marginal hairs yellowish ;
a roundish spot in end of cell; a transverse band somewhat
below middle, cut by intersecting veins into four spots, first
between veins | and 2, somewhat obscure, but) more or less
continued along vein | to termen; second and third cuneiform,
parallel; fourth large, elongate-quadrate; cilia orange, at
base blackish. Under side of both wings orange; dorsal two-
thirds of forewings, except median third of termen, blackish ;
markings of upper side reproduced; subcostal and 2 upper
spots of transverse band edged on either side with blackish
points; inner marginal streak absent; cilia as above. Hind-
wings with markings of upper side obscurely reproduced and
edged above and below with blackish lunules; a large patch
of blackish extending from inner margin almost to vein 2, not
reaching base ; cilia orange.

The markings of this species are extremely similar to the
female of preceding, but it differs by the more oblique trans-
verse band of forewings, intense coloring and spot in cell of
hindwings, besides being much less hairy at base of wings.

Mackay and Brisbane, Queensland ; in December.

59. TeLicoTa AuGiAs, Linn.

(Papilo augias, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 794, 1767; Telicota
augias, Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 382, pl. xxxiv., f. 23, 1886;
Pamphila Krefftii, Macleay, Proc. Ent. Soc., N.S.W., p. 54,
n. 20, 1866.)

Male and Female, 26-32 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dark fuscous, antenne spotted with yellowish

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beneath, club yellow, apical half reddish, thorax and abdomen
clothed with long yellowish hairs, beneath yellowish. Legs
yellow mixed with fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate,
costa straight, termen gently bowed, olique ; dark fuscous, with
bright orange markings; a broad streak along costa from base
to middle, limited by intervening veins; interneural spaces
between posterior extremity of streak and apex filled in with
orange, and continued along vein 7 as a narrow streak to apex ;
a cuneiform spot lying between base of veins 6 and 7; an out-
wardly oblique transverse series of 5 somewhat elongate-
quadrate spots from above inner margin at two-thirds, between
veins 1 and 6, upper smallest, excised posteriorly in middle ;
second smaller, immediately below ; third and fourth and fifth
similar, but larger, the whole five Have the upper and lower
edges continued as a fine streak nearly to termen; not in
female ; cell filled in with orange, in female narrowly black in
middle to two-thirds; a large cuneiform spot just below cell,
from base to stigma, not in female, but appears as a narrow
streak along vein 1; a narrow streak along inner margin from
base to two-thirds, separated from cuneiform spot by a streak
of ground color; stigma moderately thick, oblique, somewhat
dentate anteriorly, and sometimes broken into 3 spots, from
vein 1 beyond middle to base of vein 4; greyish-fuscous, edged
on either side with black; cilia fuscous, around anal angle
orange. Hindwings with termen distinctly sinuate above anal
angle; color as in forewings; basal hairs yellow; lower two-
thirds of cell filled up with orange, only indicated by a
moderate spot in female, a submedian transverse band of
orange band from veins 1 to 6, intersected by veins, upper
edge irregular, lower edge excised between veins and continued
along vein 1 to termen ; a very narrow streak lying just above
vein 6, separated from transverse band by vein; cilia yellow,
fuscous at base on upper two-thirds. Under side of forewings.
orange; dorsal two-thirds except median third of termen
blackish ; markings of upper side, except stigma, reproduced ;
subcostal and transverse spots edged posteriorly with blackish
lunules ; ciliaas above. Hindwings beneath orange, greenish
tinged; markings of upper side reproduced in orange and
edged above and below with blackish disconnected lunules ;
inner marginal area finely irrorated with blackish.
Tmmediately known from the preceding by the broad stigma
and continuation of transverse streaks along veins towards
ternien. The species has a fairly wide range, but the Aus-
tralian specimens do not differ from those taken in Calcutta.

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Larve full fed; 35 mm. Moderate, cylindrical, somewhat
rugose, anal segment with a few shorty fuscous hairs. Head
hardly smooth, blackish with usual V-shaped black mark, on
either side of which is a broad streak of light fuscous. Body
light yellowish-green, with a suffused yellowish spot on tenth
segment, anal segment with a black spot on posterior ex-
tremity, and a black transverse spot on anterior edge, faintly
produced on lower edge ; dorsal moderate, well developed, deep
green, spiracular ochreous-white ; supra-spiracular deep green ;
sub-spiracular indistinct. Spiracles ill-defined; greenish.
Full fed in November; feeds on Jmperata arundinacea
(Graminacee). The pupe are cylindrical, and smooth. Head
dark fuscous, forehead without projection.

Sydney, New South Wales; Brisbane to Cooktown, Queens-
land ; several specimens from November to April. Also from
India, Ceylon, Java, &c.

60. TELIcoTa BAMBUS&, Mre.

(Pamphila bambuse, Moore, P.Z.S., p. 691, t. 45, fig. 11,
1878; Pamphila pythias, Mab. Pet. Nov., 11., 234, 1878; TZ'ela-
cota bambuse, Dist. Rhop. Malay., p. 382, n. 2, t. 35, fig. 12,
1882-6.)

Male and female, 35-40 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs, and abdomen as in Augias. Forewings elongate-trian-
gular, termen gently bowed, oblique; color, markings, and
stigma as in Awgias, excepting that the transverse band of
five spots is more abbreviated and have only the lower edges
continued towards termen, but not near reaching it. Hind-
wings with termen distinctly sinuate before anal angle; color,
markings, and cilia as in Augias. Underside of both wings
as in Awgias, excepting that the color of hindwings is gene-
rally bright orange-yellow, and in the female before us all
markings are obliterated and slightly greenish tinged.

This species is closely allied to Awgias, but apart from its
larger size and more brilliant coloring of under side it can easily
be distinguished from that species by the abruptions of orange
transverse band of forewings. This character is more pro-
nounced in the Indian and Indo-Malayan specimens before us,
those from Australia showing a greater tendency to be con-
tinued as a fine streak along veins to termen.

Sydney, New South Wales; Mackay, Townsville, and Bris-
bane, Queensland; in November and December; also from
India and the Malay Archipelago.

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11. Erynnis, Schranck.

Club of antenne elongate, apex pointed, bent. Palpi as-
cending, terminal joint short, stout, conical, erect, posterior
tibie with all spurs. Forewings in male sometimes with
stigma; 3 approximated to 4, 5 approximated to 4 towards
base. Hindwings with 5 obsolete.

An Indo-Malayan genus of moderate extent, differing
chiefly from the preceding by the occasional absence of the
stigma and approximation of veins 3 and 4 of forewings: The
yellow and black species being similar in markings, a satis-
factory tabulation is difficult. The following is the best we
can contrive :

1. Wings blackish, without mark-

ings; cilia snow white ... 67 Fultgenosa.
Wings blackish, markings dull

orange; cilia fuscous-orange 6

. Under side of hindwings greenish-

tinged, with two transverse

rows of blackish spots .. 62 Palmarum, male.
Under side of hindwings blackish-

fuscous, with one row of bluish

spots: ... ane em!
at Forewings above sie markings
in cell, transverse band white | . Cesina.
Forewings above with cell filled
up with pale yellow... SR

4. Forewings above without ae
ings in cell, transverse band

yellow ae ... 63 Macleayr.
Forewings above ih cell filled
up ey orange age in 5

5. Forewings above with cartridge-
shaped spot joining apical

spots and transverse band ... 64 Sperthias, male.
Forewings above without such
spot 27 ae ... 65 Olivescens, female

6. Band of Peay the dull orange,
moderately broad, rather
broadly separated by inter-
vening veins G6 Ulama, male.
Band of hindwings bright orange,
moderate, hardly separated ea
intervening veins any 4)

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7. Wings above and _ below suffused
with bright orange — scales,
markings hyaline, male with-
out stigma ; os

Wings above and below, mode-
rately suffused with pale
greenish - yellow, markings
hyaline, male with very ob-
lique whitish stigma ... 69° Mathas.

8. Forewings fuscous ; markings
bright orange, cell filled
in with orange, except a
median streak of ground color,
median spots hyaline ©... ... 61 Angustula, male

Forewings blackish; cell with-
out markings except a quadrate
spot at posterior extremity,

68 Fulgida.

markings not hyaline TO
9. Hindwings beneath purplish,

mixed with ferruginous, mark-

ings of upper side absent ... 4

Hindwings beneath yellowish,
tinged with fuscous, mark-
ings of upper side reproduced 95

61. ERYNNIS ANGUSTULA,. Herr-Sch.

(Pampiila angustula, Herr-Sch., Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 79, n.
58, 1869.)

Male,32 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and abdomen
blackish, thorax and abdomen clothed with orange hairs, abdo-
men with ochreous segmental rings, antenne spotted with
yellowish beneath. Legs orange. Forewings elongate, trian-
gular, termen obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, markings
orange; stigma absent; a moderate streak along costa from
base to beyond middle, accompanied at its posterior end by 3
fine interneural streaks of orange ; a narrow streak along upper
margin of cell; a similar streak along lower margin, somewhat
bent up to nearly touch previous streak, leaving a streak of
. ground color in middle of cell; an oblique transverse series of
3 cartridge-shaped sub-costal spots at three-fourths from base ;
an elongate spot below resting on vein 4; an inwardly oblique
transverse series of 3 spots; first cuneiform, partly hyaline, ex-
cavated posteriorly, lying between veins 3 and 4; second simi-
lar, just below; third below second, not hyaline, irregular,

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excised in middle on either side; a narrow streak along inner
margin, from beneath third spot to base, attenuated ante-
riorly; a similar short streak just above; cilia orange, more
pronounced around anal angle. Hindwings with termen
faintly sinuate before anal angle; color as in forewings; basal
and inner marginal hairs orange; an orange spot in cell; a
moderate transverse orange sub-median band, limited by veins
1 and 6, inclining to be continued along vein 1, but not reach-
ing termen, edges of band somewhat crenulate, median portion
with 3 hyaline spots, cilia as in forewings. Under side of
forewings orange-fuscous, dorsal portion rather broadly
blackish ; markings of upper side reproduced; lower third of
cell filled up black, leaving a spot of orange beyond middle ;
cilia as above. Hindwings orange, mixed with fuscous, mark-
ings and cilia of upper side reproduced.

Somewhat allied to Marnas, Feld., but the hyaline spots and.
absence of stigma readily separate it from that species.

Mackay, Queensland; one specimen. The type was taken
in Fiji.

62. ERYNNIS PALMARUM, Moore.

(Pamphila palmarum, Moore, P.Z.S., 1878, p. 690, pl. xlv.,
fig. 6, 7, male and female; Hesperia chrysozona, Plotz., Ent.
Stett. Zeit., xliv., p. 228, 1883; Pamphila augiades, Var.,
bambuse, Staud, Iris., 11, pp. 144, 165, 1889; Padraona
chrysozona, Semper, Schmett, Phillip., p. 301, pl. xlix., fig. 13,
male, fig. 14 female, pl. B., fig. 11, larva (as Telicota bam-
buse, 1892).

Male 40,mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and abdomen
dark fuscous, palpi beneath yellowish, club of antenne beneath
yellowish, apical half of club reddish, thorax and abdomen
clothed with greenish-yellow hairs. Legs orange. Fore-
wings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched towards base,
faintly sinuate in middle, termen faintly rounded, oblique ;
blackish, with orange markings; basal hairs yellow; a
moderate streak along costa from base to middle; two narrow
streaks, posterior to this separated by veins; 3 elongate-cunet-
form obliquely placed subcostal spots just beyond,
posteriorly excised, and more or less continued as
fine streaks along veins to costa and termen; cell
filled up with orange; a series of 5 inwardly oblique
transverse spots, excised anteriorly and _ posteriorly;
first smallest, immediately below apex of third subcostal spot ;
second, third, fourth, and fifth gradually increasing in size,
fifth largest, lower third continued as a streak along vein to

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base ; a moderate, posteriorly dilated, streak along inner mar-
gin from base to posterior extremity of fifth spot; cilia orange,
blackish at base on upper two-thirds. Hindwings with termen
rather strongly sinuate above anal angle, causing anal angle
to appear prominent; basal and inner marginal hairs long,
orange; color as in forewings; a moderate suffused orange
patch in cell; a broad transverse orange submedian band,
between veins 1 and 7, broadest anteriorly and then con-
tinued moderately along vein 1 throughout, edges of band
more or less crenulate; cilia orange. Underside of forewings
blackish ; markings of upper side reproduced ; subcostal and
transverse series of spots edged posteriorly by a series of
blackish spots, lower one becoming blotch-like and filling up
space between vein | and inner margin; area between this
and apex greenish tinged; basal third of cell blackish; cilia
as above. Hindwings beneath greenish yellow; transverse
band reproduced in reddish orange, and edged above and below
with a blackish line, interrupted so as to form spots; a red-
dish, posteriorly black edged spot in end of cell; inner mar-
ginal area broadly reddish-orange, attenuated towards base ;
a large blackish blotch above anal angle, obscurely cut in
centre by vein 1; a fine black line along termen, abruptly
terminating at vein 2; cilia as above.

The female of this species is, according to Moore (P.Z.S., p.
690, 1878): “Paler brown above, the yellow bands of upper
side also paler, less prominent, there being no yellow along
costal border of forewings, and no median streak from base
of hindwings. Under side pale vinous-brown, this color per-
vading upper portion of the discal on the forewings, and entire
discal band of hindwings.”

The male differs from its allies by the band of hindwings ex-
tending to vein 7, and the greenish under side of hindwings
and attendant markings.

Scott (Austr. Sep., pl. xiv.) figures the male and female of
this species as Phineus, Cr., and the female appears to be more
like Ulama, Butler, but the male is well drawn and
easily recognisable. The type of Phineus, Cr., came from Suri-
nam, and has been erroneously recorded from Australia. Wat-
son (P.Z.S., 1893) considers Scott’s male to represent the male
of Augiades, Feld., and the female a bad figure of Pruszas, Feld.
Both species, so far as we are aware, have not yet been taken
in Australia. The larva, which is pale greenish yellow, feeds
on various species of Palms. We have bred specimens from
Kentia fosteriana in November.

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Sydney, New South Wales; Cooktown, ‘Townsville, and
Mackay, Queensland. It has not occurred at Brisbane up to
the present. From November to January; nine specimens.

63. ERYNNIS MACLEAYI, Plotz.

(Hesperilla Macleayi, Plotz., Stett. Ent. Zeit., xliv., p. 227,
1883; § Pamphila autoleon, Misk., Proc. Roy. Soc., Queens
land, 2, p. 147, 1889.)

Male and female, 30-46 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi beneath yellowish, thorax and
abdomen clothed with yellowish hairs. Legs ochreous, fus-
cous tinged. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly
straight, termen gently bowed, oblique; dark purplish fuscous,
markings orange; anterior half of costa dull orange; an ob
lique transverse series of 3 cartridge-shaped sub-costal spots at
two-thirds from base, posterior extremities excised; an in-
wardly oblique transverse row of 4 spots; first very small, lying
cn middle of vein 4; second cuneiform, obliquely below ; third
similar, obliquely below second ; third irregular quadrate, lying
below on vein 1, the lower third is continued as a fine streak
along vein | to base; a streak along inner margin from base
to middle, posteriorly dilated; stigma short, irregular,
broken into 3 spots, fuscous, lying close to anterior edge of
transverse spots; cilia dark fuscous, becoming orange on lower
third of termen. Hindwings with termen sinuate above anal
angle; color as in forewings; basal and inner marginal hairs
orange ; a suffused streak in cell near base; a rather narrow
sub-median transverse orange band, between veins 1 and 6, ex-
tremities suffused, hardly separated into spots by intersecting
veins, upper edge deeply sinuate below apex, posterior edge
somewhat lunulate; cilia deep orange, becoming fuscous on
upper two-thirds at base. Under side of forewings ferru-
ginous, tinged with purplish, much lighter on upper two-thirds
of termen; markings of upper side reproduced in ochreous; a
narrow ochreous streak in cell; cilia as above. Hindwings
beneath with color as forewings, but somewhat tinged with
ochreous ; markings of upper side obscurely reproduced ; a dull
ochreous streak between veins 1 and 2; cilia as above.

Easily recognised by the paucity of markings and absence of
coloring in cell on upper side of forewings. The stigma is
obscure and liable to be overlooked. The large female is of
exceptional size; the average is about 36 mm. _,

Cardwell, Cairns. and Brisbane, Queensland ; ? Sydney, New
South Wales; in November.

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64. ERYNNIS sPERTHIAS, Felder.

(Hesperilla sperthias, Feld., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges., xii., p.
492, n. 182, 1862).

Male 44,mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne, and abdomen
dark fuscous, thorax and abdomen clothed with dense
ferruginous-orange hairs, beneath yellowish, abdomen with
suffused lateral bands of orange posteriorly, antenne beneath
yellow, not spotted, club yellowish, apical half reddish. Legs
orange. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa almost straight,
termen oblique, faintly bowed; dark fuscous, with orange
markings; a moderate costal streak from base to just before
two-thirds, cut posteriorly by veins 9 to 12; an oblique trans-.
verse series of 3 elongate-cuneiform subcostal spots at three-
fourths from base, posteriorly excavated, edged more or less,
continued as fine streaks along veins towards termen and
costa; cell filled up with orange, except a small patch of
ground color at posterior end of cell, an inwardly oblique row
of 5 spots; first small, immediately below posterior extremity
of lowest subcostal spot, sometimes hardly traceable; second
below and slightly beyond, similar; third cartridge-shaped,
between veins 3 and 4 near base; fourth elongate-quadrate
obliquely below; fifth irregular, lower half continued as a
thick streak along vein 1 to base ; some orange scales just above
near base ; a moderately thick streak along inner margin from
base to middle, posteriorly dilated; cilia blackish, between
anal angle and vein 1, orange. Hindwings with termen
sinuate above anal angle; color as in forewings; basal and
inner marginal hairs orange ; markings orange; the basal hairs
accumulate near posterior extremity of cell and form a more
or less distinct patch; a moderately broad transverse sub-
median series of 5 somewhat quadrate spots, between veins 1
and 6, separated by intervening veins, except that between
veins 1 and 2, which sometimes coalesce, thus forming only
four spots; cilia orange narrowly mixed at base with
blackish on upper two-thirds. Under side of fore-
wings blackish; basal half of cell blackish; wings
beyond cell and upper two-thirds of termen orange ; markings
upperside faintly reproduced; 3 lower spots between veins 1
and 4 very distinct, but streak along vein one, and inner
marginal streak absent; a fine blackish hind marginal line,
just reaching vein 2; cilia as above. Hindwings beneath
orange-ferruginous, markings of upper side faintly repro-
duced ; a large blackish elongate patch above anal angle; a
smaller patch above termination of vein 1; hind marginal line
and cilia as in forewings.

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Distinct from the other similarly colored species in the Aus-
tralian group by its large size. It has been known to Aus-
tralian collectors as Augiades Felder, an insect, as before men-
tioned, occurs only in Amboina and Batavia. According to
Elwes and Edwards (Rev. Or. Lep., pp. 250, 253) the female
of that species is very similar to Palmarum Mre., and the
females possess no sexual characters by which they may be
separated. They state, however, in the male of Augiades,
that the whole of the cell of forewing on under side is orange ;
in Sperthias the basal half is black. Most Australian col-
lectors avow that the insect described by Butler as Ulama is
the female of this species, but as we have no really reliable
source of information (but we hope to have shortly) to depend
upon, we think it better to retain them as distinct species for
the present. This present species is very similar in appear-
ance to the following, but the distinctive characters appear to
be its larger size, additional dot below subcostal series (thus
forming a complete fascia of marks), and broader band of
hindwings, and additional mark above apex of same. These
markings are fairly constant.

The larva feed on several kinds of palms, notably Livstona
Australis, Kentia fosteriana, and Belmoriana. The imago ap-
pears from November to February.

Brisbane, Mackay, Cooktown, and Cairns, Queensland ;
Sydney, New South Wales; Java, India, and Borneo.

65. ErRyNNIS OLIVESCENS, Herr-Sch.

(Pamphila olivescens, H.8., Stett. Ent. Zeit., p 79, n. 60, t.
6; fig. 14;,1869).

Female, 36-38 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, legs
and abdomen as in Sperthias. Forewings elongate-triangular,
termen gently bowed, oblique; color and markings as in
Sperthias, but orange spot between veins 7 and 8 and connect-
ing subcostal spots with transverse fascia absent. Hindwings
with termen rounded, faintly produced before anal angle;
color and markings as in Sperthias, but sub-median band much
narrower and not continued above vein 6; cilia of both wings
as in Sperthias. Under side of both wings orange-yellow,
markings of upper side, except inner marginal streak, repro-
duced in pale ochreous; dorsal third of wing, except along
termen, blackish ; basal half of cell blackish, division suffused.

The specific distinctions are given at footnote of previous
species. This is the insect which has stood for Phineus, Cr.,
in Australian collections, and is probably the one Mr. Mat-

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thews refers to (T.E.S., p. 179, 1888) when writing on the sub-
ject. Its habits are similar to the previous species. Schaeffer’s
figure is good. B

Sydney, New South Wales; Brisbane, Queensland; eight
female specimens in November.

66. ERYNNIS ULAMA, Butler.

(Pamplila ulama, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc., p. 504, 1870;
2 Corone ismenoides, Mab., pet. Now. Ent., 11., ! 1878.)

Female, 38-42 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and ab-
domen dark fuscous, palpi and thorax beneath ochreous, thorax
and abdomen more or less clothed with yellowish hairs, antennz
beneath yellowish, club reddish on apical half. Legs ochreous-
fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched
on basal half, termen obliquely rounded; dark purplish-fus-
cous, somewhat shining; markings dull golden-orange; basal
hairs bluish white; a somewhat quadrate spot in end of cell,
excised in middle; upper edge more elongate posteriorly ; an
oblique transverse series of 3 elongate subcostal spots at two-
thirds from base; a transverse series of 4 inwardly oblique
spots ; first cartridge-shaped, near base of veins 3 and 4; second
_ below, similar, larger ; third and fourth elongate, below second,

only separated by a streak of ground color; all markings some-
times nearly obsolete; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with
termen sinuate above anal angle; basal and inner marginal
hairs bluish white; a sub-median transverse row of 5 equi-
distant orange spots, between veins 1 and 6, anterior pair
rather obscure; cilia as in forewings, but orange around anal
angle. Under'side of forewings fuscous, purplish tinged, upper
two-thirds of termen and apical area dull reddish; markings
of upper side reproduced in ochreous-white, third and fourth
spots of transverse series becoming confluent. Hindwings be-
neath with color as in forewings, basal area somewhat bluish-
tinged; markings of upper side reproduced; inner marginal
area broadly dark fuscous and becoming blotch-hke on anal
angie: cilia as above.

Not unlike female Palmarum, according to Moore’s figure,
but very different on under side. We have 2 supposed males
of this species, but in poor condition.

Sydney, New South Wales; Bowen, Mackay, and Brisbane,
Queensland ; in November and January.

67. ERYNNIS FULIGINOSA, Misk.

(Pamphila fuliginosa, Misk., female, Proc. Roy. Soc.,
Queensland, vi., p. 147, 1889; male, 2b, Ann., Queensland
Museum., p. 76, 1891.)

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Male and female, 35-40 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs, and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax and abdomen sparsely
clothed with yellowish hairs, palpi and thorax beneath ferru-
ginous, abdomen beneath fuscous, with four whitish segmental
rings, club of antenne beneath ochreous. Forewings elongate-
triangular, costa faintly sinuate in middle, termen obliquely
rounded ; blackish, fuscous, with bluish tinge; basal hairs yel-
lowish ; a narrow, obscure, yellowish streak along inner mar-
gin from base to middle; stigma black, oblique; cilia dark
fuscous. Hindwings with termen slightly sinuate before
middle; color as in forewings; basal and inner marginal hairs
light ochreous; cilia dark fuscous, becoming snow-white from
middle of termen to anal angle. Under side of forewings
ferruginous, basal and median area more or less dark fuscous ;
some bluish scales near base. Hindwings beneath with color
as in forewings; basal area bluish tinged; a transverse row of
4 equi-distant bluish spots beyond middle of wing, less distinct
in male; cilia as above.

Knewn by the snow white cilia of hindwings.

Cairns, Cardwell, and Mackay, Queensland ; in January.

68. ERYNNIS FULGIDA, Misk.

(Hesperilla fulgidus, Misk., Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, p.
151, 1889.)

Male and female, 28-32 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne,
and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax and abdomen. densely
clothed with orange hairs, beneath orange, antenne yel-
lowish beneath, apical half of club blackish beneath. Legs
yellow. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa nearly straight,
termen oblique, faintly sinuate on lower third; dark fuscous,
densely irrorated more or less throughout with fine ochreous
orange scales, more dense on basal half of wing; markings yel-
lowish, semi-hyaline ; an oblique transverse series of 3 elongate
subcostal spots, upper nearly obsolete, at two-thirds from
base; a moderate, somewhat ovate spot lying on vein 4 and.
immediately below lower subcostal ; a second,, cartridge-shaped,
obliquely below, lying near base of veins 3 and 4; a third,
large and similar, lying at base of veins 2 and 3, posterior
edge excised ; cilia fuscous-whitish, becoming dark fuscous om
basal half. Hindwings with termen sinuate before middle ;
color as in forewings; base, cell, and inner margin densely
clothed with long bright ochreous hairs, becoming very dense |
along vein | ; a transverse sub-median series of 4 yellowish semi-
hyaline parallel spots, between veins 2 and 6, third spot more

elongate than others, and extending beyond apices of other 3 ;
cilia yellowish, orange, blackish at base. Under side of both
wings yellowish orange; dorsal third of forewings blackish ;
markings of upper side reproduced and edged .with shining-
golden; markings on hindwings reproduced and similarly
edged. Cilia on both wings as above.

Known by its intense coloring and similarity of upper and.
under side of both wings.

Mr. Illidge has taken the larve on millett.

Brisbane, Mackay, and Duaringa, Queensland ; in December..

69. ERYNNIS MATHIAS, Fab.

(Hesperillia mathias, Fab., Ent. Syst. Supp., p. 433, n. 289,
290, 1798; Hesperia thrar, Led., Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wren,
1855, p. 194, plate 1, figs. 9-10; H. agna, Moore, P.Z8., p. 791,
1865; H. chaya, 2. l.c., 791, 1865; Pamphila mencia, Moore,
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xx., p. 52, 1877.)

Male and female, 30-36 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, legs, and
abdomen dark fuscous-golden, clothed with fuscous-golden
hairs, head and palpi sometimes greenish-tinged, palpi and
thorax beneath whitish-ochreous. Antenne dark fuscous,
beneath ochreous, spotted with blackish, club ochreous beneath,
apical half reddish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa
gently arched, termen obliquely rounded, somewhat sinuate
below middle; dark fuscous-golden, somewhat shining; basal
and inner marginal areas clothed with greenish-yellow hairs ;
markings of male rather obscure, in female well developed,
whitish ; a spot in end of cell; a second immediately above ;
an irregular oblique transverse series of 3 roundish spots be-
neath costa at two-thirds from base; a small roundish spot
below and slightly beyond, resting on vein 4, almost obsolete
in male ; a moderate roundish spot obliquely below and before,
lying near base of veins 3 and 4; a large irregular diamond-
shaped spot, lying near base of veins 2 and 3, only represented
in male by a narrow streak, from which proceeds a very in-
wardly oblique dull whitish, black-edged stigma, reaching
nearly to middle of vein 1 ; a moderate ovate spot lying on vein
1 beyond middle, obsolete in male; cilia dark fuscous, tips
whitish. Hindwings with termen sinuate above anal angle;
color as in forewings, dorsal two-thirds, except termen, densely
clothed with ochreous hairs. Under side of both wings dark
fuscous, clothed with ochreous-whitish scales, except dorsal two-
thirds of forewings, which is fuscous, markings of upper side,
except stigma, reproduced; a very small whitish sub-median

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spot, sometimes absent, on hindwings between veins 2 and 3;
not in male; cilia as above.

Somewhat allied to Colaca, Moore, but differs, according to
Elwes and Edwards (Rev. Or. Hesp., p. 171, 1897), from that
species by the absence of spots on hindwings above, although we
possess a female specimen from Palmerston, South Australia, in
which 2 yellowish sub-median spots are well developed, other-
wise similar.

Mr. Miskin gives Hesperilla julianus, Latr., Enc. Meth., ix.,
p. 763, n. 99, 1819, as a synonym.

The larve are said to be attached to Ischemum pretinctum.

This is probably the most widely distributed species we have
in Australia; occurring also in India, Ceylon, Japan, Borneo,
China, and Malayana, also Brisbane, Mackay, and Townsville,
up to Cape York in Queensland ; Palmerston, Northern Terri-
tory, South Australia; from October to February.

70. ERYNNIS CzHsSINA, Hew.

(Carystus cesina, Hew., T.E.S. (3), ii., 491, n. 15, 1866; Ex.
Butt., v., Hesp., t. 6, fig. 15, 1866; Pamphila albifascia, Misk.,
Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, p. 148, 1889.)

Male, 26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen blackish,
thorax and abdomen clothed with greyish hairs, palpi whitish
white. Legs dark fuscous, coxe more or less clothed with
beneath. Antenne black, club beneath, except apex snow
white. Legs dark fuscous, coxe more or less clothed with
white hairs. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently
arched, termen bowed on upper half, thence nearly straight,
‘oblique; dark fuscous, spot with bluish purple; markings
white ; a small subcostal spot at two-thirds from base, indicat-
ing lower of subcostal series; a somewhat quadrate spot just
below, resting on vein 4; a cuneiform spot lying at base of
veins 3 and 4; a large, somewhat quadrate spot, obliquely
‘below; a roundish spot immediately below this, sometimes
accompanied by a suffused whitish sput below, almost coales-
cing ; cilia blackish, basal half black. Hindwings with termen
irregularly rounded; color as in forewings; basal area light
fuscous; an oblique transverse band of snow-white just beyond
extremity of cell, edges irregular, anteriorly narrowed and suf-
fused, posterior extremity suffused, hardly reaching vein 7;
cilia as in forewings. Wings beneath dark reddish, mixed
with purplish; basal third of forewings and along inner
margin fuscous; markings of upper side of forewings repro-
duced, and with an additional spot just belowisubcostal. Hind-

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wings with a large white, somewhat triangular, irregularly
edged patch, upper edge extending from base through middle
of cell to vein 7 and two-thirds from base, with a deep inden-
tation of ground color in middle and sinuate on either side of
this; lower edge crenulate beyond middle, extending from
veins 1 to 7, and containing a spot of ground color at base of
vein 2; a white streak along inner margin, separated
from patch by a streak of ground color; cilia as above, but
becoming white around ternus.

The white club of antenne and rich coloring of under side
makes this species easy of recognition.

Cairns, Queensland ; two specimens, in October; also from
New Guinea.

12. Notocrypta, Nic.

Club of antenne elongate, apex pointed, bent. Palpi sub-
ascending, terminal joint short, obtuse, porrected. Posterior
tibiz with all spurs, rather long. Forewings in male without
stigma; 3 from rather near 4, 5 somewhat approximated to 4.
Hindwings: 5 obsolete.

71. NorocrRyeTa FELISTHAMELI, Boisd.

(Thymele Feisthameli, Boisd., Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 159, pl. ii.,
fig. 7, 1832; Pletsoneura curvifascia, Feld., Wien. Ent. Mon.,
vi., p. 29, 1862; P. alysos, Moore, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 789; P. albi-
fascia, vb. l.c., 1878, p. 843, pl. 843, pl. li., fig. 3, male; P.
restricta, 1b., Lep. Cey., 1., p. 178, 1881; P. voluz, Mab., Ann.
Soc. Ent. Belg., 1883, p. lvi.; P. clavata, Staud, Ivis., ii., p.
Poe pl. i. 1c. 9, 1889;)

Male and female, 36-46 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs, and abdomen blackish, thorax clothed with light fuscous
hairs, palpi and abdomen mixed with whitish beneath, club
of antenne somewhat ochreous beneath. Forewings elongate,
triangular, costa strongly arched, termen obliquely rounded ;
black, markings silvery white, hyaline; a broad transverse irre-
gularly edged median band, from immediately beneath costa,
slightly curved, and terminating on vein | at two-thirds from
base; two sub-costal spots at two-thirds from base; a similar
spot near termen, lying between veins 4 and 5; cilia blackish.
Hindwings with termen somewhat crenulate; color and cilia
as in forewings; basal and inner margin hairs light fuscous,
darker basally. Under side of both wings light fuscous, darker
basally; costa of hindwings dark fuscous, faintly purplish
tinged ; markings of upper side of forewings reproduced.

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species. The Australian form is Moore’s Restricta, which
varies very little, those from the more northern districts of
Queensland being most constant.

Cardwell, Cairns, Cooktown, and Mackay, Queensland ;
India, Java, China, and Philippines; November to January.

13. Bapamia, Moore.

Club of antennez elongate, pointed, bent. Palpi ascending,
terminal joint long, slender, slightly swollen near apex, ob-
tusely pointed, porrected. Posterior tibie with all spurs.
Forewings in male without stigma; 5 parallel to 4 and 6, equi-
distant. Hindwings 3 and 4 remote, 5 present.

Contains only the single species, recognised by the curious.
form of wings.

72. BADAMIA EXCLAMATIONIS, Fabr.

(Papilio exclamationis, Fab., Syst. Ent., p. 530, 1775; P.
ladon, Cramer, Pap. Ex., ili., pl. cclxxxiv., fig. c., female;
Ismene thymbron, Feld., Sitzb., Ak. Wiss. Math. Nat. Cl., xl., p.
461, Lep., p. 14, 1860.)

Male and female, 58-64 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne,
and legs fuscous-ochreous, head more ochreous, palpi and thorax
beneath whitish, antenne yellowish-beneath near base, club
reddish beneath. Forewings very elongate, costa arched, ter-
men oblique, somewhat sinuate above anal angle; dark
ochregus-fuscous, shining somewhat; basal hairs greyish ; costa
and inner margin broadly suffused with obscure greenish-
white; markings semi-hyaline whitish; a cuneiform spot in
middle of cell, absent in male, lower edge shortly produced ;
a triangular spot near base of veins 3 and 4, nearer to 4 than 5,
represented in male by a small white spot; a large elongate
upper edge excised, represented in male by a very elongate
streak just below base of veins 3 and 4; an elongate streak
lying on vein 1 beyond middle, absent in male; cilia dark
fuscous. Hindwings with color as in forewings, termen
strongly excised below middle and produced on vein 1; basal
and inner marginal hairs grey-whitish, faintly bluish-tinged ;
cilia fuscous-whitish. Under side of wings grey-whitish, mark-
ings of upper side obscurely reproduced; base of forewings
dark fuscous; a suffused elongate streak of dull whitish above
inner margin beyond middle; hindwings with a somewhat suf-
fused crescentric whitish mark at two-thirds from base, between
veins 1 and 2; area around anal angle dark fuscous; cilia
whitish, terminal half tinged with fuscous.

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Sydney, Bulli, and Richmond River district, New South
Wales; Mackay, Cairns, and Cooktown, Queensland; occurs
also in India, Ceylon, and Tonga.

14. Hasora, Moore.

Club of antenne elongate, pointed, bent. Palpi ascending,
terminal joint long, slender, slightly swollen near apex, ob-
tusely pointed, porrected. Posterior tibiz with all spurs.
Forewings in male sometimes with stigma; 1b distorted down-
wards near base, 5 parallel to 4 and 6, slightly nearer 6 at base.
Hindwings: 3 and 4 closely approximated basally ; 5 present.

An Indo-Malayan genus of moderate extent, somewhat allied
to Ismene, Swanison, differing, however, by the curious dis-
torting of vein 1b. The pale spots of forewings are much
more distinctly developed in female than in male; in fact,
in some species the latter sex are entirely devoid of markings

on upper side.

1. Forewings above without are

except stigma ... Chromus, male.
Forewings above with 3 ‘whitish:
spots ie ae ... Lmcescens, female.
2. Wings beneath iridescent purplish
without markings Inugubris, male.
Wings beneath blackish fuscous, with
a few bluish-white spots eto
3. Forewings above fuscous, without
markings or stigma _.... ... BreJunata.
Forewings above fuscous, with
moderate stigma re eo

4. Hindwings beneath bluish-green
transverse band, very broad,
ochreous, entire ... ne .... Discolor.

Hindwings fuscous-lilac, transverse
band moderate, ee at

vein Ib .. RES)
5. Basal hairs brilliant ‘golden- green.. . Doleschallit.
Basal hairs greenish ... me 4

6. Transverse band of hindwings
broad, whitish, entire, not in-
terrupted Hurama.
Transverse band of hindwings nar-
row, pure white, interrupted at
vein PbiV.. 2: Ae af acted

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73. Hasora BILUNATA, Butl.

(? Hasora haslia, Swinh., Ann. Mag. N.H.., iii. (7), 107.)

Male and female, 50-60 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark
fuscous, mixed with metallic greenish hairs. Abdomen and.
antenne dark fuscous, abdomen somewhat purplish tinged,
palpi beneath ochreous, club of antenne reddish beneath. Legs
fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched,
termen hardly rounded, oblique ; dark fuscous, somewhat tinged
~ with greenish-golden; basal hairs bluish-green; spots whitish,
semi-hyaline; all markings in male absent; stigma absent; a
small round subcostal spot at two-thirds from base between
veins 6 and 7; an irregular triangular spot lying between veins
3 and 4 beyond middle ; a similar spot obliquely below, between
veins 2 and 3, touching vein 3; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings
with color as in forewings, termen produced on vein 1; basal
and inner marginal hairs metallic blue-green, fuscous pos-
tericrly; cilia as in forewings. Underside of both wings
ochreous-fuscous, lighter in cell and along termen; markings
of upper side of female reproduced, and with a suffused whitish
spot on vein lb; beyond subcostal spot isashortsuffused obscure
transverse whitish streak, hardly traceable in male; hind-
wings with faintly curved transverse snow-white fascia, nar-
rowed at commencement and gradually dilated to termination
from costa at three-fifths direct to vein la above anal angle ;
a lavg¢e dull blackish apical patch ; a moderate suffused, whitish
patch on inner margin above anal angle; cilia dark fuscous,
with a short streak of white at base on either side of anal angle.

Somewhat allied to the following, but very distinct by the
much narrower fascia of hindwings, more sombre coloring, and
especially by the absence of stigma of male. It closely re-
sembles Chromus, but differs by the presence of stigma, larger
size, and spot on vein Lb.

E1isbane ; Queensland, in November.

74. Hasora LuceEscENS, Lucas.

(Ismene lucescens, Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, vol.
x, ps ls8;1899-)

Male and female, 42-48 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen
dark fuscous, more or less densely clothed with greenish hairs.
Palpi and antenne dark fuscous, palpi beneath ochreous. Legs.
ochreous-fuscous. Forewings elongate, . triangular, costa
gently arched, termen nearly straight, oblique; dark velvety-
fuscous; basal hairs greenish; markings white, semi-hyaline ;
absent in male; a somewhat triangular shaped spot near base

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of veins 3 and 4; asimilar spot, excised posteriorly obliquely
below, between veins 2 and 3; stigma of male narrow, curved,
blackish, from inner margin before middle, thence curved
round to base of vein 3, suffusedly edged with blackish; some
times a very minute white subcostal spot between veins 6 and
7, generally absent ; cilia dark fuscous, tips whitish. Hindwings
with termen produced on vein |; color as in forewings; basal
hairs greenish ; inner margin broadly dull light fuscous; cilia
as in forewings. Under side of both wings fuscous, washed
with bluish-purple; cell of forewings blackish; markings of
upper side of female reproduced, hindwings with a moderately
broad direct transverse white fascia, edges suffused, and mixed
with bluish, from costa at three-fifths to vein 1b; a large
patch of velvety black on anal angle; a white patch on inner
margin just above anal angle; an obscure dull whitish streak
along vein la to base; cilia as above, black on anal angle,
and with a fine white basal line between veins 1b and 3.

Cooktown and Cairns, Queensland; in October and Decein-
ber. The types came from Cairns. In the original descrip-
tion no mention is made of the stigma of male. It could
easily be passed over, as 1t is somewhat hidden by the long
‘basal hairs.

75. Hasora piscoLor, Felder.

(Gonwloba discolor, Feld., Wien. Ent. Mon., iu., p. 405, n.
50, 1859; Lsmene discolor, vb., Reise. Nov. Lep., iii., taf. 72,
fi tS67:)

Male and female, 40-48 mm. MHead, thorax, and abdomen
dark fuscous densely clothed with metallic-green hairs, palpi
and antenne dark fuscous, palpi, thorax, and abdomen beneath
blue-green; legs fuscous. Forewings elongate, triangular,
costa gently arched, termen gently bowed, oblique, dark fus-
cous-golden ; basal hairs metallic-blue-green; stigma absent;
cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen produced on vein
1; color and basal and inner marginal hairs as in forewings; a
tuft of long metallic-blue hairs on inner margin above anal
angle; cilia as in forewings, but becoming black from vein 1b,
around inner margin. Under side of both wings blue-black,
becoming olive-greenish on hindwings on basal half; markings
of forewings golden-greenish ; a slightly outwardscurved narrow
transverse fascia; from five-sixths of costa to anal angle; a
broad transverse fascia from middle of costa to beyond middle
of inner margin, becoming lilacine on lower fourth and enczlos-
ing a large spot of ground color beneath costa; inner margin
broadly light fuscous; hindwings with a broad yellowish trans-

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_verse fascia, broadly in middle, from costa just before apex
direct to vein 1b; a bluish metallic patch on inner margin
above anal angle; a greenish-golden hind-marginal line, rather
narrow, with a slight projection on vein 2 and terminating
before anal angle; cilia as above.

A. beautiful insect when fresh, especially the under side; it
differs from all the other known Australian species by the
different color of band of under side of hindwings.

Brisbane, Mackay, and Cooktown, Queensland; Richmond
River district, New South Wales; in December.

76. Hasora LUGUBRIS, Boisd.

(Thymele lugubris, Bdy., Voy. Astr. Lep., p. 160, No. 5,
1832.)

Male, 52 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, legs, and
abdomen fuscous, palpi, thorax, and abdomen yellowish be-
neath. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched,
termen hardly bowed, nearly straight, oblique; ochreous-fus-
cous; an irregularly suffused, outwardly oblique blackish
stigma, from just beyond one-third of inner margin to base
of cell 3; cilia ochreous-fuscous. Hindwings with termen pro-
duced on vein 1; color and cilia as in forewings; basal and
inner marginal hairs ochreous-fuscous. Under side of both
wings ochreous-fuscous, more or less suffused with metallic-
purple, especially hindwings; base below cell and along inner
margin ochreous-fuscous; faint indications of a sub-median
transverse whitish-purple fascia.

The absence of markings and purple coloring of under side
of wings are notable characteristics.

Cape York, Queensland ; one specimen, in December.

77. Hasora HURAMA, Butler.

(Hesperilla hurama, Butler, T.E. Soc., p. 498, 1870; Lepid.
Ex., p. 166, t. 59, fig. 10, 1874; Ismene hurama, Misk., Ann.,
Queensland Mus., p. 74, 1891.)

Male and female, 48-54mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
tegs, and abdomen dark fuscous, head and thorax mixed with
zreenish-metallic hairs, palpi beneath ochreous. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen slightly
rounded near apex, thence oblique; dark purplish fuscous;

basal hairs greenish-golden ; without markings; stigma of male
formed by blackish seam-like scales, from before) middle of inner
margin to base of vein 3; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with
termen produced on vein 1, color, basal hairs and cilia as in

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forewings; inner margin clothed with long fuscous hairs.
Under side of forewings fuscous, purplish tinged between ter-
mination of cell and termen, more pronounced in female; cilia
as above. Under side of hindwings fuscous, wholly suffused
‘with iridescent purple; a broad transverse white entire fascia,
broadest in middle, posterior edge straight, anterior edge some-
what projecting in middle, from three-fourths of costa direct
‘to vein 1b, thence deflected to inner margin above anal angle ;
a suffused blackish blotch on anal angle; cilia as above, but
becoming whitish at base between veins 1 and 2.

Distinct by the broad entire fascia of under side of hind-
wings.

Watson (P.Z.S., 1893) spells this Hurana.

Cooktown, Cardwell, and Mackay, Queensland; five speci-
‘mens, November to February.

78. Hasora cHRomuUS, Cramer.

(Papilio chromus, Cramer, Pap. Ex., ii1., pl. cclxxxiv., fig. E.,
male, 1782; Parata chromus, Moore, Lep. Cey., i1., p. 161, pl.
axy.,rhess 1. a,b, 1881.)

Male and female, 40-48 mm. JHead, palpi, antenne, thorax,
legs, and abdomen dark fuscous, palpi beneath faintly ochreous,
collar greenish. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently
arched, termen faintly rounded, oblique; dark fuscous, without
markings; basal hairs fuscous; stigma of male formed as inter-
neural streaks; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen
produced on vein lb; color, basal hairs, and cilia as in fore-
wings. Under side of forewings dark fuscous; cilia as above.
Under side of hindwings as forewings; a narrow, white, trans-
‘verse fascia, posteriorly dilated, from costa at three-fourths
direct to vein lb, and there dilated; a small whitish patch
on inner margin near termination of vein la; a large blackish

patch on anal angle; cilia fuscous, becoming white at base
between veins | and 2.

Varies somewhat in size and width of white band of under
side of hindwings. Those which we possess from India and
‘Ceylon show a tendency to be suffused with purplish on under
side of hindwings. The species named Lucescens by Dr. Lucas
has been confused with the present species. However, the
totally different form of the stigma, which in the former is
well developed and of raised crescentic form, is very different
to that of Chromus, in which it appears (in Australian speci-
mens) as short longitudinal raised interneural streaks. The
broad band of hindwings of former is also a conspicuous charac-
ter. Messrs. Elwes and Edwards give Alexis, Moore, and
Malayana, Feld. as, synonyms.

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Brisbane and Mackay, Queensland, in December; occurs:
also in India and Java.

79. HasoRA DOLESCHALLII, Feld.

(Ismene doleschalli, Feld., Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien. Math. Nat.
Cl., xl., p. 460, 1860; Reise. Nov. Lep., iii., t. 72, fig. 16, 1867.).

Female 50 min. Head and palpi greenish-golden. Thorax,
antenne, legs and abdomen dark fuscous, thorax and anterior
half of abdomen clothed with golden-greenish hairs, thorax.
beneath bluish-green. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa
gently arched, termen gently rownded, oblique; dark fuscous ;
basal fourth of wing clothed with golden-green hairs, cilia
dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen prominent on vein lI,
not produced ; dark fuscous; basal and inner marginal hairs
golden-green, becoming bluish posteriorly; cilia as in fore-
wings. Forewings beneath fuscous; markings whitish; a.
small spot in middle of cell; a second similar near base of
veins 3 and 4; a short transverse lilacine streak from vein
1 beyond middle to near vein 3, its apex directly be-
tiween first 2 spots, but not quite reaching them. Hindwings-
blackish-fuscous ; a small bluish-white spot in cell near base; a
moderate bluish-white spot two-thirds from base, between veins-
1 and 2; cilia dark fuscous, becoming snow-white at base from
anal angle to vein 3, but interrupted at extremities of veins.

A very beautiful species; remarkable for the paucity of
markings on both upper and under sides of wings.

Cooktown, Queensland; two specimens in December.
Occurs also in New Guinea and Molucca.

List oF UNRECOGNISED AND REPUTED AUSTRALIAN SPECIES.

80. amalia, Semp. (Pamphila) (Mus. Godf. Lep, XIV., p. 183,.
1878). Rockhampton.

81.*ancilla, Herr -Sch. (Pamphila) (Stett. Ent, Zeit., p. 79, n. 59,.
1869). Rockhampton.

82. argeus, Plotz. (Hesperilla) (Stett. Ent. Zeit., XLIV., p. 227,.

. 1883). Cape York.

83. argina, Plotz. (Pyrgus) (l.c., XLV., n. 22, 1884). Brisbane.

84. atrax, Mab. (Hesperilla) (Comp. Rerd. Ent. Belg, XXXV.,.
p. lxxxi.). Australia.

85. augiades, Feld. (Pamphila) (Sitzb. Ak Wien M. N., cl. XV..,.
p. 461, n. 51, 1860. Reis Nov. Lep. Tit tre Fees
1867). Probably recorded in error for sperthies, Feld.

86. australensis, Mab. (Tagiades) (Comp. Rend. Ent. Belg.
XXXV., p. Ixxii.). Australia.

* This is probably Telicota augias, Linn.

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87, bifasciata, Tepp. (Hesperil/a) (Tr. Roy. Soc., S.A., IV., p. 32,
t. 2, f. 4, 1881). Lyndoch, S. Australia.

‘‘Clear brown, with four oval yellow spots near the margin
(termen), three similar near base, and a semilunar one between
them and edge (costa). A double band—the outer white, the
inner yellow—margins the posterior wings, and a small round
yellow spot near base.”

Mr. Tepper has supplied us with an exeellent colored drawing
of this species The band of hindwings is a characteristic
feature. The type, unfortunately, has been lost.
87a. colaca, Moore (Pornara) (P.Z.8., 1877, p. 594, pl. Iviii.,

ie, i).

M, Rowland Turner, of Mackay, has informed us that he has.
taken this species in the above district. Specimens were sub-
mitted to M. DeNiceville, who stated that they were exactly the
same as Indian specimens.

88. contempta, Plotz. (Ismene) (Stett. Ent. Zeit., XLV., p. 56,
1884). Cape York.

89. dolon, Plotz. (Apaustus) (l.c., XLIV., p. 166, 1884). Aus-
tralia.

90. eaclis, Mab. (Hesperilia) (C.R. Ent. Belg., p. 63, 1883).
Australia.

91. extranea, Plotz. (Telesto) (Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 383, 1884).
Australia.

92. impar, Mab. (Pamphila) (C.R. Ent. Belg., p. 46, 1883).
Australia. |

93. indusiata, Mab. (Hypoleucis) (l.c.. XXXV., p. exiii.). Vic-
toria.

94. lagon, Mab. (Pamphila) (/c., p. 1xxxii.). Cooktown.

95. leucopogon, Mab. (Proterodes) (1.c., p. cxi.). | Victoria.

96. melissa, Mab. (Hesperi/la) (1.c., p. 1xxxi.). Australia.

97 neocles, Mab. (Pamphila) (1 c., p. elxvili.). Cooktown.

98. nox, Mab. (Pamphila) (l.c., p. elxvili ). Victoria.

99. phineus, Cr, (? Eryrnnis) (Pap. Ex., IL. t. 176, E. 1779).
Recorded probably in error.

100. rectamitta, Mab. (Pamphila) (Pet. Nouv. Ent., IL., p. 237,
1878). Australia (2).

101. Aietmanni, Semp. (Hesperilla) (Mus. Godf. Lep, XIV.,
p. 187, 1878). Sydney.

102. satwlla, Mab. (Hesperilia) (C.R. Ent. Belg, XXXV.,
p. Ixxxii.). Australia.

193. saxula, Mab. (Hesperilla) (1.c., p. Ixxxi.). Australia,

104. sigida, Mab. (Pamphila) (l.c., p. clxviii). Australia.

105. tyrrhus, Mab. (Toaidia) (/.c., p. 1xxx.). Cooktown.

106. vallio, Mab. (Carystus) (C.R. Ent. Belg., LX., p. 27, 1883)..
New Holland.

Names of species in italics are synonyms.

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INDEX.

GENERA.
Genera asterisked are confined to the Australian region.

to those attached in ordinal succession.

Apaustus, Hiib :
Badamia, Moore -
Casyapa, Kirby
Erynnis, Schranck -
*Exometoeca, Meyr -
Hasora, Moore
*Mesodina, Meyr

aeluropis, Meyr.
agna, Moore -
agraulia, Hew.
albifascia, Misk
albifascia, Moore
alexis, Moore
alix, Plotz
alysos, Moore
amalia, Semp.
ancilla, Herr-Sch.
Andersoni, Kirby
angustula, Herr-Sch.

argenteo-ornatus, Hew.

argeus, Plotz.

argina, Plotz.
arsenia, Plotz.
atralba, Tepp.

atrax, Mab. -
atromacula, Misk
augiades, Feld.
augias, Linn.
australensis, Mab.
autoleon, Misk
bambusz, Moore
bathrophora, n. sp.
beata, Hew. -
bifasciata, Tepp.
bilunata, Buti.
caristus, Hew.
ceesina, Hew.

celeno, Cox
chaostola, Meyr.
chaya, Moore -
chromus, C7. -
chrysotricha, 7. sp.
chrysczona, Semp.
clavata, Staud.
colaca, Moore
comma, Kirby .
compacta, Butl. __ -
contempta, Plotz. -

The numbers refer

impar, Mab.
indusiata, Mab.
ismene, Newm.
ismenoides, Mab.
janetta, Buti.
Julianus, Latr.
Kochi, Feld. -
Kreftii, Macleay -
ladon, Cr. - -
lagon, Mab. -
lascivia, Rosen
Leach, Feld.
leucopogon. Mab.
leucostigma, 7. sp.
lucescens, Lucas
lugubris, Bdv.

lutea, T'epp. -
Macleayi, Plotz.
maheta, Hew.
Malayana, Feld.
marnas, Feld.
Mastersi, Waterh.
mathias, Fab.
megalopis, Meyr.
melissa, Mab.
mencia, Moore
minimus, Misk.
monticole, Oli.
munionga, Oll.
neocles, Mab. -
nox, Mab. - -
nycteris, Meyr,

odix, Bdv:” - -
ohara, Plotz. - -
olivescens, Herr-Sch.
ornata, Leach
palmarum, Moore
papyria, Bdv.
paraphaés, 7.sp.

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parvulus, Plotz. :
perornata, Kirby
Perronii, Latr. -
petalia, Hew. -
phigalia, Hew. -
phillyra, Misk -
phineus, Cr. -
phiea, Plotz. -
picta, Leach - -
po'phyropis, 2.sp.-
praxedes, Plotz.
py'hias, Mab.
qudrimaculata, Tepp.
rectivitta, Mab. -
repanda, Fedd.
restricta, Moore
Rietmanni, Semp.
satulla, Mab.

saxula, Mab. :
scepticalis, Rosen
senta, Misk .
sexguttata, Herr-Sch.
sigida, Mab - -
sperthias, Feld.
sphenosema, n.sp. -
sunias, Feld. -
symmomus, Hiib.
Tasmanicus, Misk
thrax, Led.
thymbron, Feld. -
trimaculata, Tepp. -
tymbophora, .sp.
tyrrhus, Mab.

ulama, Butl. -

vallio, Mab. - -
volux, Mab, - .
vulpecula, Prittw.
Walkeri, Heron
xanthomera, 7.sp.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF FOSSIL
MOLLUSCA FROM THE MIOCENE LIME-=
STONE NEAR EDITHBURG.,

(IncLuDING Notes By THE Late Proressor Ratpn Tarte.)
By HERBERT BasEDow.
[Read June 3, 1902. |

Puate IT.

On July 2, 1901, I read, at a meeting of this Society, a
paper “On the Occurrence of Miocene Limestones at Edith-
burg, &c.,” containing in an appendix a list of fossil mollusca,
some of which were marked as new species, with MS. names.

The late Professor Ralph Tate had kindly promised to
describe the new species I had obtained from this neighbor-
hood, but owing to his lamented death this promise was but
partially fulfilled. In this paper I submit descriptions of the
species marked as new in that appendix, which include (where
indicated) the work of the late Professor as far as he had
advanced up to the time of his death.

CAMPANILE TRISERIALE, spec. nov. PI. i1., fig. 1.

Shell large, solid, tapering; about 14 flattened whorls,
rapidly widening anteriorly ; constricted at the suture.

The characteristic ornamentation of the whorls consists of
three well-defined, elevated, coarsely-granulose ribs, the pos-
terior of which being the most coarsely and the median the
least coarsely granulose. The obliquity of the granulations
of the respective ribs varies from almost nil in the posterior
rib (the granules being approximately circular in section) to
about half a right angle in the anterior rib (the granules nar-
rowly oval). The interspaces between the granular ribs are
in general ornamented by a set of fine, equally strong spiral
threads, while the space between the anterior and median ribs
is conspicuously divided by a very much stronger thread. Base
flattened, angulated at the edge and finely decorated by suc-
cessive lines of growth. Aperture and apex fractured.

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Dimensions of Type—Length, 85 mm. (apex wanting) ;
breadth, 33 mm.

Locality —Subcrystalline miocene lmestone near Edith-
burg ; also miocene limestone at Hallett’s Cove.

Remarks.—In general shape of whorls and outline this fossil
species comes near to large examples of (. laeve, Q. and G.,
now living in Western Australian waters, although the two
very distinctive ornamentations are hardly comparable.

In the Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca of the British Museum,
part I, p. 228, Mr. G. F. Harris, F.G.S., writes: “Cast of a
large species of Cerithiwm, probably referable to the
subgenus Campanile from Kadina, South Australia.’ This
species mentioned by Mr. Harris will no doubt be referable *o
C. triservale.

MERETRIX SPHERICULA, spec. nov. PI. 11., fig. 2.

Shell solid, triangularly orbicular, slightly inequilateral, a
little wider than high. Surface ornamerted with rather
coarse, irregular lines of growth and fine concentric threads, and
also (more distinctly visible on the partially denuded portions)
by faint radial strie. Umbones small, depressed, curved over
towards the front, apparently somewhat oblique. Lunule pro-
minent, lanceolate. Ventral margin smooth and regularly
curved. Both valves much inflated and regularly convex, thus
effecting, with united valves, a globose, more or less spherical
appearance. Interior unknown.

Dimensions of Type—Antero-posterior diameter 74, umbo-
ventral diameter 67, sectional diameter of united valves 50 mil-
limeters.

Locality—Subcrystalline miocene limestone about Edith.

burg.
Large, imperfect casts, referable to this species, as large as
95 millimeters antero-posterior, and 91 umbo-ventral diameter,
lave also been found in the miocene cliffs at Aldinga Bay and
Hallett’s Cove.

CarDIUM MEDIOSULCATUM (Tate and Basedow), spec. nov.
Pl. ii., fig. 3.

Cardium rotundly oval, a little higher than wide, moderately
convex, equilateral and equivalve. Umbos central, approxi-
mate, depressed. Surface ornamented with from 33 to 37
elevated, truncated ribs, narrower than the interspaces (3 in a
width of 5 mm. in medio-ventral area). Ribs with a medio
sulcus, here and there interrupted by obsolete, depressed,

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vaulted scales. Interspaces flat, twice as wide as the ribs,
traversed by curved imbricating lamelle.

Interior unknown.

Dimensions of Type—Antero-posterior diameter 40, umbo—
ventral diameter 41, sectional diameter of united valves 25
millimeters.

Locality.—Subcrystalline miocene limestone near Edithburg,.
Yorke’s Peninsula.

Remark.—Whether the presence of a medio-sulcus in the ribs
can be ascribed to a primary characteristic of the mollusc or to-
a feature subsequently produced by fossilization remains to be
proved. ,

CaARDITA DENNANTI (Tate and Basedow), spec. nov. PI. i1., fig. 4.

Shell ovately triangular, transverse, inequilateral, modera-
tely solid; umbos prominent, obtuse, antemedian, incurved.
Post-dorsal margin inclined, antero-dorsal margin cordate.

Surface ornamented with 23 wide truncated ribs (1 mm. wide
in medio-ventral area), which are plain and slightly margined
at the sides. The intervening flat furrows, narrower than the
ribs, are traversed by somewhat distant, transverse threads,.
which cross the ribs.

Dimensions of Type.—Antero-posterior diameter 13; umbo-
ventral diameter 11 mm.

Locality —Subcrystalline miocene limestone near Edithburg,
Yorke’s Peninsula.

Imperfect specimens of this species have also been found im
the miocene limestone at Hallett’s Cove.

The species is named after J. Dennant, Esq., Camberwell, in:
recognition of invaluable paleontological services rendered.

GLYCIMERIS SUBRADIANS (Tate), spec. nov.

This species is of same general outline as G. radians, Lk., but-
differs by being flatter and having its radial ribs more acutely
elevated, the interspaces being as wide. The radial ornamen--
tation, moreover, is obsolete on the lateral slopes.

Locality—Common in the miocene limestone at Hallett’a
Cove ; also in the subcrystalline miocene limestone near Edith-

burg.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE II.
Figure 1. Campanile triseriale, spec. nov.
‘© 2. Meretrix sphericwla, spec. nov.
‘* 3. Cardium mediosulcatum (Tate and Basedow), spec. nov.
‘© 4. Cardita Dennanti (Tate and Basedow), spec. nov.
(All figures of natural size).

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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF LEPI=
DOPTERA (CECOPHORID).

By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.Z.S.
[Read July 1, 1902. ]

When I issued my paper on Australian Wcophoride (Proc.
Linn. Soc., N.S.W., 1882-1888) I excluded from consideration
certain small groups of genera which I at that time thought
capable of being maintained as separate families. Subse-
quent investigations have led me (as shown in my “Handbook
of British Lepidoptera) to prefer to treat them as more or less
aberrant portions of the same family, and I, therefore, now
describe the Australian genera and species of those groups,
and also take the opportunity of dealing at the same time
with some undescribed species of the other genera of the
family, with which I have become acquainted since the pub-
lication of my paper. In addition to these, Mr. O. Lower
and Dr. A. J. Turner have described a considerable number
of fresh species, of many of which I possess types through
the liberality of these gentlemen. Of these I will only say
at present that they appear to me to be in general well
grounded and efficiently described.

The order of genera here followed is that which (in accord-
ance with the principles of my handbook) I should now use
to express their affinities. My views on the affinities them-
selves have undergone little change, the difference being one
of the mode of expression only.

MACH ARITIS, Meyr.
MacH2RITIS PELINOPA, Nn. sp.

Male, 11-13 mm. MHead and thorax pale whitish-ochreous.
Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint externally sprinkled
with dark fuscous. Antenne ochreous-whitish, ringed with
dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fus
cous, ringed with ochreous-whitish, hairs of posterior tibiz
pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa
moderately arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely
rounded ; whitish-ochreous, more or less irrorated with fus-
cous (in one specimen very slightly); cilia pale whitish-
ochreous, towards base sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings
grey, lighter anteriorly; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous.

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Launceston, Deloraine, and Hobart, Tasmania, from
November to January; three specimens. Intermediate
between M. indocta and egrella, differing from both by entire
absence of stigmata.

MACHZRITIS NAIAS, N. sp.

Male, 11 mm. Head and thorax white. /Palpi white,
second joint externally dark fuscous. Antenne grey. Abdo-
men grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, hairs
of. posterior tibiz whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate,
narrow, costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen extremely
obliquely rounded; white; extreme costal edge dark fuscous
basally ; markings pale brownish irrorated with dark fuscous ;
stigmata moderate, round, plical directly beneath first discal,
second discal confluent with a small terminal spot beyond
tornus to form a bar; a small dorsal spot before tornus ;
some scattered dark scales in disc between these markings ;
two small spots (tending to be obsolescent) on costa ‘towards
apex; cilia white, partially sprinkled with dark fuscous.
Hindwings pale grey; cilia whitish.

Mount Crackenback (Kosciusko Range), New South Wales,
at 4,700 ft., in January; one specimen.

Allied to M. melanospora and samphoras, but quite distinct.

OCYSTOLA, Meyr.

OcysTOLA POLEMISTIS, Nn. sp.

Male, 11 mm. Head shining bronzy. Palpi rather long,
ochreous-yellowish, terminal joint externally dark fuscous,
three-fifths of second. Antenne yellowish, ringed with dark
fuscous, ciliations 24. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, tips of
-patagia yellow. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft yellowish.
Legs dark fuscous, ringed with yellowish, hairs of posterior
tibia yellowish. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated pos
teriorly, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen
hardly rounded, rather strongly oblique; orange-yellow; a
narrow dark fuscous costal streak from base, confluent with
a large dark purplish-fuscous patch occupying terminal half
of wing, its anterior edge convex and running from middle
of costa to three-fifths of dorsum; cilia dark purplish-fuscous,
beneath apex with an ochreous patch. Hindwings and cilia
dark fuscous; 3 and 4 connate.

Brisbane, Queensland; one specimen. Allied to O. placo-
zantha and mesorantha. Differs from the former by the
absence of the posterior yellow spot, from the latter by the
dark fuscous costal streak, from both by the strongly convex
edge of terminal dark patch.

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OcyYSTOLA MISTHOTA, N. sp.

Female, 13 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous, palpi
fong, terminal joint almost 1. Antenne grey. Thorax
bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen broken. Legs whitish-ochreous,
partially suffused with bronzy-fuscous. orewings elongate,
somewhat narrowed posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; yellow; markings
rather dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged; a costal streak
from base to near middle, extended at base to dorsum, apex
attentuated, not quite reaching posterior patch; a large patch
occupying terminal half of wing, its anterior edge straight
and running from middle of costa to middle of dorsum; cilia
rather dark fuscous. Hindwings coppery-fuscous, darker to-
wards apex; cilia rather dark coppery-fuscous; 3 and 4 con-
nate.

Sydney, New South Wales, in February (G. H. Raynor) ;
one specimen.

Allied to O. placorantha and the preceding, but charac-
terised by the pale head, long terminal joint of palpi, costal
streak not reaching band, &c.

OcYsTOLA CHRYSOPIS, n. sp.

Male, 12-13 mm. Mead orange. Palpi long, dark fus-
cous, second joint orange-yellow internally and on apical half
externally, terminal joint almost 1. Antenne dark fuscous,

ciliations 23. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Legs
yellow, tarsi and anterior and middle tibie mostly dark fus-
cous above. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately

arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ;
orange; markings dark purplish fuscous; a rather broad
costal streak from base to middle, extended at base to dorsum,
posteriorly attenuated and finely connected with posterior
patch ; a small spot representing first discal stigma, confluent
above with costal streak; a large patch occupying terminal
half of wing, its anterior edge slightly convex, and running
from just beyond middle of costa to three-fifths of dorsum,
enclosing a few yellow scales in disc at two-thirds; cilia dark
fuscous, on termen yellow, basal third blackish. Hindwings
dark coppery-fuscous, rather lghter anteriorly; cilia dark
fuscous, with a basal blackish shade; 3 and 4 connate.

Sydney, New South Wales, in November and April (G.
H. Raynor, G. Lyell); two specimens.

Near the preceding, but distinguished from all the allied
species by the projection from the costal streak, representing
first discal stigma, and the orange head.

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OcYSTOLA ZTHOPIS, n. sp.

Male, 11-14 mm. Head grey, slightly reddish-tinged.
Palpi moderately long, fuscous, terminal joint almost 1.
Antenne fuscous, ciliations (5). Thorax brown. Abdomen
fuscous. Legs rather dark fuscous, hairs of posterior tibie
ochreous-grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa
gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely
rounded; dull brown, slightly reddish-tinged, especially on
costal edge; stigmata large, darker, very cloudy and ill-de-
fined, plical obliquely beyond first discal; termen very ob-
scurely darker suffused; cilia dull brown, with an obscure,
sometimes obsolete, patch of ochreous suffusion towards tips
beneath apex. Hindwings and cilia rather dark grey; 3 and
4 connate.

Gisborne, Victoria, in October and March (G. Lyell); two
specimens.

Nearly allied to O. acrorantha, but conspicuously darker
throughout, and without the yellow cilia of that species.

OcYsTOLA HOLOXANTHA, 0. sp.

Male, 14 mm. _ Head, palpi, and thorax bright yellow;
palpi rather short, terminal joint two-thirds. Antenne
grey, towards base anteriorly white, ciliations (5). Abdomen
grey, mixed with ferruginous, segmental margins whitish. Legs
dark grey, hairs of posterior tibie whitish. Forewings elon-
gate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed,
termen extremely obliquely rounded; bright clear golden-
yellow; cilia yellow. Hindwings pale grey, darker pos-
teriorly ; cilia yellowish-grey-whitish ; 3 and 4 connate.

Closely related to O. malacella, but immediately distin-
guished by the grey hindwings (in malacella these are ochreous-
whitish, without any grey tinge).

Bathurst, New South Wales, in November ; one specimen.

HESPEROPTILA, n. g.

Head smooth-scaled, side tufts loosely spreading; tongue
developed. Antenne three-fourths, in male moderately
ciliated (1), basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi
moderately long, recurved, second joint not reaching base of
antenne, somewhat roughened beneath, terminal joint some-
what shorter than second, moderate, acute. Thorax smooth-
scaled. Posterior tibie clothed with long hairs above. Fore-
wings: 2 from near angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen ;
surface with tufts of raised scales. Hindwings almost 1, elon-
gate-ovate, cilia 1; 3 and 4 connate.

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Only differs from Coesyra by the raised scale tufts of fore-
wings. It may be regarded as a derivative of the earlier forms
of that genus, and placed next Heterozyga.

HESPEROPTILA ARIDA, N. Sp.

Male, 13 mm. Head and thorax grey-whitish irrorated
with fuscous. Palpi white, second joint irrorated with dark
fuscous except at apex and on a supramedian ring, terminal
joint with supramedian band of dark fuscous irroration.
Antenne grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish,
irrorated with dark fuscous except at apex of joints, hairs of
posterior tibie white. Forewings elongate, rather narrow,
costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen extremely
obliquely rounded; grey-whitish, suffusedly irrorated with
brown and irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous; a spot of
irroration on fold. at one-fourth; stigmata dark fuscous, first
disca] and plical forming raised tufts, plical shghtly beyond
first discal, second discal small; cilia whitish, sprinkled with
brownish-ochreous and dark fuscous. | Hindwings ochreous-
whitish, obscurely infuscated except towards base; cilia
ochreous-whitish, basal half more ochreous-tinged.

Carnarvon, West Australia, in October; one specimen.

CGERANICA, Meyr.
C@RANICA ANTICHROMA, n. sp.

Male, 19 mm. MHead and thorax orange-yellow, face dark
fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, above whitish. Antenne dark
fuscous, above towards base white. Abdomen and legs dark
fuscous, hairs of posterior tibie paler and yellowish-tinged.
Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse,
termen obliquely rounded ; deep yellow; cilia ochreous-yellow.
Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia ochreous, base mixed with grey.

Healesville, Victoria (J. A. Kershaw); one specimen. The
absence of markings at once distinguishes this from the other
two species of the genus.

PSALTRIODES, n. ¢.

Head smooth ; tongue developed. Antenne five-sixths, in
male biciliated with very long fascicles (7), basal joint short,
stout, with partial pecten. Labial palpi short, subascending,
second joint only reaching middle of face, with short rough
projecting scales beneath, terminal joint very short, less than
half second, slender, acute. Thorax smooth. Forewings: 2
from angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings
1, elongate-ovate, cilia one-half; 3 and 4 connate.

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__ Allied to Arzsters, from which it appears to be sufficiently
distinguished by the rough scales of second joint of palpi, and

antennal pecten. yr

PSALTRIODES THRIAMBIS, N. sp.

Male, 14 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen bronzy-fuscous,
segmental margins yellowish. Palpi white, second joint exter-
nally yellowish-tinged. Antenne dark fuscous. Legs dark
fuscous, ringed with yellow-whitish (posterior pair broken).
Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, costa somewhat bent
towards base and towards apex, apex round-pointed, termen
straight, oblique; bronzy-fuscous, evenly irrorated with
whitish and irregularly sprinkled with blackish; stigmata
blackish-fuscous, plical directly beneath first discal; an indis-
tinct curved subterminal series of blackish-fuscous dots, in-
dented beneath costa; cilia rather dark fuscous, basal half fus-
cous-whitish, with a dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings
orange; a terminal dark. fuscous fascia, dilated at apex so as
to occupy two-fifths of wing; cilia fuscous, with a dark fuscous
basal line.

Duaringa, Queeusland, in August (G. Barnard); one
specimen.

ARISTEIS, Meyr.

ARISTEIS HEPIALELLA, Walk.

(Oecophora hepialella, Walk., Cat. Tin., 1033.)
Townsville, Queensland ; bred by Mr. F. P. Dodd. I possess
a specimen by the kindness of Dr. A. J. Turner, who will re-

describe it.
CaHSYRA, Meyr.

CasyvRA KERSHAWI, Low.

(Casyra Kershawi, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., South Austr.,
1893, 293.)

Male and female, 16-19 mm. Head yellow. Palpi yellow,
base dark fuscous. Antenne fuscous. Thorax shining dark
purplish-fuscous, posterior extremity yellow. Abdomen
rather dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous ringed with whitish-
ochreous, hairs of posterior tibie whitish-yellowish. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse,
termen slightly sinuate, oblique; bright deep yellow; base
narrowly purple-fuscous, outer edge vertical; a dark fuscous
mark along costa at one-third ; a large terminal purple-fuscous
patch, becoming dark fuscous on edges, anterior edge from
three-fifths of costa to two-thirds of dorsum, bisinuate, enclos-
ing a small suffused yellow costal spot near anterior edge ;

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cilia fuscous, basal half mixed with dark fuscous. Hindwings
bronzy-fuscous, darker posteriorly ; cilia bronzy-fuscous.

I describe this species here as some of the characteristic
points are omitted in Lower’s description. I have received
authentic types from Mr. A. J. Kershaw, the original captor,
and also took the species myself at Glen Innes (3,500 ft.),
New South Wales, in December. It is well distinguished
from C. dichroella by the dark fuscous costal mark at one-third,
yellow costal spot in terminal band, and absence of yellow patch
in terminal cilia.

CaSYRA MIMOPA, N. sp.

Male, 16 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous-
yellow, lower half of second joint dark fuscous. Antenne
dark fuscous. Thorax dark purplish fuscous. Abdomen fus-
cous. Legs dark fuscous, posterior tibie ochreous-yellowish.
Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse,
termen obliquely rounded ; shining ochreous-yellow; base nar-
rowly rather dark fuscous, shortly produced on costal edge ;
a dark fuscous-purple terminal fascia, anterior edge running
from six-sevenths of costa to before tornus, bisinuate; cilia
shining fuscous. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous; cilia fuscous.

Halbury, South Australia, in February (E. Guest); one
specimen. May be placed between C. seleniaca and (.
isogramma, but by no means closely approaching either, the
peculiar form of the terminal fascia being characteristic.

CasyRA COLONEHA, Nn. sp.

Male, 18mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow, shoulders
dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint whitish.
Antenne fuscous. Abdomen pale grey, anal tuft pale yel-
lowish. Legs dark grey, hairs of posterior tibize whitish-
yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex
round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; pale
ochreous-yellow, slightly infuscated posteriorly ; base of costa
dark fuscous; cilia pale ochreous-yellow. Hindwings grey;
cilia ochreous-whitish, faintly greyish-tinged round apex.

Bathurst, New South Wales, in November ; one specimen.

Closely allied to C. panzrantha, but distinguished by the
grey hindwings. It therefore bears exactly the same relation
to C. panrantha that Ocystola holoxantha (from the same
locality) does to O. malacella.

Ca@sYRA MICROSTICTIS, n. sp.
Male, 11 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, shawlt
ders narrowly irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish,

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second joint externally yellowish, basal three-fifths dark fus-
cous. Antenne grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs
fuscous, ringed with ochreous-whitish, hairs of posterior tibiz
ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately
arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ;
whitish-ochreous ; basal one-fourth of costa suffused with dark
fuscous; stigmata small, black, plical slightly beyond first
discal; a small black pretornal dot beneath second discal; an
angulated subterminal series of minute black dots close to
termen and apical one-third of costa; cilia whitish-ochreous,
with a few blackish points. Hindwings whitish-grey; cilia
ochreous-whitish.
Bathurst, New South Wales, in March; one specimen.

Allied to C. arenwaga, but differing by the hardly obliquely
placed plical stigma and additional pretornal dot and sub-
terminal series.

Casyra piscincTa, Meyr.

(Gelechia strophiopeda, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., 8S. Austr.,
1894, 105, is a synonym of this. I have seen the type. The
groundcolor should be described as whitish-ochreous, my
examples being somewhat faded.)

ATHEROPY 4, Meyr.
ATHEROPLA CHORIAS, N. sp.

Male, 13mm. MHead and thorax ochreous-yellow, shoulders
fuscous. Palpi ochreous-yellow, second joint fuscous except
towards apex. Antennz pale ochreous. Abdomen grey.
Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair grey-whitish. Forewings
elongate, slightly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex
rounded, termen very obliquely rounded; deep ochreous-
yellow, with a few fuscous scales; base of costa dark fuscous ;
stigmata blackish-fuscous, plical obliquely beyond first discal,
an additional dot above and between two discal, second discal
larger; a broad rather dark fuscous terminal fascia, anterior
edge suffused, with a projection touching second discal stigma
beneath, enclosing a ‘terminal series of small suffused ochreous-
yellow spots; cilia fuscous, suffusedly pale yellowish towards
tips beneath apex. Hindwings rather dark fuscous; cilia
fuscous.

Sydney, New South Wales, in October (G. H. Raynor); one
specimen. The dark fuscous hindwings and terminal fascia
of forewings, and the additional median dot, separate this
species at once.

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PELTOSARIS, n. g.

Head smooth; tongue developed. Antenne five-sixths, in
‘male with very long ciliations (7), basal joint moderate, without
pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint ex-
ceeding base of antenne, clothed with dense scales expanded
into tuft beneath towards apex, terminal joint almost as long
as second, slender, acute. Thorax smooth. Forewings: 7
and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hindwings under 1, elongate-
-ovate, cilia three-fourths; 3 and 4 connate.

Allied to Hypercallia, of which it may be regarded as a de-
velopment, differing essentially by the tufted second joint of
‘palpi.

PELTOSARIS TRIPLACA, 0. Sp.

Male, 13-14 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, sometimes
centrally infuscated. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, second joint
with broad oblique dark fuscous band, terminal joint dark fus-
cous. Antenne yellowish, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax
dark fuscous, collar and patagia ochreous-yellow. Abdomen
ark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with yellowish
(posterior pair broken). Forewings elongate, costa mode-
rately arched, apex round-pointed, termen hardly rounded,
very oblique; ochreous-yellow; edge of costa at base dark fus-
cous; three broad connected dark fuscous fascie, first from
dorsum before middle to middle of costa, sending a projection
near dorsum to base, second connecting upper end of first with
lower end of third, third terminal; cilia dark fuscous, on ter-
men ochreous-yellow except at base. Hindwings and cilia dark
fuscous.

Katoomba, New South Wales, in November (G. Lyell); two
-specimens.

HYPERCALLIA, Steph.

This names supersedes Peltophora, Meyr.

HYPERCALLIA TRICHROA, N. sp.

Male, 14 mm. Head _ ochreous-yellow. Palpi lght
-ochreous-yellow, lower half of second joint dark fuscous. An-
tenne dark fuscous, ciliations (9). | Thorax dark purplish-
fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft yellowish. Legs
‘dark fuscous, middle tarsi yellowish-ringed, posterior legs
ochreous-yellowish, banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate,
costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen almost straight,
oblique ; dark fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous ,
‘two ochreous-whitish fascie, first at one-fourth, narrowed to-
-wards costa, very broad dorsally, second from two-thirds ci

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costa to tornus, dilated posteriorly in middle and on costa,
enclesing a dark fuscous transverse mark in disc; a whitish-
ochreous streak along upper two-thirds of termen; cilia dark
fuscous, beneath tornus yellow. Hindwings bright orange ;
apical one-fifth dark fuscous ; a narrow dorsal patch mixed with
dark fuscous; cilia dark fuscous.

Yale Paddock, South Australia, in March (E. Guest); one
specimen.

Allied to H. helias, from which it differs, besides distinctions
of color, by the shorter palpi and much longer antennal cilia-
tions.

PHILOBOTA, Mer.

PHILOBOTA ARGYRASPIS, Low.

(Cesyra argyraspis, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., 8. Astr., 1897,
54.)

Male and female, 14-15 mm. Head orange. Palpi orange,
irrorated with dark fuscous. Antenne fuscous. Thorax
orange-tawny, patagia pale ochreous posteriorly. Abdomen
light yellowish. Legs white, banded beneath with dark fus-
cous, hairs of posterior tibiz whitish-yellowish. Forewings
elorgate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex round-
pointed, termen hardly rounded, oblique; tawny-orange ;.
markings shining snow-white, more or less edged with dark
fuscous suffusion ; a costal streak from near base to near apex,
extremities attenuated ; a slender subdorsal streak throughout,
continued along termen to apex; a median longitudinal series
of three rather large spots, first elongate, second oval, third
subiriangular ; beneath second a small additional spot; cilia
fuscous-whitish, basal half orange mixed with dark fuscous.
Hindwings fuscous, lighter anteriorly; cilia fuscous-whitish,.
basal half mixed with fuscous.

Duaringa, Queensland, in October and November (G. Bar-
nard) ; five specimens.

Lower’s type was from Bulimba.

Related generally to the trzjugella group, but very distinct.

PYRGOPTILA, Meyr.

PYRGOPTILA ZELOTIS, N. sp.

Male, 20 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax whitish-
ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous, seg-
mental margins whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed
with whitish-ochreous, hairs of posterior tibize whitish-
ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa anteriorly mode-
rately, posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, ter-

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men very obliquely rounded; fuscous, irregularly sprinkled
with whitish and dark fuscous; a curved dark fuscous subbasal
line; a cloudy dark fuscous transverse line at one-third, pre-
ceded by large ochreous-mixed tufts above and below middle,
forming the posterior edge of a circular depression, which is
pale surrounded with dark fuscous; two white dots consecu-
tively placed in disc beyond middle, and an irregular white
transverse bar from disc, beyond middle to dorsum ; a large dis-
cal tuft of light ochreous scales beyond this; a strongly curved
ochreous line from a white spot on costa at three-fourths to
tornus, lower half spotted with white, preceded and followed
by dark fuscous suffusion ; cilia brownish, base sprinkled with
dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, lighter basally ; cilia light
brownish.

Queensland, probably, but locality not recorded (A. Simson) ;
one specimen.

The locality of the only other species of the genus, P. ser-
pentina, Meyr., was accidentally omitted from the original <le-
scription ; I took it at Perth, West Australia, in November.

TORTRICOPSIS, Newm.

This generic name must be adopted in place of Palparia,
Wing, the name Pa/paria was pre-occupied in the Lepidoptera
by Haworth.

TORTRICOPSIS PYROPTIS, nN. sp.

Male and female, 19-22 mm. Head and thorax red-brown,
more or less suffused with ashy-whitish. Palpi dark fuscous
irrora*ed with whitish, lower two-thirds of second joint red-
brown, tuft medorate, forming an equilateral triangle, terminal
joint longer than second. Abdomen ochreous-yellow, beneath
deeper ochreous and rosy-tinged. Forewings moderate, sub-
oblong, costa strongly arched anteriorly, apex obtuse, termen
sinuate, rather oblique ; red-brown, mixed with grey, and ante-
riorly more or less suffused with grey-whitish ; two short fine
obuque blackish streaks from costa about one-fourth; two
indistinct blackish-grey dots above middle of disc, appearing
a cortinuation of the second streak; cilia red-brown, mixed
with blackish-grey, extreme tips grey-whitish. Hindwings
deep ochreous-yellow, towards apex tinged with brown-reddish
and. sprinkled with dark grey ; cilia light brown-reddish mixed
with dark grey except towards tornus.

Brisbane, Queensland; Melbourne and Healesville, Vic-
toria ; in January (J. A. Kershaw, A. J. Turner); seven speci-
mets.

Nearest to 7'. semijunctella, but yuite distinct. Mr. Ker-
shaw has bred it from Hucalyptus.

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TORTRICOPSIS CALLICHROA, N. sp.

Female, 22mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi with second
joint ochreous-brown, becoming whitish-ochreous towards base,
tip whitish, tuft short, triangular, terminal joint white, in
front and towards apex grey. Thorax rosy-ochreous-grey,
inner edge of patagia whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings
elongate, costa moderately arched, apex acute, subfalcate, ter-
men concave, rather strongly oblique; brownish-ochreous,
apical half suffused with rosy-pink ; base of wing and of dor-
sum narrowly white, edged posteriorly with rosy-pink suffu-
sion , an oblique ochreous-white streak from one-sixth of costa
to below middle of succeeding fascia, edged anteriorly with a
few blackish scales and posteriorly with rosy-pink suffusion ;
an irregular median fascia of white suffusion, forming a trian-
guiar blotch on costa, anterior edge running from one-third of
costa to middle of disc, theace sharply angulated backwards
and again forwards to beyond middle of dorsum, edged with
some blackish scales, posterior edge'very irregular and unde-
fined ; an elongate dark fuscous mark mixed with white in disc
above middle; some dark fuscous suffusion above dorsal end
of median fascia; a slender slightly sinuate white streak from
three-fifths of costa to tornus, dilated on costa, edged ante-
riorly with blackish, preceded by dark grey suffusion ; a short
longitudinal white streak above apex ; a dark fuscous suffusion
along lower half of termen; cilia whitish-ochreous, pinkish-
tinged, base whitish-suffused on lower half of termen. Hind-
wings grey; cilia whitish-grey.

Sheringa, South Australia, in October (E. Guest); one
specimen.

May be placed next 7’. falcifera, but is widely distinct from
it or anything else.

TORTRICOPSIS EUSARCA, Nn. Sp.

Female, 14 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi
whitish, tuft broad, very short, brush-like, rosy-tinged, ter-
minal joint one-third. Thorax pale greyish-rosy. Abdomen
grey Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched,
apex round-pointed, termen rather strongly oblique, rounded
beneath ; light rosy-pink, mixed with light-grey; a dark fus-
cous streak along basal third of dorsum; a longitudinal dark
fuscous streak, edged above with whitish, in disc before and
below middle, and another in disc above middle; a reddish-
fuscous spot above tornus, preceded by some whitish suffusion ;
a whitish apical bar, margined above and beneath by reddish-
fuscous spots; cilia whitish, base pinkish-tinged, with reddish-

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fuscous basal spots above and below apex. Huindwings grey;
cilia whitish-grey.

Quorn, South Australia, in October ; one specimen.

The smallest and least conspicuous member of the genus,
marked somewhat as Kclecta aurorella.

LEPIDOTARSA, Meyr.

LEPIDOTARSA ARGYROPIS, nN. sp.

Male, 21 mm. Head and thorax light yellow, variegated
with ferruginous. Palpi whitish-yellowish, second joint ferru-
ginous towards apex. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex round-
pointed, termen straight, oblique; light yellow, variegated
throughout with ferruginous-red; a fuscous streak along dor-
sum throughout; a round silvery-white subdorsal spot before
middle; a fuscous transverse streak from one-fourth of costa
to dorsum before tornus, lower half considerably dilated pos-
teriorly and enclosing a transverse-oval silvery-white spot; dis-
cal stigmata fuscous, plical silvery-white, directly beneath first
discal, resting on preceding fascia; a small silvery-white spot
towards apex ; cilia fuscous, coppery-tinged, on costa coppery-
reddish. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-yellowish, brassy-
tinged, base of cilia towards tornus tinged with dark fuscous.

Sydney, New South Wales, in October (G. H. Raynor); one
specimen.

Allied to L. triodes and L. chryserythra, but abundantly dis-
tinct.

EUPHILTRA, Meyr.
EUPHILTRA CHRYSORRHODA, N. sp.

Female, 12 mm. MHead and thorax tawny-orange. Palpi
ochreous-orange irrorated with dark fuscous, terminal joint
whitish. Antenne dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous,
segmental margins ochreous-orange. Legs yellow-ochreous,
anterior tibie suffused with crimson, anterior and middle tarsi
banded with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa mode-
rately arched, apex round-pointed, somewhat produced, termen
sinuate, very oblique; orange, becoming tawny towards mar-
gins; a fine white line from one-fourth of dorsum to middle
of disc, edged beneath with tawny suffusion ; an indistinct fine
whitish inwards-curved transverse line at three-fifths, followed
in disc by a straight black transverse mark attenuated down-
wards, and by a faint pink general suffusion; apex rather
broadly suffused with rosy-pink ; cilia orange-yellow, at apex
with a black spot. Hindwings fuscous, anteriorly paler and

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ochreous-tinged ; cilia fuscous-whitish, suffused with light duil
orange except round apex.

Sydney, New South Wales, in October (G. H. Raynor); one
specimen.

This strikingly distinct and ornamental species is a true
Euphiltra, but in color and markings shows a suggestive afh-
nity to Tortricopsis.

HELIOCAUSTA, Meyyr.
HELIOCAUSTA DORSIVITTELLA, Walk.

(Psecadia dorsivittella, Walk. Cat. Tin., 538.)

Male and female, 24-28 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides
sharply dark brown. Palpi whitish, second joint light
brewnish externally above, with a dark fuscous streak on each
side becoming obsolete downwards, terminal joint dark fuscous
anteriorly towards apex. Antenne light fuscous, ciliations in
male (2). Thorax fuscous, with a broad central ochreous-
whitish stripe, and dark fuscous stripe on each side of it. Ab-
domen pale yellowish. Legs yellow-whitish, anterior and
middle pair banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate, mode-
rate, costa rather strongly arched, apex round-pointed, pro-
duced, termen rather strongly concave, somewhat oblique ; fus-
cous, irrorated with grey-whitish, dorsal area broadly darker
fuscous, without irroration; extreme costal edge rosy-whitish ;
an ochreous-whitish dorsal streak from near base to tornus,
narrowed to extremities, edged above with some dark ferru-
ginous scales, and beyond middle with a triangular dark fer-
ruginous spot edged with whitish; a very indistinct darker
line from two-fifths of costa very obliquely outwards to five-
sixths, thence obtusely angulated to tornus; cilia fuscous
mixed with whitish, with dark ferruginous basal line mixed
with dark fuscous. Hindwings light ochreous-yellow, apex
and termen infuscated; cilia light yellowish, towards tips
whitish, with a fuscous subbasal line.

Mount Macedon, Victoria (G. H. Raynor); Mount Lofty,
South Australia (E. Guest); also from Tasmania; in Decem-
ber, three specimens.

This extremely distinct species does not harmonise well with
Helvocausta, but I cannot discover any reliable point of generic
separation ; some affinity with 7ortricopsis is suggested by the
shape of wing, but the palpi do not support this. A weak
and fugitive antennal pecten is present.

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HOPLITICA, Meyr.
HopLiticA HEPATITIS, n. sp.

Female, 17 mm. Head and thorax pale ochrecus, mixed
with purplish-fuscous Palpi whitish, terminal joint dark fus-
cous anteriorly. Antenne ochreous-whitish, sharply annu-
Jated with blackish. (Abdomen broken.) Logs ochreous-
whitish, anterior pair banded with dark fuscous. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, ter-
men little rounded, oblique; whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irro-
rated with reddish-ochreous, and on dorsal half with purplish ;
base narrowly purplish ; four moderately broad slightly oblique
ill-defined dull crimson-purple fasciez, first at one-fourth, angu-
lated in middle, second before middle, rather curved, third at
two-thirds, broader, slightly curved, fourth terminal, narrowed
beneath, not reaching tornus; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous,
plical beneath first discal, both very indistinct, second discal
larger, distinct, placed between second and third fascie, space
above it forming a rather conspicuous light patch; cilia light
ochreous-rosy, apical half ochreous-whitish, at apex and tornus
grey. Hindwings grey, darker towards apex; cilia grey.
_ Under surface of hindwings pale yellowish along costa.

Gisborne, Victoria, in December (G. Lyell) ; one specimen.

Allied to H. rufa and H. absumptella, but distinguished
from all by the four purple fascie.

EULECHRIA, Meyr.
EULECHRIA PHENISSA, N. sp.

Male, 16 mm. MHead whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged.
Palpi whitish-ochreous, lower half of second joint fuscous.
‘Thorax rather dark coppery-fuscous, posteriorly narrowly
whitish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, yellowish-
tinged. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately
arched, apex obtuse, termen little oblique, rounded beneath ;
uniform glossy whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hind-
wings light ochreous-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous.

Duaringa, Queensland, in April (G. Barnard); one specimen.

Nearest to #. pantelella, but easily known by the contrasted
dark thorax.

EULECHRIA NICAA, 0. sp.

Female, 26 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, slightly
brown-sprinkled. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark
fuscous except towards base and apex, terminal joint suffused
with dark fuscous except towards base. Antenne pale
ochreous, ringed with dark fuscous. (Abdomen broken.)

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Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish-ochreous (posterior pair
broken). Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately
arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather oblique ; ochreous-
fuscous, obscurely irrorated with pale and dark; a small sharp
triangular whitish-ochreous basal spot on dorsum, limited
above by a small dark fuscous costal spot, and followed by
darker suffusion ; stigmata cloudy, dark iuscous, plical directly
beneath first discal; a series of indistinct dark fuscous dots.
from three-fourths of costa to a pretornal spot, extremely close
to costa and termen throughout; cilia light fuscous, daker-
mixed, apical half fuscous-whitish. Hindwings whitish-fus-
cous; cilia fuscous-whitish, base mixed with fuscous.

Tasmania, probably, but locality not recorded (A. Simson) ;
one specimen.

Alhed to #. ophthalmias, but without the pale discal spots.
and dark head, and specially characterised by-the large size.

EULECHRIA MESELECTRA, 0. sp.

Male and female, 15-16 mm. Head and thorax pale
ochreous, tinged with brown-reddish. Palpi whitish-ochreous,
slightly reddish-tinged. Antenne ochreous, base in male suf-
fused with dark fuscous. Abdomen orange-ochreous, segmen-
tal margins pale brownish-ochreous. Legs rather dark fus-
cous, pale-ringed, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Fore-
wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen
very obliquely rounded ; brownish-ochreous, suffused with light
purplish-fuscous, more strongly towards base; extreme base
sharply whitish-ochreous, edged posteriorly with darker fus-
cous suffusion; second discal stigma obscurely darker; cilia
brownish-ochreous, base mixed with fuscous, tips paler. Hind-
wings light grey or whitish-grey; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish.

Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland, in September and
October (G. Barnard, A. J. Turner); three specimens.

Similar in general appearance to the preceding species, but
much smaller, and probably not really closely allied, as it differs:
much in palpi, form of wing, and other details.

EULECHRIA PIODES, 0. sp.

Male and female, 13-17 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpt
rather stout, whitish-ochreous, second joint externally dark
fuscous except at apex. Antenne in male rather stout, cilia-
tions (14). Thorax whitish-ochreous, collar and shoulders
coppery-fuscous. Abdomen golden-ochreous, segmental mar-
gins whitish-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous, ringed with
whitish-ochreous, hairs of posterior tibie whitish-ochreous.
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex ob-

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tuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale ochreous-yellowish, more
or less tinged or partially suffused with brown; basal area
wholly suffused with brown except a pale ochreous-yellowish
spot along basal one-fourth of dorsum, followed by a dark fus-
cous dorsal suffusion ; stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, plical
directly beneath first discal ; a triangular dark fuscous spot on
middle of costa ; an indistinct fuscous subterminal line starting
from a darker costal spot at four-fifths, bent in middle, lower
portion close to termen; cilia pale ochreous-yellowish, base
more or less brownish. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, wholly
suffused with light coppery-fuscous; cilia whitish-ochreous,.
tinged with fuscous.

Duaringa, Queensland, in November, February, April, and
May (G. Barnard) ; seven specimens.

A. peculiar species, not very near any other, characterised
by the conspicuous dark costal spots.

EULECHRIA ZEMIODES, 0. sp.

Female, 14mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark bronzy-fus-
cous, pale-sprinkled. Antenne, abdomen, and legs rather
dark fuscous, legs whitish-ringed. Forewings elongate, costa
moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely
rounded ; rather dark bronzy-fuscous, mixed with lighter and
darker ; stigmata large, blackish-brown, plical directly beneath
and suffusedly confluent with first discal; some pale scales in
middle of disc, and a pale suffusion beyond second discal ; pos-
terior half of costa broadly suffused with blackish-brown, except
on a whitish-ochreous costal spot at two-thirds; some pale
scales towards apex; cilia bronzy-fuscous, somewhat mixed
with paler and darker. Hindwings and cilia rather dark
fuscous.

Bendigo, Victoria, in November (G. Lyell) ; one specimen.

Not close to any other ; perhaps most allied to the New Zea-
land EL. zophoessa.

EULECHRIA HYMENAA, 0. sp.

Male, 15-16 mm. Head yellow. Palpi pale yellow, lower
half of second joint dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous. Ab-
domen grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately
arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; yellow; base
narrowly dark fuscous; a moderate inwards-curved dark fus-
cous fascia from three-fourths of costa to tornus; cilia pale
yellowish, posteriorly brownish-tinged, on extremities of fascia
suffused with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia grey.

Duaringa and Warwick, Queensland, in September (G. Bar-
nard, A. J. Turner); two specimens.

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Belongs to the group of H. malacoptera; it cannot be con-.
fused with any species of the genus, but is extremely similar
to some species of Ceesyra.

HULECHRIA ISCHNODES, n. Sp.

Male, 26 mm. Head grey-whitish, crown with a fuscous
spot. Palpi whitish, second joint dark grey except apex.
Antenne grey, ciliations (14). Thorax whitish, mixed with
fuscous. Abdomen light greyish-ochreous. Legs grey, pos-
terior pair white. Forewings elongate, costa moderately
arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ;
fuscous, irrorated with whitish, in disc and posteriorly largely
suffused with white, which forms a sub-costal streak well defined
on costal side from near base to three-fourths; stigmata small,
dark fuscous, plical somewhat obliquely beyond first discal, a
similar dot between and rather above first and second discal,
and another beneath and rather obliquely before second discal :
an interrupted curved subterminal line of ground color from
four-fifths of costa to before tornus, sharply indented and
darkened beneath costa, its indentation connected with lower
extremity by a transverse undefined suffusion of ground color ,
a terminal series of indistinct darker fuscous dots; cilia
whitish, with two indistinct pale fuscous shades. Hindwings
pale fuscous; cilia ochreous-whitish, with two faint pale fus-
cous Shades.

Kewell, Victoria (J. A. Kershaw); one specimen.

Belongs to the adorella group, in which it is readily recog-
nised by its considerable size, relatively narrow wings, and
general white suffusion, with distinct subcostal streak.

EULECHRIA PHORYNTIS, n. sp.

Female, 21 mm. Head and thorax grey, whitish-mixed.
Palpi dark grey, apex of second joint white. Antenne grey,
pale-ringed. Abdomen grey, ovipositor long. Legs dark
grey, whitish-ringed, hairs of posterior tibiz whitish. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa rather strongly arched on ante-
rior half, gently posteriorly, apex round-pointed, termen very
obliquely rounded; grey, irregularly irrorated with whitish
and dark fuscous; veins partially obscurely streaked with
darker ; an oblique irregular cloudy dark subbasal fascia. indis-
tinetly indicated, stigmata dark fuscous, ill-defined, plical ob-
liquely beyond first discal; a sharply angulated series of suf-
fused dark fuscous dots from three-fourths of costa to tornus,
upper section sinuate inwards; cilia pale fuscous, somewhat
mixed with whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings grey, paler
anteriorly ; cilia pale whitish-fuscous, with traces of two
cloudy darker shades.

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Gisborne, Victoria, in April (G. Lyell); one specimen.

An obscure insect, apparently nearest to H. erodes, but
distinguishable by the somewhat different form of wing, sub-
basal fascia, and the absence of the characteristic fine ochreous
white costal edge.

EULECHRIA SCOTIODES, Nn. gp.

Male, 16-17 mm. MHead and thorax dark fuscous mixed
with whitish-ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, second joint with
whitish apical and subapical rings. . Antenne fuscous, cilia-
tions (1). Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins ochreous-
whitish. Legs dark fuscous ringed with ochreous-whitish,
hairs of posterior tibiz ochreous-whitish. | Forewings elon-
gate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, irre-
gularly mottled with ochreous-whitish ; stigmata rather large,
darker fuscous, ill-defined, plical obliquely before first discal,
an additional spot beyond first discal, and one on costa above
second discal ; cilia whitish-fuscous, partially mixed with dark
fuscous. Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia whitish ochreous,
round apex fuscous-tinged.

Adelaide, South Australia, in September (O. Lower) ; three
specimens.

This species is easily recognised *by the peculiar ochreous-
whitish mottling of the narrow forewings, and the grey-whitish
hindwings; perhaps most allied to #. adelphodes, Low.

EKULECHRIA OPTALEA, N. Sp.

Female, 14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale yellow-
ochreous, sprinkled with brown or dark fuscous. Antenne
whitish-ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
whitish-ochreous, ovipositor very long. Legs dark fuscous,
ringed with whitish-ochreous, hairs of posterior tibie whitish-
ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched,
apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ;
light yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous; dark fus-
cous dots on base of costa and dorsum; stigmata moderate,
dark fuscous, plical directly beneath first discal; a very
strongly curved series of undefined dark fuscous dots from
three-fifths of costa to tornus, running very close to costa and
termen ; cilia pale yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fus-
cous, tips ochreous-whitish. Hindwings tolerably pointed,
grey, becoming whitish-grey anteriorly; cilia ochreous-
whitish.

Gisborne, Victoria, in January (G. Lyell); one specimen.

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By the narrow wings allied to EF. charierga and stenota, but
easily known by yellow-ochreous ground color and absence of
black median costal spot.

CENOCHROA, Meyr.

CHNOCHROA HOMORA, N. sp.

Female, 16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark bronzy-
fuscous, finely sprinkled with white. Antenne dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark grey, apex ochreous-yellow beneath. Legs
dark fuscous, posterior tarsi ringed with whitish, hairs of pos-
terior tibie whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa mode-
rately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely
rounded ; dark fuscous, slightly bronzy-tinged, irrorated with
grey whitish-edged scales; the pale irroration forms an unde-
fined longitudinal streak in disc from one-fourth to three-
fourths, edged above and below with darker streaks from ab-
sence of irroration ; cilia fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled.
Hindwings fuscous, darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous.

Hobart, Tasmania, in December; one specimen. Also
found at Brisbane, Queensland, by Dr. A. J. Turner, who has
bred the species from Acacia.

Distinguished from the rest of the genus by the combination
of small size and dark hindwings.

LINOSTICHA, Meyr.
LINOSTICHA AUTOGRAPHA, Nn. Sp-

Male, 19mm. Head whitish, crown fuscous except on sides.
Palpi fuscous, apex of second joint whitish, terminal joint
whitish, basal half suffused with dark fuscous above. Thorax
rather dark fuscous. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elon-
gate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely
rounded ; fuscous, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous, between
veins marked with cloudy dark fuscous lines; costal edge
white ; veins partially streaked with white, especially margins
of cell, towards base of upper margin stronger and more
sharply marked; stigmata obscured, dark fuscous, plical be-
neath first discal; cilia pale grey, base mixed with fuscous.
Hindwings and cilia pale grey.

Sydney, New South Wales, in April; one specimen.

Not near any other; perhaps most related to L. dichroa,
Low.

LINOSTICHA THEMERODES, N. Sp.

Male, 20mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark
fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, irrorated with dark fuscous.

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Antenne dark grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous, irrorated with
dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous, segmental margins
ochreous-grey-whitish. Legs dark fuscous ringed with
ochreous-whitish, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen
very obliquely rounded ; pale whitish-ochreovs, bronzy-shining,
irregularly irrorated with bronzy-fuscous; base narrowly suf-
fused with dark bronzy-fuscous; stigmata rather large, cloudy,
dark fuscous, discal approximated, plical obliquely before first
discal, a similar additional dot directly above plical; a curved
series of cloudy dark fuscous dots from four-fifths of costa to
a cloudy praetornal spot, upper half confluent with a cloudy
transverse costal blotch; cilia pale whitish-ochreous, basal
half mixed with fuscous. Hindwings pale fuscous; cilia
fuscous-whitish.

Gisborne, Victoria, in October (G. Lyell); one specimen.

Apparently most allied to LZ. nomistis, but very distinct.

TRACHYNTIS, Meyr.

TRACHYNTIS THRYPTICOPA, N. sp.

Male, 13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, lower three-
fifths of second joint and subbasal and apical rings of ter-
minal joint blackish. Antenne blackish. Thorax white,
partially ochreous-tinged. Abdomen grey. Legs dark fus-
cous, whitish-ringed, hairs of posterior tibiz fuscous-whitish.
Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex
round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; pale
yellow-ochreous, with a few scattered blackish scales; basal
area white, except a subcostal spot of groundcolor, and black
spots at base of costa and dorsum ; a white costal streak, inter-
rupted at one-fourth and one-half by bronzy-fuscous patches
irrorated with black, terminated posteriorly by apical patch ;
stigmata dark fuscous, first discal moderate, plical forming
an oval spot obliquely before first discal, second discal large,
connected with an irregular spot beneath and obliquely before
it, and followed by a white suffusion; a large apical bronzy-
fuscous patch irrorated with blackish, narrowly extended along
termen to tornus, containing some whitish scales near apex ;
cilia ight bronzy-fuscous, base sprinkled with blackish. Hind-
wings grey; cilia light grey.

Gisborne, Victoria, in November (G. Lyell) ; one specimen.

Extremely distinct ; may be placed next 7’. xenopis.

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TRACHYNTIS EPIPONA, N. sp.

Male, 13 mm. Head grey-whitish. Palpi whitish, lower
half of second joint dark fuscous. Antenne grey. Thorax
grey-whitish, mixed anteriorly with fuscous. Abdomen grey.
Legs dark fuscous, ringed with whitish, hairs of posterior tibie
whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently
arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded; grey-
whitish, irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and a few black
scales; four direct irregular dark brown fascie, first subbasal,
second before middle, including cloudy blackish plical and first
discal stigmata, third at two-thirds, including cloudy black
second discal stigma, fourth subapical, suffusedly confluent
with third in middle; cilia whitish, mixed with fuscous and
dark fuscous. Hindwings grey, darker terminally; cilia ight
grey.

Sydney, New South Wales, in April; one specimen. Allied
to 7. delophanes, but narrower-winged, without the white
discal streak, and otherwise quite distinct.

PHLGOPOLA, Meyr.

PHLG@OPOLA EPETHISTIS, Nl. Sp.

Male and female, 20-24 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, mixed
with fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, basal half and a sub-
apical ring of second joint, and a broad band above base of
terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne pale ochreous, obscurely
spotted with dark fuscous. Thorax rather dark fuscous,
sprinkled or mixed with ochreous-whitish. Abdomen
brownish-ochreous, segmental margins ochreous-whitish. Legs
dark fuscous, ringed with ochreous-whitish, hairs of posterior
tibiez ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa
moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen little rounded,
oblique ; pale whitish-ochreous, confusedly mixed and irrorated
with brownish-ochreous and dark fuscous; a bronzy-brown
basal patch mixed with dark fuscous; a very undefined bronzy-
brown fascia from one-fourth of costa to middle of dorsum,
and another from middle of costa to tornus, sharply angulated
below middle; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, plical more or
less elongate, obliquely before first discal; a curved subter-
minal series of coudy dark fuscous dots, starting from an in-
wardly oblique dark fuscous spot on costa towards apex ; cilia
pale whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous and dark fuscous:.
Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, somewhat fuscous-sprinkled ;
cilia fuscous-whitish mixed with fuscous.

Deloraine, Tasmania, in December; three specimens.

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A. confusedly-marked species, belonging to the turbatella
group, but distinguished from all near allies by the pale hind-
wings.

SPHYRELATA, Meyr.

SPHYRELATA MELANOLEUCA, Meyr.

Gelechia mucrospiloplaca, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., 8. Austr.,
1894, 106, is a synonym of this.

ACOLASTA, n. g.

Head smooth-scaled; tongue developed. Antenne three-
fourths, in male serrulate, shortly ciliated (4), basal joint
moderate, with slight pecten. Labial palpi very long, re-
curved, second joint thickened with appressed scales, terminal
joint as long as or shorter than second, slender, acute. Pos-
terior tibie clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings:
2 from very near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from
middle of cell. Hindwings (1), elongate-ovate, cilia two-thirds,
3 and 4 connate.

This and the six following genera form an associated group
(to which also the large European genus Depressaria and its
allies belong), which may be regarded as a development of the.
Borkhausenma group. The antenne are simple or very shortly
ciliated in the male, and vein 7 of the forewings terminates in
the costa or apex.

Type A. scolia.

ACOLASTA PACHNIAS, nN. Sp.

Female, 18 mm. Head and thorax white, finely irrorated
with dark fuscous. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous
on basal half and a subapical ring. Abdomen grey. Fore-
wings elongate, rather narrow; costa moderately arched, apex
round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; white, finely
irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous, with fine blackish
streaks between veins; stigmata small, blackish, plical rather
beyond first discal; cilia whitish, sprinkled and barred with
dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark grey, lighter towards
base ; cilia grey-whitish, suffused with fuscous towards base.

Duaringa, Queensland, in October (G. Barnard) ; one speci-
men. Characterised by the distinct black stigmata, and
darker hindwings.

ACOLASTA SCOLIA, N. sp.

Male and female, 18-20 mm. Head whitish, crown dark
fuscous except on sides. Palpi white, second joint dark. fus-
cous above. Thorax white, with blackish dorsal and pre-

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lateral stripes. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Forewings
elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-
pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; whitish, irregularly
streaked with dark fuscous between veins; a thicker subcostal
streak from base of costa to beneath middle of costa, an irre-
gular-edged median longitudinal streak from base to apex, and
a broader dorsal streak from near base to tornus; cilia fuscous,
mixed with dark fuscous, base mixed: with white. Hindwings
and cilia light ochreous-grey.

Sydney, New South Wales, in November and December ;
three specimens.

The strong dorsal streak distinguishes it equally from the
preceding insect, and from the very similar species of the
following genus. All these frequent the trunks of stringy-
barked Hucalyptt, and are colored for concealment in that
situation.

LEPTOSACES, Meyr.

Head smooth-scaled ; tongue developed. Antenne three-
fourths, serrulate, in male simple, basal joint moderate, with-
out pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint
thickened with scales, more or less rough towards apex above
and beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, acute.
Posterior tibie clothed with long fine hairs above. Fore-
wings: 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from midde of cell.
Hindwings (1), elongate-ovate, cilia two-thirds; 3 and 4 con-
nate.

Based on a New Zealand species, from which the Australian
forms only appear to differ in the more roughly scaled palpi,
and as even in them the rough scaling seems to be sometimes
naturally appressed, there is no sufficient cause for discrin)i-
nation.

LEPTOSACES SCHISTOPA, N. Sp.

Male and female, 13-18 mm. Head fuscous-whitish mixed
with fuscous, crown darker centrally. Palpi fuscous-whitish
mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax light fuscous, whitish-
sprinkled, with blackish dorsal and lateral stripes. Abdomen
light fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather marrow, costa
moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliqueiy
rounded ; whitish, somewhat mixed with fuscous, coarsely and
irregularly streaked with blackish-fuscous between veins; a
blackish-fuscous median longitudinal streak from base to
termen, finely attenuated basally; a stronger blackish-fuscous
subdorsal streak from base to tornus; cilia dark fuscous,

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‘sprinkled with whitish. Hindwings fuscous, lghter ante-
riorly; cilia pale fuscous.

Brisbane, Queensland; Glen Innes (3,500 ft.), New South
Wales; Gisborne, Victoria; from October to December, six
‘specimens.

Very similar to the following, but smaller, and easily dis-
‘tinguished by the dark hindwings.

LEPTOSACES PYTINHA, Nl. Sp.

Female, 18-19 mm. Head whitish, crown suffused with
dark fuscous except on sides. Palpi whitish, second joint
dark fuscous on basal two-thirds and a subapical ring, terminal
joint mixed with dark fuscous Thorax whitish, with blackish
dorsal and lateral stripes. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish.
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched,
apex obtuse, termen very fuscous between veins; a thicker sub-
costal streak from base to beneath middle of costa, and one in
disc from one-fifth to two-thirds; a stronger blackish-fuscous
-subdorsal streak from base to tornus; cilia whitish, sprinkled
with dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-grey-
whitish.

Sydney, New South Wales, in October ; four specimens.

Characterised by the whitish hindwings.

PH AOSACES, Meyr.

This genus would be inserted here; it contains several New
‘Zealand species, and I have also described one from Ceylon;
it is, therefore, probable that the genus will be found to occur
in Queensland, but at present I have seen no Australian
species referable to it.

PEDOIS, Turn.

Hairs of crown forming a strong projecting tuft between
-antenne ; tongue developed. Antenne three-fourths, in male
serrulate, very shortly ciliated (4), second joint thickened with
appressed scales and with rough projecting scales above to-
wards apex, terminal joint shorter, slender, acute. Posterior
tibiz clothed above with long hairs. Forewings: 2 from near
angle of cell, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle of
-cell. Hindwings (1), elongate-ovate, cilia one-third, 3 and
4 connate or short-stalked.

T now restrict this genus (originally communicated by me to
Dr. Turner in a wider sense, and so described by him) to the
following single species only ; he has specified no type, and his

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description clearly includes this and the following genus. The:
curious frontal tuft (caused by the side tufts being prolonged
forwards) and the projecting scales of the palpi are sufficient
distinction.

PEDOIS NEUROSTICHA, Low.

(Pedois neurosticha, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., 8. Austr., 1894,.
112.)

Male and female, 21-24 mm. Head and thorax whitish,
irrorated with grey. Palpi whitish, second joint grey in
front, and with grey subapical and sometimes supramedian
rings, terminal joint dark grey in front. Abdomen pale
greyish-ochreous. Forewings moderate, suboblong, costa ante-
riorly strongly arched, apex rounded, termen rather obliquely
rounded ; white, irrorated with grey ; numerous short irregular
undefined dark grey longitudinal streaks, roughly arranged
in three angulated series parallel to costa and termen, and a
similar series along posterior half of costa and termen; stig-
mata blackish, rather undefined, plical slightly beyond first.
discal; cilia whitish. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish-
grey, tips whitish.

Blackheath (3,500 ft.), Glen Innes (3,500 ft.), and Cooma
(3,000 ft.), New South Wales; Gisborne, Victoria; Mount
Lofty, South Australia; ten specimens.

Frequents the trunks of Hucalyptus.

DOLEROMIMA, n. g.

Head with appressed scales; tongue developed. Antennz
three-fourths, in male serrulate, very shortly ciliated (4), basal
joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved,
second joint thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint
shorter, slender, acute. Posterior tibie clothed above with
long hairs. Forewings: 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 stalked,
7 to costa, 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings (1), elongate-
ovate, cilia one-third; 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked.

Allied to Pheosaces, from which it differs by the costal ter-
mination of vein 7 of forewings, and shortly ciliated antenne
of male.

Type D. ewmorpha. To this genus belongs also probably
D. rhodomita, Turn., which I do not possess.

DoLEROMIMA HUMERANA, Walk.

(Conchylis humerana, Walk., Cat. Tort., 366.)
Male and female, 17-21 mm. Head orange. Palpi whitish-
ochreous, second joint blackish except towards base and apex,

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terminal joint blackish anteriorly. Thorax orange, on sides
and posteriorly blackish. Abdomen ochreous-yellowish.
Forewings moderately broad, suboblong, costa anteriorly
strongly arched, apex rounded, termen rather obliquely
rounded ; ochreous-orange ; a blackish streak along basal third
of costa, sometimes suffused posteriorly ; an irregular straight
slightly oblique blackish streak from costa beyond middle, not
reaching dorsum ; cilia pale orange. Hindwings rather dark
grey, dorsally tinged with ochreous-whitish ; cilia ochreous-
whitish.
_ Armidale (3,500 ft.), Tenterfield (3,000 ft.), and Blackheath
(3,500 ft.), New South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; Launces-
ton, Tasmania; from December to February, six specimens.
Larva probably feeds on Hucalyptus. Pupa stout, head
and shoulders angulated, emitting short blunt processes; fus-
cous-grey, marbled with whitish, with a pale lateral stripe ;
naked and exposed, sitting erect on the truncate anal segment.
T‘once found a larva, which changed immediately to the ex-
tremely singular pupa described above, and bred the imago
from it. The species is conspicuously distinct.

DOLEROMIMA EUMORPHA, N.. sp.

Male and female, 18-22 mm. Head and thorax reddish-fus-
cous. Palpi whitish, second joint with three irregular. black
bands, terminal joint black anteriorly. Abdomen dark fus-
cous. Forewings moderate, suboblong, costa anteriorly
strongly arched, apex very obtuse, termen rather obliquely
rounded ; reddish-fuscous; costal edge yellowish-white ; : tig-
mata black, plical beneath first discal, second discal somewhat
larger, followed by a patch of rather paler suffusion in disc ;
a very indistinct somewhat darker angulated subterminal
fascia; cilia light reddish-fuscous, basal half barred with
darker. Hindwings deep ochreous-yellow; a patch along dor-
sum, small apical patch, and terminal line dark fuscous; ciita
dark fuscous.

Armidale (3,500 ft.) and Bathurst (2,500 ft.), New South
Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; in October and November, ten
specimens.

Very distinct by the yellow hindwings.

DOLEROMIMA TRIPUNCTELLA, Walk.
(Cryptolechia tripunctella, Walk. Cat. Tin., 757 ; Pedots cos-
mopoda, Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc., 8. Aust., 1900,. 12.)
Male and female, 16-19 mm. Head and thorax reddish-
brown mixed with grey-whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint

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with three dark fuscous bands, terminal joint dark fuscous
anteriorly. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings
moderate, suboblong, costa anteriorly strongly arched,
apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; light fuscous,
mixed with reddish, marked with irregular suffused
dark fuscous streaks on veins, anterior half irre-
gularly suffused with grey-whitish; extreme costal edge
rosy-white ; stigmata dark fuscous, sometimes ill-defined, plical
beneath first discal, sometimes extended anteriorly to form a
short dash, second discal somewhat larger; a thick cloudy
dentate angulated grey-whitish line, near and parallel to pos-
terior half of costa and termen ; cilia rosy-whitish, basal half
barred with fuscous. Hindwings light grey, ochreous-tinged,
paler towards base ; cilia grey-whitish or light grey.

Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; from
August to October, ten specimens.

I am unable to regard cosmopoda, Turn. (of which I have
an example received from Dr. Turner) as anything but a
variety ; the species varies a good deal in development of color
and distinctness of marking.

DOLEROMIMA CERAMORA, 0. sp.

Male, 18-23 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, somewhat
mixed with grey-whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with
three blackish bands, terminal joint blackish anteriorly. An-
tenn fuscous. Abdomen. pale greyish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-
whitish, anterior and middle pair banded with dark fuscous.
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa anteriorly moderately,
posteriorly gently arched, apex obtuse, termen little rounded,
rather strongly oblique; fuscous, sometimes reddish-tinged,
sprinkled with dark fuscous; anterior half more or less mixcd
with ochreous-whitish ; stigmata indistinct, dark fuscous, plical
beneath first discal; a thick cloudy dentate angulated
ochreous-whitish subterminal line, near and parallel to poste-
rior half of costa and termen ; a terminal series of dark spots;
cilia pinkish-whitish, with interrupted fuscous median har.
Hindwings light grey, paler towards base; cilia pale grey.

Gisborne, Victoria, in September (G. Lyell); two specimens.

Nearly allied to the preceding, but certainly distinct by the
different form of the forewings, which are more elongate, dis-
tinctly narrowed anteriorly, with the costa less arched and
termen more oblique; it is also a larger insect, without any
defined dark streaks on veins.

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OCTASPHALES, Meyr.

Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antenne
1 or over 1, in male simple, basal joint moderate, without
pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, smooth-scaled, ter-
minal joint as long as or shorter than second, acute. Posterior
tibie clothed with long hairs above. Forewings: 2 from
near angle, sometimes stalked with 3, 7 to apex, 8 absent (coin-
cident with 7), 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings 1, oblong-
ovate, cilia one-hird; 3 and 4 connate, 7 curved downwards
in middle.

Founded on a New Guinea species, O. charitopa, with which
the following is congeneric. Immediately distinguished from
all near allies by the coincidence of veins 7 and 8 of the fore-
wings; in all other respects, however, it 1s cosely related to
Peritorneuta, and if any species should prove to be variable in
this particular the two genera would have to be united, in
which case Octasphales has priority.

OCTASPHALES CHORDERES, N. sp.

Male and female, 15-16 mm. MHead, palpi, and thorax
brown. Abdomen light ochreous-yellow. Forewings mode-
rately broad, oblong, costa rather strongly arched, apex
rounded, termen hardly oblique, rounded; light brown, some-
times rosy-tinged, sometimes mixed with pale ashy-grey in
disc; costal edge pale yellow-ochreous, sometimes rosy-suf-
fused; numerous indistinct scattered dark brown dots; a
straight transverse ill-defined dark brown streak from middle
of costa to four-fifths of dorsum; cilia ochreous-grey-whitisi,
with an indistinct fuscous line, base slightly rosy-tinged. Hind-
wings rather dark grey; costal edge and a suffusion along
dorsum pale yellowish; cilia ochreous-whitish, with a faint
grey line.

Rosewood, Queensland, in September; two specimens.

PERITORNEUTA, Turn.

Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antenne
1 or over 1, in male simple, basal joint moderate, without
pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, smooth-scaled, ter-
minal joint shorter than second, acute. Posterior tibie
clothed with long hairs above. Forewings: 2 from near angle,
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle of cell. Huind-
wings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia one-third; 3 and 4 connate, 7
curved downwards in middle.

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characters incorrectly, 6 and 7 of forewings being stated as
stalked, instead of 7 and 8. He has not specified a type;
I make P. circulatella the type. The length of the antenne
distinguishes it from all its near allies in Australia except the
preceding and Cerycostola; the peculiar rounded appearance
of the wings is also characteristic. PP. stigmatias, Turn., is
unknown to me, but is doubtless correctly referable to the
genus.
PERITORNEUTA CIRCULATELLA, Walk.

(Cryptolechia circulatella, Walk. Cat. Tin., 767.)

Male and female, 19-21 mm. Head and thorax whitish-rosy-
grey. Palpi rosy-grey, more whitish basally, terminal joint
with two dark bands. Abdomen light ochreous-yellowish.
Forewings moderately broad, costa strongly rounded, apex
rounded, termen vertical, rounded beneath; light reddish-
ochreous, sometimes rosy-tinged, with numerous transverse
dark ferruginous-brown strige more or less broken up into
series of dots; costal edge pale rosy; a broad streak of grey-
whitish suffusion along anterior half of costa, posteriorly irre-
gularly extended into disc ; an indistinct grey-whitish suffusion
on costa beyond middle; a narrow grey-whitish terminal
streak ; cilia grey-whitish, rosy-tinged. | Hindwings ochreous-
yellow, towards apex darker and sometimes rosy-tinged ; cilia
light ochreous-yellowish, base sometimes fuscous-tinged.

Maryborough and Brisbane, Queensland, in October; three
specimens.

Differs from all the rest by the pale costal patch and clear
yellow hindwings.

PERITORNEUTA THYELLIA, 0. sp.

Male and female, 16-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale
flesh-color. Abdomen ochreous-grey-whitish. Forewings
moderate, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen
hardly oblique, rounded beneath, pale flesh-color; numerous
more or less distinct dark fuscous dots, arranged in irregular
transverse series; an indistinct pretornal spot of grey suffu-
sion; cilia ochreous-whitish, pinkish-tinged. Hindwings
whitish-ochreous or pale yellowish, generally more or less fus
cous-tinged ; cilia ochreous-whitish.

Duaringa, Rockhampton, Rosewood, and Brisbane, Queens-
land; Newcastle, New South Wales; in September, eight
specimens.

PERITORNEUTA RHODOPHANES, Nn. sp.

Male and female, 16-18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale

grey, sometimes rosy-tinged. Abdomen grey-whitish. Fore-

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‘wings moderate, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded,
termen hardly oblique, rounded beneath; pale grey, some-
‘times suffused with pale pinkish ; costal edge light rosy ; nume-
rous dark grey dots, sometimes mostly obsolete, arranged in
irregular transverse series; a larger transverse dark fuscous
dot in disc beyond middle; cilia grey-whitish, more or less
pinkish-tinged. Hindwings light grey or whitish-grey; cilia
grey-whitish.

Geraldton, York, and Perth, West Australa, in November ;
eleven specimens.

Allied to the preceding, but distinguished by the hindwings
not being yellowish, and the absence of the darker pretornal
cloud.

CERYCOSTOLA, n. g.

Head with loosely appressed scales; tongue developed. An-
tennz (1), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi
very long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, much
exceeding base of antenne, terminal joint considerably shorter
than second, acute, rather thickened with scales, with a median
tooth of projecting scales posteriorly. Posterior tibie loosely
haired. Forewings: 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to
apex, 11 from before middle of cell. Hindwings (1), ovate,
cilia one-sixth ; 3 and 4 connate, 7 bent downwards in middle.

I am now of opinion that my reference of the following
‘species to Gonionota, Zell., was not justified ; Zeller’s definition
of his genus is extremely imperfect (the neuration not being
described at all); the only tangible distinctive character given,
the median posterior scale-tuft on terminal joint of labial palpi,
since it occurs also in the allied Binsztta and Semiocosma, may
belong to more than one other genus. Hence I give it a new
generic name; the structural characters as above were not
published with the species, but I described them at the time
from the original types.

The genus is clearly allied to Perztorneuta.

CERYCOSTOLA PYROBOLA, Meyr.

(Gonionota pyrobola, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc., New South
Wales, 1886, 1041.)
I have seen no specimens except the original types.

BINSITTA, Walk.

Head with appressed hairs; tongue short. Antenne (4),
in male simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial
palpi very long, recurved, second joint much thickened beneath

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with dense brush of rough projecting scales, terminal joint as:
long as second, slender, acute, towards middle thickened in
front and behind with projections of rough scales. Thorax
with erect crest of scales. Posterior tibie with dense long
hairs above, all tarsi short and stout. Forewings with tufts
of raised scales, middle third of costa excavated ; 2 from rather
near angle, 4 and 5 connate, 7 and 8 stalked, 11 from middle of
cell. Hindwings (1), trapezoidal, cilia one-third; 3 and 4
short-stalked.

A small Indo-Malayan genus of peculiar facies, belonging to.
the Vepressaria group.

BINSITTA EFFRACTELLA, Snell.

(Cryptolechia effractella, Snell, Tijd., v., Ent., xxii., 1, pl.
vil., 17-25; Leratomorpha celiota, Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc., S.
Austr., 1896, 20.)

Male, 28 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish,
terminal joint with two blackish rings. Forewings oblong,
costa roughened with scale-tufts at one-third and two-thirds,
termen little oblique, hardly sinuate; pale whitish-ochreous ;
a trapezoidal dark fuscous blotch, with leaden-metallic reflec-
tions, on costa at one-fifth ; two large discal tufts below this,
and two others transversely placed before middle, partially
brownish-tinged, separated by some dark fuscous scales; some
raised spots with silvery-whitish reflection beyond this; some
brown and black scales towards costa beyond middle; two pos-
terior angulated series of raised spots with silvery-whitish re-
flections, accompanied by a few black scales, last almost ter-
minal and transversing a triangular brown apical blotch mixed
with black; cilia brownish, with leaden-metallic reflections.
Hindwings pale ochreous-yellow ; a blackish apical dot; cilia
whitish-yellowish, at apex wih two blackish lines.

Bowen, Queensland; one specimen received from A. Sim-
son, and others in the Brisbane Museum.

CERATOPHYSETIS, Meyr.

A. development of Psecadia, characterised by the peculiar
antenne. Dr. Turner mentions that in a better-preserved
example the anterior edge of the antenne is furnished with a
brush of long whitish hairs.

CERATOPHYSETIS SPHHROSTICHA, Meyyr.

(Ceratophysetis spherosticha, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc., New
South Wales, 1886, 1045.)

I possess a female from Queensland ; in this sex the antenne
are normal, but otherwise there is no particular difference.

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PSECADIA, Hb.

Head with appressed scales; tongue developed. Antenne
three-fourths, in male shortly ciliated, basal joint without
pecten. Labial palpi moderate or long, recurved, second
joint with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter, acute. Pos-
terior tibiz clothed with hairs. Forewings: 2 from near
angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa or apex. Hindwings (1),
elongate-ovate, cilia one-third; 3 and 4 connate.

A. small genus of very wide distribution. The species are
usually retired in habit, and not to be taken freely in the
perfect state.

Psecapia postica, Zell.

(Psecadia postica, Zell., Hor. Ross, 1877, 236, pl. ii. 72.)

Female, 21-22 mm. Head white. Palpi white, lower half
of second joint and base of terminal joint blackish. Antenne
black. Thorax white, base of patagia, a central blotch, and
posterior spot blackish. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental
margins white, anal tuft black. Legs dark fuscous, banded
with white. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately
arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ;
white, with blackish-fuscous markings; costal edge blackish,
interrupted about one-fourth and near apex; an irregular
costal spot near base; a dorsal dot at one-fourth ;
an irregular costal spot near base; a dorsal dot at one-
fourth ; an irregular bar from one-fifth of costa, reaching three-
fourths across wing; a small subdorsal spot before middle; a
small triangular spot on costa at two-fifths, and a dot below
it; a small triangular spot on costa beyond middle; a trans-
verse S-shaped mark beyond middle towards dorsum, but not
reaching it; a discal dot at three-fourths; an irregular trans-
verse line from about three-fourths of costa to tornus, curved
outwards from near costa to three-fourths, whence a sharp
projection proceeds to touch lower side of preceding discal dot ;
a slender streak along termen; cilia white, barred with dark
fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings white, thinly scaled; costa
and apical fourth fuscous, darker towards apex; cilia white,
on costa fuscous.

Hoyleton and Ardrossan, South Australia, in August; two
specimens. A

The form of the transverse line at three-fourths is a charac-
teristic distinction.

PSECADIA ANTHRACOPIS, Nn. sp.

Female, 25 mm. Head blackish, back of crown white.
Palpi blackish, apex of all joints white. Antenne blackish.

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Thorax blackish, four spots arranged in a square, and apical
half of patagia white. Abdomen blackish, segmental margins
white. Legs black, ringed with white. Forewings elongate,
moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly
straight, rather oblique; shining white, with blackishefuscous
markings; costal edge blackish-fuscous, interrupted near
apex; a small costal spot at base, and a larger one near base,
partly connected; a small dorsal spot at one-sixth; a trans-
verse bar from costa at one-fifth, thickened upwards, reaching
three-fourths across wing, interrupted on fold; a triangular
spot on costa at two-fifths, its apex touching a discal dot; a
small subdorsal spot before middle; a small costal spot beyond
middle; a subcrescentic spot towards dorsum beyond middle;
an elongate spot along costa at three-fourths, containing two
white dots; a narrow terminal streak; cilia dark fuscous,
spotted with white. Hindwings white, thinly scaled;
costa and apical fifth fuscous; cilia white, round apical
blotch fuscous mixed with white.

Adelaide, South Australia, in May (O. Lower); one speci-
men.

Very like the preceding, but larger, and the markings really
differ a good deal in detail; the different color of head is an
easy distinction. I have also a third species from Queens-
land (received by the kindness of Dr. A. J. Turner, who will
describe it), which is closely allied to the two preceding,
but still larger and quite distinct.

PSECADIA HEPTASEMA, Turn.

(Psecadia heptasema, Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc., S. Austr.,
1898, 213.)

A. distinct species, of which I possess an example received
from Dr. Turner. This shows the following modifications of
his description ; thorax also with two posterior black dots;
abdomen light ochreous-yellow; forewings with a series of
large black dots along termen, and apical part of costa; hind-
wings with tornal area whitish-ochreous, yellowish-tinged.

PsECADIA HILARELLA, Walk.
(Azinis hilarella, Walk. Tin., 542; Psecadia lilarella, Turn.,
Trans. Roy. Soc., S. Austr., 1898, 213.)
This conspicuous species ‘is sufficiently described by Dr.
Turner. It is common throughout a large part of the Indo
Malayan region.

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MACROBATHRA, Meyyr.
MACROBATHRA XANTHOPLACA, 0. sp.

Male, 16 mm. MHead ochreous-yellow, collar and sides of
crown dark fuscous. Palpi ochreous-yellow, terminal joint
with longitudinal dark fuscous lateral lines. Antenne
whitish, ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-yellow,
anteriorly narrowly dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen
ochreous-yellow. Legs ochreous-yellow, banded with dark
fuscous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; ochreous-yellow ;
markings dark golden-bronzy-fuscous; a moderate basal fascia,
outer edge straight, rather oblique; a narrow slightly curved
fascia before middle, and a straight fascia from three-fourths
of costa to tornus, connected by an oblique bar from below
middle of first to above middle of second; a terminal fascia,
almost confluent beneath with preceding; cilia pale ochreous-
yellowish, with broad dark bronzy-fuscous bars at apex and
above tornus. Hindwings dark fuscous; a short ochreous
whitish median longitudinal streak from base, surrounded
with brilliant prismatic scales; cilia bronzy-fuscous, becoming
pale yellowish towards tornus.

Melbourne, Victoria (J. A. Kershaw) ; one specimen.

MACROBATHRA HOMOCOSMA, 0. sp.

Female, 16 mm. Head shining bronze. Palpi ochreous-
white, terminal joint with longitudinal blackish lateral lines.
Antenne white, ringed with blackish. Thorax dark bronze.
Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish. Legs ochreous-whitish,
with shining bronzy bands sprinkled with dark fuscous. Fore-
wings elongate-lanceolate; deep shining bronzy-fuscous;
markings shining white ; a straight oblique fascia from one-fifth
of costa to one-third of dorsum; a semi-oval spot on middle
of costa, and a larger one at three-fourths; an elongate-trian-
gular pretornal spot; cilia whitish mixed with fuscous (im-
perfect). | Hindwings rather dark grey, lighter anteriorly ;
cilia whitish grey. |

Duaringa, Queensland; in October (G. Barnard); one
specimen.

MAcROBATHRA GALENAA, Nl. Sp.

Female, 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-
ochreous, terminal joint with longitudinal blackish lateral
lines. Antenne dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, ashy-
tinged. (Abdomen broken.) Legs dark fuscous, banded with
whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; blackish-fuscous; a

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rather oblique whitish-ochreous fascia from one-fifth of costa,
reaching twothirds across wing, narrowed beneath; two
rounded whitish-ochreous spots on costa at one-half and four-
fifths; plical and second discal stigmata whitish-ochreous; a
gmall whitish-ochreous tornal spot; a basal suffusion, a fascia
before middle, a second beyond middle not nearly reaching
costa, and a spot beyond second discal stigma shining purplish-
leaden ; cilia dark fuscous, with a whitish-ochreous tornal suf-
fusion. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly; cilia grey.

Sydney, New South Wales, in April (G. Lyell); one speci-
men.

MacROBATHRA EPIMELA, Low.

(Gelechia epvmela, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., 8. Austr., 1894,
106.)

This is a true Macrobathra. I have received the type.
BORKHAUSENTIA, Hb.

This name applies to the genus termed Oecophora in my
papers, the name Oecophora being otherwise employed.

BoRKHAUSENIA SPHALEROPIS, Nl. Sp.

Male, 18 mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with
grey. Palpi white sprinkled with dark fuscous, second joint
with oblique submedian and narrower apical dark fuscous
bands, terminal joint blackish. Antenne grey. Abdomen
whitish-grey. Legs dark grey, ringed with whitish, posterior
pair grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently
arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; pale
fuscous, irregularly and suffusedly mixed with whitish, and
sprinkled with dark fuscous; an undefined longitudinal streak
of dark fuscous suffusion along submedian fold towards base ;
stigmata very indistinctly indicated, subelongate, dark fus-
cous, plical obliquely before first discal (but hardly traceable) ;
a faint darker angulated subterminal line; cilia whitish, basal
half tinged with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous.
Hindwings whitish-fuscous, paler anteriorly ; cilia whitish.

Gisborne, Victoria, in May (G. Lyell); one specimen.

BLASTOBASIS, Zell.

Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antenne
two-thirds, in male fasciculate-ciliated (2), with sinuation and
notch on upper side above basal joint, suprabasal joint swol-
len, basal joint in male very broadly dilated and sub-concave
beneath, in female moderately dilated, with strong pecten.

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Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, second joint thickened
with dense appressed scales, more strongly in male, terminal
joint shorter than second, in male more or less thickened with
dense appressed scales, obtuse or acute, in female moderate,
acute. Posterior tibie clothed with long hairs above. Fore-
wings: 2 and 3 from angle of cell, 4 and 5 closely approxt-
mated, connate, or stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 and
10 approximated at base, 11 from before middle of cell. Hind-
wings two-thirds, lanceolate, cilia 2}; 2 remote, 4 absent, 3
and 5 connate or stalked, 6 and 7 tolerably parallel.

A. small but very widely distributed genus, with many
structural peculiarities. It is a much specialised form in a
line of development (probably ancient and once more prevalent
than now), of which the three following genera are earlier and
little specialised forms, these latter being, in fact, amongst
the most primitive of the Oecophoride. The species are in
all regions obscure and closely allied, and require careful
attention for their discrimination.

BLASTOBASIS SARCOPHAGA, N. sp.

Male and female, 17-25 mm. MHead, palpi, and thorax
rather dark shining ochreous-fuscous, more or less mixed with
whitish-ochreous; second joint of palpi whitish-ochreous at
apex, and on upper half internally, terminal joint acute in
both sexes. Antenne fuscous. Abdomen pale brownish-
ochreous, segments with dark bronze median bar. Legs dark
fuscous, ringed with whitish-ochreous, hairs of pos
terior tibie whitish-ochreous. Forewings _ elongate,
narrow, long-pointed; bronzy-fuscous, suffusedly mixed with
whitish-ochreous and sometimes with dark fuscous, in one
specimen much suffused with rather dark fuscous; a cloudy
angulated dark fascia before middle, followed by an obscure
pale costal spot; a transverse series of three obscure dark
spots from three-fourths of costa to tornus, central spot rather
nearer base than others; a series of alternate pale and dark
spots round termen and posterior part of costa; cilia pale
whitish-fuscous, basal half mixed with fuscous. Hindwings
fuscous-whitish, becoming light fuscous posteriorly; cilia
pale whitish-fuscous.

Sydney, New South Wales, in November, February, and
April; five specimens.

Easily distinguished by its large size and especially dark
or darkly-marked forewings, contrasting with the especially
pale hindwings; also in the male by the acute apex of palpi
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size, is especially obtuse), and absence of any sexual tornal
suffusion. Mr. George Masters gave me a specimen which
he bred from a larva feeding on dried skins, and my other
examples were all taken near houses; it is, therefore, pro-
bably semi-domestic, living on dried animal refuse, and may,
perhaps, be found to occur also in other countries; the other
species, however, occur in native bush, and show no sign of
similar habits.
BLASTOBASIS TARDA, N. sp.

Male, 13-16 mm.; female, 15-21 mm. Head and thorax
light brownish-ochreous, sometimes infuscated. Palpi pale
brownish-ochreous, in male with second joint suffused with
dark fuscous towards base, with an ochreous-whitish| well-de-
fined patch covering upper part of its apical two-thirds on
inner side, in female irrorated with fuscous or dark fuscous,
terminal joint in male obtuse. Antenne brownish-ochreous.
Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs pale ochreous, banded with
dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, long-
pointed; light brownish-ochreous, more or less suffusedly
mixed with fuscous; two very indistinct slender dark fuscous
transverse fascie, first at two-fifths, angulated in middle, second
at three-fourths, straight, slightly oblique inwards, tending to
be broken into three spots; two or three indistinct dark fus-
cous marginal dots round apex; cilia pale brownish-ochreous.
Hindwings pale brownish-ochreous, more or less infuscated
except towards base, in male with reddish-fuscous suffusion
towards tornus; cilia pale brownish-ochreous.

Rosewood and Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sdney,
New South Wales; in June, and from August to January,
common.

May be known from the three following by its ochreous
tinge, they being all grey without ochreous tinge; the male is
specially distinguished by the defined pale patch on second
joint of palpi internally, and reddish-fuscous tornal suffusion of
hindwings.

BLASTOBASIS NEPHELIAS, Nn. sp.

Male, 15-16 mm. Head and thorax grey, whitish-sprinkled.
Palpi whitish-ochreous, externally mixed with dark fuscous,
apex in male obtuse. Antenne grey, apex of basal joint
whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Legs
ochreous-whitish irrorated with dark fuscous, with pale rings.
Forewings elongate, very narrow, long-pointed ; grey, irrorated
with whitish, with some scattered dark grey scales; plical

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stigmata dark fuscous, elongate; a dark fuscous tornal dot,
and another in disc directly above it; cilia pale fuscous,
whitish-sprinkled. Hindwings grey, paler and ochreous-
tinged towards base, with a dark grey irroration towards
tornus; cilia pale fuscous, towards tornus ochreous-tinged.

Perth and Albany, West Australia, in October and Decem-
ber; two specimens.

Most approaches the preceding, but grey, and with the mark-
ings reduced to three defined dots; palpi in male without the
characteristic pale patch.

BLASTOBASIS LEUCOTOXA, 0. sp.

Male and female, 9-14 mm. Head and thorax fuscous irro-
rated with white. Palpi in male whitish-ochreous, externally
suffused with fuscous, apex obtuse, in female dark fuscous,
sprinkled with white, tips of joints white. Antenne fuscous.
Abdomen whitish-fuscous, apex pale ochreous-yellowish. Legs
dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with whitish, hairs of pos-
terior tibie whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, long-
pointed ; fuscous, more or less suffusedly mixed with white and
sprinkled with dark fuscous; a slender angulated dark fus-
cous fascia at two-fifths, sometimes interrupted, edged ante-
riorly by a suffused white band; a slightly inwards-curved
transverse series of three dark fuscous dots at three-fourths,
costa often obsolete; cilia whitish-fuscous. | Hindwings pale
grey, in male with an ochreous or pale fuscous suffusion towards
tornus; cilia whitish-grey-ochreous.

Sydney, New South Wales; Launceston, Tasmania; Ger-
aldton, West Australia; in September, November, January,
and February, common.

This and the next species are markedly smaller than the
others, and the sexes do not differ noticeably in size, as they
doin B. tarda. The present species is well distinguished from
all others by the white band preceding the dark antemedian
fascia; the dark markings are much more conspicuous than
usual,

BLASTOBASIS HOMADELPHA, N.. sp.

Male and female, 10-13 mm. Head and thorax fuscous,
sometimes whitish-sprinkled. Palpi fuscous mixed with dark
fuscous, in male internally pale greyish-ochreous, apex obtuse.
Antenne fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous, extreme apex in
female orange, anal tuft in male brownish-ochreous. Legs
dark fuscous, paler-ringed. Forewings elongate, very narrow,
long-pointed ; light fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, some-

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times with a few ashy-whitish scales; very undefined darker
fascie at two-fifths and three-fourths, often obsolete, anterior
angulated ; cilia light fuscous. Hindwings fuscous, paler
anteriorly, in male with tornus ochreous-tinged, with a streak
of dark fuscous suffusion above it; cilia light ochreous fuscous.

Duaringa and Brisbane, Queensland; Murrurundi and
Sydney, New South Wales; Port Lincoln, South Australia;
in September, November, and March, common.

Very like the preceding, but much more obscure, slightly
narrower-winged, and without the white suffusion.

MIXODETIS, n. g.

Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antenne
three-fourths, in male shortly ciliated (1), basal joint moderate,
with strong pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascend-
ing, second joint not reaching base of antenne, slightly rough
beneath, with scales somewhat angularly projecting towards
apex, terminal joint shorter than second, roughened with
scales anteriorly, pointed. Posterior tibiz clothed with long
hairs above and beneath. Forewings: 2 from angle, 4 absent,
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle of cell. Hind-
wings two-thirds, lanceolate, cilia 2; 3 and 4 remote, nearly
parallel.

Type M. ochrocoma, Low.

MiIxopETIS ocHROCOMA, Low.
(Paratheta ochrocoma, Low., Proc. Linn. Soc., New- South
Wales, 1899, 100.)
I am indebted to Mr. Lower for examples of this species.

MIXxoDETIS CALYPTRA, Low.

(Paratheta calyptra, Low., Proc. Linn. Soc., New South
Wales, 1899, 100.)

Of this also I received specimens from Mr. Lower.

PERIALLACTIS, n. g.

Head smooth; tongue developed. Antenne three-fourths,
in male rather strongly ciliated (24), basal joint moderately
elongate, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, re-
curved, second joint reaching base of antennz, with loose scales
beneath somewhat dilated towards apex, terminal joint almost
as long as second, slender, acute. Posterior tibie clothed
with hairs above and beneath. Forewings: 2 from angle, 7
and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from before middle of cell.
Hindwings under 1, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1}; 3 and 4 sepa-
rate, more or less approximated.

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Closely allied to Paratheta, but with vein 7 of forewings
wunning to termen.

PERIALLACTIS MONOSTROPHA, Low.

(Aristotelia monstropha, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., S. Austr.,
1897, 57.)

Male, 12-16 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed
with white. Antenne fuscous. Abdomen pale fuscous. Legs
fuscous, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elon-
gate-lanceolate ; fuscous, suffusedly irrorated with white; a
moderate longitudinal white streak above middle from base
to apex, upper edge rather indefinite, lower well-marked, in-
dented in middle and before three-fourths, indicating discal
‘stigmata; fold darkened anteriorly ; cilia pale whitish-fuscous.
Hindwings fuscous-whitish, becoming pale fuscous posteriorly ;
cilia ochreous-whitish.

Gisborne, Victoria, in February and March (G. Lyell); six
‘specimens.

Recorded by Mr. Lower from Broken Hill, New South
‘Wales. I have seen his type.

PARATHETA, n. g.

Head with appressed hairs; tongue developed. Antennz
three-fourths, in male moderately or rather strongly ciliated
(1-24), basal joint moderate, with pecten. Labial palpi mode-
rate, curved, ascending, second joint somewhat loosely scaled
beneath, not nearly reaching base of antenne, terminal joint
shorter, slender, acute. Posterior tibie clothed with very
long hairs above and beneath. Forewings: 2 from angle, 7
and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle of cell. Hind-
‘wings somewhat under 1, lanceolate, cilia 12; 3 and 4 remote.

Type P syrtica.

PARATHETA SPODOSTROTA, 0. Sp.

Male, 16 mm. MHead, palpi, and thorax bronzy-fuscous
sprinkled with whitish. Antenne fuscous, ciliations 23.
Abdomen light grey. Legs dark fuscous ringed with
whitish, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa
moderately arched, apex acute, termen extremely oblique,
faintly sinuate; bronzy-fuscous, irrorated with white, with a
longitudinal white suffusion in disc from two-fifths to four-
fifths, and some scattered dark fuscous scales; a dark basal suf-
fusion ; an irregular dark fuscous bar from costa beyond one-
third, reaching two-thirds across wing, dilated in disc into
an irregular spot; an irregular dark fuscoug dot above white

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discal suffusion at two-thirds; cilia whitish-fuscous, basal half
sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings whitish-fuscous; cilia very”
pale whitish-fuscous.

Blackheath (3,500 ft.), New South Wales, in September ;.
one specimen.

Easily known by the dark antemedian costal bar.

PARATHETA PHILOSCIA, n. sp.

Male and female, 12-15 mm. JHead, palpi, and thorax fus-
cous, irrorated with whitish. Antenne pale fuscous, ciliations-
in male (24). Abdomen pale fuscous. Legs fuscous, pos-
terior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ;
fuscous, obscurely irrorated with whitish, with scattered dark
fuscous; stigmata dark fuscous, plical obliquely before first
discal; sometimes a small dark fuscous tornal spot; cilia
whitish-fuscous, round apex fuscous sprinkled with whitish.
Hindwings whitish-fuscous, darker posteriorly; cilia whitish-
fuscous.

Sydney, New South Wales; Gisborne, Victoria; Quorn
and Wirrabara, South Australia; in October and November,
SiX specimens.

Distinguished from P. syrtica by the absence of the mediam
longitudinal streak of whitish suffusion ; the male also differs
structurally by the much stronger antennal ciliations.

PARATHETA SYRTICA, N. sp.

Male and female, 12-15 mm. Head and thorax fuscous,
whitish-mixed. Palpi rather dark fuscous. Antenne fus-
cous, ciliations of male (1). Abdomen fuscous. Legs dark
fuscous, whitish-ringed, hairs of posterior tibie whitish. Fore-
wings elongate-lanceolate; fuscous, sprinkled with dark fus-
cous, more or less irrorated with white, with a more or less
undefined broad median longitudinal streak of white suffusion ;
stigmata moderate, dark fuscous, plical very obliquely before’
first discal; cilia light fuscous, round apex whitish-sprinkled.
Hindwings grey, lighter anteriorly ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous.

Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney and Bathurst, New South:
Wales, Launceston, Campbelltown, and Hobart, Tasmania ;.
from August to December, common.

An obscure-looking but easily recognised species.

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NEw AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA.

By A. JEFFERIS TurnER, M.D., F.E:S.
[Read July 1, 1902.]

The insects described in the present paper belong to various
families. Most of them have been in my possession for some
time, and they include among others a number of interesting
forms, mostly bred from the larve, for which I am indebted
to Mr. F. P. Dodd, of Townsville. The types of the family
AXyloryctide collected by Mr. Dodd are in the collection of
Lord Walsingham, to whom I am indebted for permission to
describe them. There are co-types in my own collection. I
have also described several species received from Mr. G. Lyell,
jun., of Gisborne, from Mr. H. Tryon, Queensland Government
Entomologist, and Mr. R. Illidge, of Brisbane.

Among the genera, and almost equally among the families,
usually loosely known as ‘““Bombyces,” there exists at present
great confusion in Australian collections. A revision of these
families is much needed, and I hope, when time and material
(much of it scarce and difficult to obtain) permit, to under-
take this, a task in which my recent opportunities of examining
Walker’s types in the British Museum should prove of service.
The Notodontide I have already in hand, and hope to publish
shortly. In the present paper I have received much help by
the study of the family and generic definitions in Sir George
Hampson’s “Moths of India,” and in the introduction to his
“Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenz.”

In several instances I have found, after writing my descrip-
tions, that I had been anticipated in the naming of the species,
but I have published them, in the hope that they may prove
serviceable.

LYMANTRIADZE,
PORTHESIA EUTHYSANA, N. sp.

Male, 26-30 mm. Head white, mixed with a few ochreous
scales on crown. Palpi white, with long ochreous hairs on
base beneath. Antenne whitish-grey. Thorax white, mixed
with ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous; apices of segments
and tuft white. Legs white; anterior coxe, femora, and tibie
ochreous anteriorly. Forewings triangular, costa strongly
arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique; clear white ;

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costal edge near base ochreous; cilia white; along dorsal mar-
gin a fringe of large bright-ochreous scales. Hindwings with
termen rounded ; white; cilia white.

Mount Tambourine, Queensland, in November and
February ; four specimens.

PORTHESIA PANABRA, D. sp.

Male, 24-26 mm.; female, 40 mm. Head, thorax, and an-
tenne white. Palpi white. Abdomen white; tuft bright
ochreous. Legs white. Forewings triangular, costa strongly
arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique; clear white ;
costal edge near base ochreous; cilia white; along dorsal
margin a fringe of white scales, mixed with a few larger pale
ochreous scales. Hindwings with termen rounded; white;
cilia white.

Closely allied to the preceding, but the abdomen is white,
and ochreous coloring much less pronounced.

Brisbane and Mount Tambourine, Queensland, in March and
April; three specimens. 7

PORTHESIA GALACTOPIS, 0. sp.

Male, 18-25 mm.; female, 26-30 mm. Head, thorax, and
antenne white. Palpi white, external surface in male pale
ochreous. Abdomen white; tuft ochreous, in male sometimes
whitish. Legs white; anterior pair in male ochreous-tinged.
Forewings triangular, costa rather strongly arched, especially
in female, apex rounded, termen oblique, scarcely rounded in
male, rounded in female; dull milk-white; base of costal edge
ochreous in male; cilia white. Hindwings with termen
rounded; white; cilia white.

Best distinguished from the preceding by the absence of
ochreous scales on dorsal margin of forewings.

Mareeba and Townsville, Queensland, from May to October ;
common.

PoRTHESIA FIMBRIATA, Luc.

(Teara fimbriata, Luc. Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., 1891, p.
285.

ee of male pale ochreous-yellow, more or less suffused
with purple-grey, leaving a wavy-margined ochreous-yellow ter-
minal band, and sometimes also a costal streak of the same
color; cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings ochreous-whitish ;
cilia pale ochreous. Female with both wings and cilia whitish.

Stradbrooke TIsland, Queensland, in October; locally
common.

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PoRTHESIA LUTEA, Fab.

(Artaxa chrysophila, Wlk. Suppl. 334; ?Artaza varians,
WIk., iv., 796; Porthesia iobrota, Meyr. Trans. Roy. Soc.,
S.A., 1891, p. 194; Artaza chrysophea, Luc. Proc. Linn. Soc.,
N.S.W., 1892, nec W1k.

This species varies in size and intensity of coloring, speci-
mens from southern Queensland excelling in both respects.
There is a variety occasionally met with in both sexes with
hindwings irrorated with fuscous.

Cairns, Kuranda, Townsville, Rockhampton, and Brisbane,
Queensland ; common.

EUPROCTIS CHIONITIS, Ni. sp.

Male, 25-29 mm.; female, 31-35 mm. Head white, tinged
with pale ochreous on crown. Pale ochreous. Antenne
white. Thorax and abdomen white; tuft in male white or
orange, in female ochreous. Legs white; anterior coxe and
inner surface of anterior femora and tibie bright ochreous in
male. Forewings triangular, costa rather strongly arched,
apex rounded, termen oblique, rounded ; snow white; base of
costal edge ochreous; cilia white. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; color and cilia as forewings.

Vein 9 of forewings is absent in this species.

Cardwell and Brisbane, Queensland ; common.

This species has stood in collections as obsoleta, Fab. I have
seen the Fabrician type of obsoleta in the British Museum, and
identify it with Laelia eremcea, Meyr.

EUPROCTIS AMPHIDETA, Nn. sp.

Male, 26 mm. Head, palpi, and antenne pale yellow.
Thorax and abdomen ochreous-yellow. Legs pale yellow.
Forewings triangular, costa rather strongly arched,
apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, slightly ob-
lique; vein 9 absent; orange-ochreous, suffused with pale
grey except near costa, and a spot in disc beneath mid-costa ;
a pale yellowish terminal band, indented at two-fifths of
termen; cilia pale yellowish. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; ochreous-yellow ; cilia pale yellowish.

This pretty species recalls Porthesia fimbriata, Luc., in its
markings.

Townsville, Queensland, in March and April ; two specimens
received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

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EUPROCTIS CHRYSOPHHA, W1k.

(Orgyra chrysophea, Wik. Suppl. 324; Artara cervina,
Moore. Ann. Nat. Hist., 1877, 345, Lep. Ceylon, pl. 112, f. 3;
Artaxra lucifuga. luc. Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., 1892, 250.)

Male, 17-21 mm. Forewings fuscous-orange or orange-
ochreous, with two pale transverse lines, median and post-
median, the first usually obsolete, the second often indistinct ;
in pale varieties the space between lines may be occupied by
a darker fuscous; cilia deep yellow. Hindwings dark grey,
without orange or ochreous tinge; cilia yellow.

Female, 25mm. Forewings elongate-oval; pale ochreous;
cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings whitish-grey; cilia pale
ochreous.

The males are very variable in depth of coloring, appearing
on the whole to be darker in cool, paler in hot climates.

Townsville and Brisbane, Queensland; the males not un-
common, the female rarely taken; also from India and Africa.
Walker’s type is from Abyssinia.

KUPROCTIS HOLOXUTHA, N. sp.

Male, 36 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax dull
orange-ochreous. Abdomen deep orange, tuft but slightly
paler. Legs pale ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa
moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly
rounded, oblique; dull orange-ochreous; a pale ochreous spot
in disc beneath two-fifths costa; cilia ochreous. Hindwings
with termen rounded ; pale yellow, towards inner margin suf-
fused with orange; cilia pale yellow.

This appears to be doubtfully distinct from F. crocea, WI1k.,
of which I only know the type (a female) in the British
Museum, said to be from Moreton Bay. Further material
is desirable.

Townsville, Queensland, in August; one bred specimen in
perfect condition received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. There are
a male and female of this species in the British Museum from
Adelaide River, North Australia; and another pair in the
Queensland Museum.

EUPROCTIS SCOTOCHYTA, N. Sp.

Male, 16mm. Head, palpi, and thorax deep yellow. An-
tenne yellowish. Abdomen grey; tuft and sometimes apices
of segments pale ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous. Fore-
wings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, ter-
men rounded, oblique; dark grey, with scattered ochreous
scales, towards base and sometimes towards costa suffused with

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-ochreous-yellow; costal edge ochreous-yellow; cilia pale
ochreous. Hindwings with termen rounded; dark grey; cilia
grey or whitish-ochreous.

Alhed to #. chrysophea, W1k., but smaller, and with the
‘wings nearly concolorous.

Kuranda and Townsville, Queensland, in October and
January; two specimens. I should like to see the female of
this species.

EUPROCTIS ARROGANS, Luc.

(Artaza arrogans. Luc. Trans. Roy. Soc., Queensland, 1899,
140.)

Male and female, 44-46 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and
forewings reddish-orange ; apical tuft of abdomen white. Hind-
wings ochreous or orange-ochreous.

I think this is Lucas’ species, though he does not mention
the white tuft of abdomen.

Cairns and Johnstone River, Queensland, in June and
November; two specimens. There is a female in the British
Museum from Woodlark Island.

EUPROCTIS HABROSTOLA, Nn. sp.

Male, 43 mm.; female,58 mm. Head, thorax, and antenne
whitish-ochreous. Face and palpi ochreous. Abdomen
blackish, towards base ochreous; lower surface ochreous; tuft
whitish. Legs whitish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa
moderately arched, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded,
oblique; creamy-whitish without markings; cilia creamy-
whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded; deep yellow;
base to one-third suffused in female with dark fuscous, which
-extends whole length of inner margin; cilia yellow.

Allied to #. uniformis, Moore, from India.

Townsville, Queensland, in March; one specimen bred by
Mr. F. P. Dodd from a larva feeding on Melaleuca. There is
.a male from Rockhampton, Queensland, in the Queensland
Museum.

EUPROCTIS NIPHOBOLA, 0. gp.

Male and female, 37-42 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and an-
‘tenne fuscous; face in male brown, in female fuscous. Abdo-
men dark fuscous ; tuft in male ochreous in female grey. Legs
fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa moderately
arched, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique, in male
‘straight, in female slightly rounded ; fuscous, sparsely irrorated
with large triangular white scales, more densely in
posterior part of disc; a dark fuscous discal dot

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beneath mid-costa; a straight suffused sub-terminal white.
shade, better marked in female; a row of white spots along.
termen, better marked and confluent on margin in female;
cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen but slightly rounded ;
fuscous ; a whitish terminal band, intersected by veins, narrow-
ing to a point at ternus.

Allied to baliolalis, Swin., which is also referable to this.
genus.

Brisbane (male type), Queensland,in February. The female
(sent by Mr. F. P. Dodd) from Townsville, Queensland, in Sep-
tember.

ACNISSA, N. g.

Head normal. Tongue weak. Palpi obliquely porrect,
moderate, one and a half times breadth of eye, terminal joint.
minute. Antenne bipectinated in both sexes, more shortly in
female. Thorax loose-scaled, with an erect posterior crest.
Abdomen smooth, slender in both sexes. Legsnormal. Fore-
wings with vein 2 from two-thirds, 3 from before angle, 4 from
angle, 5 from cell well separated from 4, 6 from below upper
angle of cell, 7 from upper angle, 8, 9, 10 stalked from before
angle, well separated from 7. Hindwings with 3 and 4 ap-
proximated at base, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 and 7 connate, &
anastomosing shortly with cell near base.

Allied to Huproctis, but at once distinguished by the wide
separation of vein 7 from 8, 9, 10.

ACNISSA PYRRHIAS, N. sp.

Male and female, 16-20 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi
bright reddish-brown. Antenne grey. Abdomen ochreous,
more or less suffused with fuscous. Legs fuscous; posterior
pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa
strongly arched at base, thence nearly straight, apex somewhat
pointed, termen straight, rounded beneath, slightly oblique ;
dull reddish, sparsely irrorated with fuscous; a fuscous trans-
verse fascia, anterior edge dentate from one-fourth costa to one-
third dorsum, posterior edge also dentate from slightly beyond
mid-costa to dorsum at two-thirds; on each border of fascia is a
suffused brighter red line; a faint dark sub-terminal shade; a
fine fuscous terminal line; cilia reddish, apices fuscous. Hind-
wings with termen rounded, fuscous, base pale reddish, some-
times wholly pale reddish ; cilia reddish.

Townsville, Queensland, from December to May; three
specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

LSI

LyMANTRIA AURORA, WIk. (?)

I describe this species by the name by which it. is known
in Australian collections, but have not been able to discover
Walker's description. It is not contained in the British
Museum catalogue.

Male, 52mm. Head whitish; posterior margin narrowly
red. Palpi dark fuscous; apex whitish. Antenne black,
pectinations whitish. Thorax whitish. Abdomen bright
red; a whitish basal spot; a series of four median blackish
spots on apical segments; tuft ochreous. Legs whitish, mixed
with red, tarsi annulated with black. Forewings triangular,
costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly
rounded, oblique; grey-whitish, markings dark fuscous; ex-
treme base of costal edge red; a spot on base of costa, and
another on mid-base ; a spot beneath costa at one-eighth, and
another beneath it on fold; a thick wavy line from one-fourth
costa to two-fifths dorsum ; a small median discal dot; a thick
wavy sigmoid line from costa just beyond middle to dorsum at
two-thirds; a fine acutely dentate line from costa at three-
fourths to before tornus, partly confluent with previous line
near dorsum ;, a row of terminal dots; cilia grey-whitish. Huind-
wings with termen rounded; ochreous-whitish suffused with
pale red, especially towards costa and inner margin; cilia
whitish, at apex and inner margin ochreous-reddish.

Female with wings aborted ; whitish ; forewing crossed by
two interrupted dark fuscous lines beyond middle. Head and
thorax whitish. Antenne whitish, pectinations black. Abdo-
men very large; pale ochreous-brown.

Closely allied to L. antennata, W1k., which has fuscous hind-
wings, and the markings of forewings more suffused.

Townsville, Queensland, in June; a pair received from
Mr. F. P. Dodd, who says the larve feed on Hucalyptus tessel-
laris and other trees, and to pupate suspend themselves among
a few golden-colored threads under leaves or between loose
strips of bark.

LAELIA OSTRACINA, 0. Sp.

Female, 36 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish. An-
tenne broken. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish.
Forewings elongate-triangular, costa rather strongly arched,
apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; white ;
a longitudinally oval spot in disc near base, reddish-brown
mixed with dark fuscous; a large irregularly shaped irroration
in disc beyond middle, of reddish-brown and dark fuscous,
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not reaching dorsum ; an incomplete interrupted narrow dark
fuscous sub-terminal line; cilia white. Hindwings with ter-
men rounded; white; cilia white.

Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen in Coll. Lyell.

ANTHELA PHGNICIAS, n. sp.

Male, 36-42 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and abdo-
men vinous-purple. Legs vinous-purple. Forewings trian-
gular, costa straight, apex rounded, termen rather strongly
bowed, slightly oblique; vinous-purple without markings; cilia
vinous-purple. Hindwings with termen rounded; vinous-
purple ; cilia vinous-purple.

The coloring is uniform throughout. There is a specimen
of this species unnamed in the British Museum. It does not
correspond to any of Walker’s types.

Brisbane and Stanthorpe, Queensland, in January and Feb-
ruary ; twospecimens. There is also a specimen in Coll. Lyell
from Roeburne, North-West Australia.

Anthela (type ferruginosa, W1k., iv., 854) includes and super-
sedes Darala (type ocellata, W1k., iv., 887.)

ANTHELA ASPILOTA, n. sp.

Female, 44 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, abdomen,
and legs pale brownish-ochreous. Palpi with loose spreading
hairs. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex
rounded, termen rounded, oblique, rather thinly scaled; pale
brownish-ochreous ; cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Hindwings
with termen rounded; vein 8 connected by a bar with cell;
pale brownish-ochreous; cilia pale brownish-ochreous.

Another unicolorus species for which I can find no name.

Stanthorpe, Queensland, in January; one specimen.

ANTHELA NEUROSPASTA, Nl. Sp.

Male, 38 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish; face
and palpi ochreous. Antenne whitish, pectinations brownish-
fuscous. Legs fuscous, posterior surfaces whitish. Fore-
wings triangular, costa straight, slightly arched towards apex,
apex rounded, termen strongly rounded, slightly oblique;
whitish, with pale fuscous streaks; a streak along costa, a
second from disc at one-fourth to termen, a third along fold
and continued to tornus; six shorter streaks running into ter-
men, three above and three beneath median streak; cilia
whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded; color and mark-
ings as forewings, but costal streak absent, and dorsal streak
not continued to base.

Cooktown, Queensland; one specimen in Coll. Lyell.

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EUPTEROTID%.
EPICOMA ZELOTES, Nn. sp.

Male, 30-33 mm. Head whitish, face ochreous. Antenne
dark grey. Thorax pale grey. Abdomen blackish; tuft
and a series of median spots ochreous. Legs dark fuscous,
mixed with ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa
slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen rounded, oblique ;
snow-white ; costa and dorsal margin irrorated with dark fus-
cous and ochreous; a roundish discal spot beneath mid-costa,
ochreous margined with dark fuscous; an inwardly oblique,
slightly sigmoid, broad, ochreous-fuscous line from costa at
four-fifths to dorsum at three-fourths; cilia bright ochreous,
apices and a series of 4 basal spots dark fuscous. Hindwings
with termen rounded; yellow-ochreous; a narrow blackish
fascia at four-fifths, parallel to termen; a faint fuscous sub-
terminal line; cilia ochreous. :

Female differs as follows: 34-36 mm. Face grey. Fore-
wings more irrorated and oblique line paler. Hindwings
dark fuscous, extreme base whitish-ochreous, with a terminal
series of ochreous spots.

There is a closely allied species in the British Museum from
Adelaide River, North Australia.

Townsville, Queensland, in November and December; four
specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, who bred them from
larve feeding gregariously on Hucalyptus platyphylla, hiding
by day at the foot of the tree or under loose bark. There
is also a male specimen in Coll. Lyell from Cape York, Queens-
land. The last has the hindwings less brightly colored, and
with a broader dark band than the Townsville specimens.

EPICOMA ASBOLINA, 0. Sp.

Female, 36 mm. Head, antenne, and thorax blackish.
Abdomen blackish; tuft ochreous. Legs blackish. Fore-
wings triangular, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, ter-
men rounded, oblique; brown-whitish, costal and dorsal edge
and a broad terminal band suffused with blackish; a blackish
discal spot beyond middle; a terminal series of large oval or
oblong white spots; cilia blackish. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; blackish ; sub-terminal spots and cilia as forewings.

Townsville, Queensland, in June; one specimen received
from Mr. F. P. Dodd. There is a female specimen in the
Queensland Museum from Bowen, Queensland, and another in
the British Museum from Port Darwin, North Australia

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BOMBYCID AE.
OcINARA LEWIN#, Lew.

(Clistocampa lewwne, Lew. Prodr. Ent. 7, t. 6, 18073
Pamea transiens, Wlk., v., 1156; Oreta sobria, W1k., v., 1168;
Eriogaster sumplex, W1k., vi., 1473; Naprepa pilosa, W1k.,
Suppl. 489; Naprepa hirta, Wlk., Suppl. 490; T'rilocha rufes-
cens, Wlk., Suppl. 546; Semuta pristina, W1k., Suppl. 547.)

Walker described this species seven times in six different
genera, referred to four different families. This should be
a warning to later authors, as showing how uselessly the study
of entomology may be rendered more difficult by the descrip-
tion of species without accurate investigation of their structural
characters. :

I have verified this synonymy from the types in the British
Museum. The two sexes differ, and both are variable, but not
to any extraordinary degree.

Brisbane, Queensland ; the larve feed gregariously on 7'ris-
tanva conf erta.

ANDRACA ADOXIMA, N. sp.

Male, 42 mm. . Head, whitish-ochreous. Antenne grey.
Thorax pale reddish-brown. Abdomen whitish-ochreous.
Legs brownish. Forewings triangular, costa straight to near
apex, apex rounded, termen long, rounded, strongly oblique ;
pale ochreous-grey towards base suffused with pale reddish-
brown ; an outwardly curved reddish-brown line from costa at
one-third to dorsum at three-fifths; a broader line from costa
at two-thirds to dorsum at four-fifths; a faintly marked spot
in disc beneath mid-costa; cilia reddish-brown. Hindwings.
with termen strongly bowed, inner margin curved downwards,
reddish-brown ; a pale ochreous-grey terminal band, broad at
apex, thence narrowing and not reaching tornus; cilia pale
ochreous-grey.

This and the preceding are the only Australian species of
Bombycide known to me.

Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen.

LASIOCAMPID.
CREXA HYALOESSA, N. sp.

Male, 30-32 mm. Head white. Palpi brown; base of
second joint with a white spot on under surface. Antenne
fuscous. Thorax fuscous, mixed with white. Abdomen dark
fuscous, sometimes with a few white scales on dorsum. Legs
fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa nearly straight to near apex, slightly sigmoid, apex round-

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pointed, termen long, slightly rounded, very oblique; trans-
lucent, being only very thinly covered with fine blackish hairs
except along costa and dorsum, and at apex, base, and discal
spot ; costal half of basal area whitish, dorsal half dark fuscous
mixed with whitish and brownish ; a fine white line from one-
fourth costa to one-third dorsum; a broad brown streak irro-
rated with white scales along dorsum to tornus; an oval black
spot above mid-dorsum; a black discal spot at end of cell;
veins outlined in brownish mixed with whitish ; a white dot on
costa at three-fourths, from which a faint oblique slightly sig-
moid white line proceeds to dorsum at two-thirds; a fuscous
suffusion at apex; two black dots sometimes followed by a
third minute dot between veins near apex; a very fine crenate
white sub-terminal line immediately follows these, and is con-
tinued to dorsum; cilia very short, blackish tipped with
whitish. Hindwings produced at tornus, termen slightly
rounded; translucent with veins outlined as in forewings;
towards inner margin covered with long grey hairs mixed with
whitish ; a white line from two-thirds costa to tornus; cilia
as forewings.

Closely allied to Crera punctigera, Wik., anthraroides, W1k.),
but differs in having only a single discal spot and the sub-
terminal spots mostly obsolete.

Brisbane, Queensland, January to March; four specimens.

CREXA PUNCTIGERA, WIlk.

(Entometa punctigera, Wlk., iv., 974 (male); Mecytha trima-
cula, W1k., v., 1122 (female) ; Crezra anthraxoides, W1k., Suppl.
1927 (male) ; Dichromosoma majus, Feld., pl. Ixxxiii., f. 26
(female).

Mr. Lyell informs me that he took six similar larve in a
erevice in the bark of Hxocarpus cupressiformis, and bred two
males and three females.

CLATHE PYRSOCOMA, N. sp.

Male, 28 mm.; female, 36 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax
purple-reddish. Antenne purple-reddish, pectinations
whitish-ochreous. Abdomen purple-reddish. Legs purple-
reddish. Forewings triangular, costa in male straight to near
apex, in female gently rounded, apex round-pointed, termen
rounded, slightly oblique; dull-reddish finely irrorated with
whitish hairs; dorsum sometimes narrowly suffused with fus-
cous; a median fuscous discal dot; in female a fine, crenulate,
outwardly curved line from three-fifths costa to mid-dorsum,
obsolete in male specimen ; a sub-terminal series of minute fus-

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cous dots; cilia reddish mixed with fuscous and whitish.
Hindwings with termen rounded ; purple-reddish ; cilia reddish.
Brisbane, Queensland; two specimens taken by Mr. R.
Illidge.
I think that Walker’s genera—Clathe, Callia, and Sitina—
may have ultimately to be merged in one.

CLATHE ANTHRACICA, n. sp.

Male, 32mm. Head whitish ; sides of face orange-ochreous.
Palpi orange-ochreous. Antenne ochreous, pectinations
blackish. Thorax blackish, bases of patagia whitish. Abdo-
men blackish, tuft whitish. Legs blackish; anterior pair
thickly coated with whitish hairs on external surface; all
tarsi orange-ochreous annulated with blackish. Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa straight, slightly arched towards
apex, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, oblique;
blackish centre of disc thinly scaled ; a small whitish discal dot
above mid-disc, and a whitish irroration between this and dor-
sum ; basal part of costal edge ochreous; veins interruptedly
marked with ochreous; cilia blackish, sharply barred with
white. Hindwings with termen rounded; blackish; cilia as
forewings.

Allied to Clathe arida, Wlk. (Instoca lignaria, W1k.,
Sorema unbila, Wlk., Perna metastugma, Wlk.), but readily
distinguished by its blackish coloring.

ENTOMETA CYCLOLOMA, 0. Sp.

Male, 40 mm., Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous,
intimately mixed with reddish-purple-grey. Palpi three times
breadth of eye, purple-grey. Legs purple-grey. Forewings
triangular, costa towards base straight, towards apex rather
strongly arched, apex rectangular, termen straight, slightly
oblique ; pale ochreous intimately mixed with reddish-purple-
grey; markings fuscous; an outwardly curved faint line from
one-fourth costa to one-fourth dorsum; a discal dot at one-
third; a second faint line bent inwards in disc, from two-
thirds costa to mid-dorsum ; a faintly marked oblique row of
dots mid-way between this and dorsum ; cilia reddish-purple-
grey. Hindwings rather narrow and very distinctly elongate,
termen prominently rounded; reddish-purple-grey; cilia
reddish-purple-grey, on inner margin whitish.

In coloration and general appearance this resembles #.
australasie, Fab. (of which I believe intemerata, W1k., to be a
synonym), but the shape of the hindwings is very different.
The palpi are also rather shorter.

Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen in Coll. Lyell.

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SYMPHYTA, Nn. g.

Head with projecting cone of scales. Palpi moderate, not
longer than twice breadth of eye, clothed with dense hairs,
terminal joint concealed. Thorax and abdomen not crested.
Mid and hind tibiz with one pair of minute terminal spurs.
Forewings with 2 from near base, 4 and 5 from angle, 6 and 7
stalked, 8 to termen, 9 and 10 stalked. Hindwings with 4
and 5 stalked (rarely 3, 4, 5 stalked), 7 arising near base of
cell and anastomosing with 8, several acessory veinlets.

May be distinguished from Hntometa, Wlk. (Opsirrhina,

W1k.) by the shorter palpi, and from/Callia, Wl1k., Sitina, W1k.,
and Clathe, Wlk., by the stalking of veins 4 and 5 of hind-
wings.

Type S. psaropis.

SYMPHYTA PSAROPIS, nl. sp.

Male, 38-40 mm.; female, 50 mm. Head, palpi, thorax
and abdomen whitish-grey. Antenne white; pectinations
ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish-grey. Forewings triangular,
in female elongate-triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex
round-pointed, termen straight, in female slightly rounded, ob-
lique ; whitish-grey, thinly irrorated with grey; a dark fuscous
dot in dise at one-third; cilia white, bases dark fuscous, some-
times apices also barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings with
termen strongly bowed; whitish-grey suffused with darker
grey, towards inner margin whitish; cilia whitish with a
median dark fuscous line.

Townsville, Queensland, in January and February; three
specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

SYMPHYTA NYCTOPIS, n. sp.

Male, 35 mm.; female, 50 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and
abdomen fuscous. Antenne whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous.
Forewings triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex rounded,
termen rounded, oblique; fuscous; a dark fuscous spot in disc
at one-third; cilia dark fuscous, apices barred with white.
Hindwings with termen rounded; pale fuscous; cilia fuscous,
barred with whitish.

Townsville, Queensland, in February and June; two speci-
mens (the male in poor condition) received from Mr. F. P.
Dodd, who has found the larve on FHucalyptus platyphylla.

PYRAGIDA

DopDIANA, Nn. g.

Frons flat, not prominent. Tongue present. Antenne
in male minutely ciliated (one-sixth). Maxillary palpi filiform,

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closely appressed to labial palpi. Labial palpi porrect; in
male 13 with terminal joint concealed ; in female 3 with ter-
minal joint evident, down-curved. Thorax smooth. Fore-
wings with a crest of scales, near base of dorsum and in disc;
vein 1 strongly furcate at base, 4 and 5 short-stalked, 6 from
cell, 7 stalked with 8, 9 absent (fused with 8), 10 short-stalked
with 8. Hindwings with 4 and 5 closely approximated at
base, 8 anastomosing with 7.

I dedicate this genus to Mr. F. P. Dodd, who has done so
much to increase our knowledge of the moths of Northern
Queensland, especially by his keen and patient labors in the
discovery and rearing of the larve.

DopDIANA CALLIzonaA, Low.

(Stericta (?) callizona, Lower, Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1896,
p: 159.)

Male and female, 25-34 mm. Head purplish; face and palpi
dark fuscous. Antenne ochreous-brown. Thorax purplish,
with some whitish scales towards sides. | Abdomen purplish-
brown; towards apex dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous; an-
terior femora and tibie purplish; posterior pair mostly
ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa
straight, apex rounded, hindmargin slightly oblique, slightly
rounded, with a prominent tuft of scales on inner margin at
one-fourth ; purplish ; a triangular dark green shade on costa
from one-sixth to middle, its apex extending to above middle
of inner margin; bounded anteriorly by an outwardly curved
white suffusion; beyond this costal part of disc is irrorated
with white; a narrow irregularly dentate dark fuscous line
from costa at four-fifths to before tornus; preceded by a dark
fuscous discal dot; succeeded by a fine line, whitish on
margins, bluish on upper half, obsolete on lower half; a
blackish circular blotch before apex, with a greenish centre ;
some whitish and greenish scales near termen; cilia purplish,
bases whitish, with an interrupted blackish line at one-third.
Hindwings much broader than forewings, hindmargin
rounded ; grey: towards base paler, and with traces of a pale
line at two-thirds; cilia pinkish, with a fuscous line at one-
third.

A. beautiful and very distinct species.

Townsville, Queensland, a series reared by Mr. F. P. Dodd,
in August and September. The larve bore the smaller stems
of Timonius rumphii to the depth of six, nine. or even fifteen,
inches, the tunnelled twigs with their affixed masses of silk,
woody fragments, and leaves, exactly resemble those tenanted

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by many species of Ayloryctide. When pupating the larva,
however, reverts to its pyralid habits, for it quits its tunnel and
spins a loose cocoon in the mass at its mouth.

LIMACODIDAE.
DoRATIFERA STENORA, Nl. Sp.

Male and female, 26-30 mm. Head brown; in female suf-
fused with whitish-ochreous; a patch of whitish-ochreous
scales beneath roots of antenne. Palpi brown. An-
tennze brown-whitish. Thorax brown; in female with some
central reddish-orange hairs. Abdomen brownish with a dor-
sal reddish-orange line, most developed in female. Legs
brown. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa straight, apex
round-pointed, termen rounded, strongly oblique ; dull fuscous-
brown or reddish-brown ; an oblique whitish streak from apex
towards mid-dorsum, becoming lost in disc; cilia brown. Hind-
wings with termen rounded; brown; cilia brown.

Rockhampton, Queensland ; two specimens in the Queens-
land Museum.

DOoRATIFERA CHRYSOCHROA, Feld.

(Lamprolepis chrysochroa, Feld., pl. lxxxii., f. 13 ; Doratifera
.euchrysa, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1896, p. 152.)

I have received a fine series of this beautiful insect from
Mr. F. P. Dodd, who found the larve at Townsville feeding
gregariously on Careya australis and other trees.

APODECTA, N. g.

Face with rounded anterior cone of scales. Palpi stout,
rather long (twice breadth of eye), porrect; terminal joint very
short. Antenne of male bipectinated on basal half. Pos-
terior tibie with two pairs of well-developed spurs. Fore-
wings with vein 2 from two-thirds, 3 from before angle, 4
from angle, 6 from middle of cell, 7 short-stalked with 8, 9, 10
absent. Hindwings with 3, 4, and 5 remote at base, 6, 7,
‘stalked.

Characterised by the absence of vein 10 of forewings.

APODECTA MONODISCA, N. sp.

Male, 16mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white, tinged
with grey. Palpi whitish, with a few dark fuscous scales.
Antenne ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish mixed with dark
fuscous. Forewings broadly triangular, costa slightly arched,
apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique; grey with a very
few scattered dark fuscous scales; a squarish white spot
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conspicuous white line with dorsum beyond middle; a dark-
fuscous short transverse bar from costa beyond middle, suc-
ceeded by a squarish dark-fuscous subcostal blotch, evenly
and narrowly margined with white; a faint whitish line from

posterior edge of blotch towards tornus; a suffused white line
' close to termen; cilia grey, bases whitish. Hindwings with
termen rounded ; pale brownish ; cilia whitish-grey, with a
white median line.

Townsville, Queensland, in September; one specimen re-
ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

BIRTHAMA PLAGIOSCIA, 0. sp.

Male, 22 mm.; female, 29 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and -
abdomen dark brown. Antennz whitish-ochreous, in female
dark fuscous. Legs dark brown. Forewings triangular,
costa incurved in male, or straight in female to near apex, apex
much rounded, termen long, rounded, strongly oblique; dark
brown; an oblique darker shade from near costa at three-
fourths to mid-dorsum, well marked in female, nearly obsolete
in male; a broad dark shade from costa immediately beyond
this line, not extending more than one-third across disc; cilia
dark brown. Hindwings with termen rounded; fuscous or
dark brown ; cilia concolorous.

Brisbane, Queensland ; three specimens. Mr. R. Illidge has
bred this species.

The genus Birthama, Wlk., with vein 7 of forewings sepa-
rate, and veins 8, 9, 10 stalked, is connected with the following
genera (which have 7, 8, 9 stalked) by Natada, Wlk., with
8. 9 stalked, 7 and 10 separate. To Natada I refer Doratifera
ordinata, Butl., colligans, Luce.

BIRTHAMA DISCOTYPA, N. sp.

Male, 22 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax brownish-fuscous.
Antenne ochreous-fuscous; male with long double pectina-
tions on basal two-fifths, thence slightly serrate. Legs fus-
cous. Forewings triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex
rounded, termen rounded, slightly oblique; brownish-grey
with a few dark fuscous scales; a large circular fuscous brown
patch, edged posteriorly with white on dorsum from near base
to middle; a similar circular white-edge patch on costa from
three-fifths to near apex; cilia grey. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; dark grey; cilia grey.

Queensland (?), one specimen without locality in the collec-
tion of the Agricultural Department.

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SUSICA DOCHMOSEMA, 0. sp.

Female,40 mm. Headandpalpipalereddish. Thorax brown,
in centre reddish. Abdomen brown, legs brownish ; tarsi annu-
lated with dark fuscous; anterior tibize and middle tibie and
first joint of tarsi with reddish hairs above. Forewings trian-
gular, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen
rounded, oblique ; brown ; costal edge reddish ; a wavy oblique
fuscous line from mid- dorsum to beneath costa at three-
fourths; cilia brown. Hindwings with termen rounded;
brown-whitish ; cilia brown-whitish ; apices whitish.

To this genus I also refer corones, Feb. (Miresa humeralis,
Wik., and Miresa albibasis, WIk.), and Comana collaris, W1k.
It is distinguishable from Miresa, W1k. (according to Hamp-
son’s “Moths of India”) by the male having two pairs of spurs
on. posterior tibie.

Rockhampton, Queensland.

Type in the Queensland Museum.

SUSICA MILTOCOSMA, Nn. Sp.

Female, 48 mm. Head ochreous-grey, margins of face
bright red. Palpi bright red. Thorax ochreous-grey more
or less rosy-tinged. Abdomen white. Legs whitish, ante-
ricr pair brightened above, with black dots on apices of femora
and bases of tarsal points. Forewings triangular, costa mode
rately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, slightly oblique ;
ochreous-grey more or less rosy-tinged; costal and terminal
margins red; cilia grey, bases ochreous-tinged. Hindwings
with termen rounded ; white; cilia white.

Male, 33 mm. Antenne bipectinated to two-thirds. Head
and thorax bright red. Forewings bright red, with an ob-
lique outwardly curved fuscous shade from mid-dorsum reach-
ing to mid-disc.

Townsville, Queensland, in December ; two female specimens
received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. The male is in the Queens-
land Museum, from Rockhampton.. I believe them to be
sexes, but regard the female as the type.

TETRAPHLEPS PAROA, ND. sp.

Female, 36 mm. Head brown, lower edge of face dark
fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. Antenne fuscous. Thorax
dark brown; collar paler. Abdomen reddish-brown. Legs
dark fuscous, tarsi annulated with brownish. Forewings
triangular, costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen
rounded, oblique; fuscous-brown ; lines dark fuscous; a short
line from dorsum at one-fourth to fold, produced along fold

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towards base ; a line from mid-costa angulated sharply inwards
in disc and again sharply to mid-dorsum, a line from costa at
two-thirds with acute projections posteriorly along veins, angu-
lated inwards along vein 2, and then bent to dorsum near
tornus ; the space between these lines is suffused with reddish-
brown, and contains some dark fuscous streaks along veins; a
fine terminal line ; veins in terminal part of disc marked with
darker scales than intervening spaces; cilia brown, with a
darker median line. Hindwings with termen rounded; red-
dish-brown ; cilia reddish-brown.

Brisbane, Queensland ; one specimen in the collection of the
Agricultural Department.

PARASA CORALLINA, Nn. sp.

Female, 32 mm. Head brightcrimson. Palpi loose-
haired ; ochreous-brown, beneath dull purple. Antenne pale
brownish, towards base whitish. Thorax bright crimson;
patagia dull purple. Abdomen bright crimson ; beneath pale
fuscous-ochreous. Legs dull purple; middle and posterior
tarsi ochreous; posterior tibie with a terminal pair of spurs
only. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa straight to near
apex, apex round-pointed, termen slightly rounded, strongly
oblique; deep reddish-purple without markings, in oblique.
light showing transverse wavy lustrous lines; cilia reddish-.
purple. Hindwings with termen rounded; veins 6 and 7.
stalked ; pale reddish-purple, base and inner margin pale
ochreous ; cilia reddish-purple.

The crimson body renders this a brilliant and unique species.
The genus Parasa, Wlk., may be distinguished from T hosea,
WIlk., by the presence of only a single pair of spurs on the
posterior tibie, and by the pectinations of antenne in male
not being continued to apex.

Townsville, Queensland, in December; one bred specimen
received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

PARASA ATMODES, DN. sp.

Male, 30 mm. Head dark fuscous. Palpi clothed with
appressed hairs; fuscous, apices ochreous. Antenne fuscous.
Thorax dark fuscous, with leaden-metallic lustre, a V-shaped
ochreous line posteriorly, its apex forwards. Abdomen dark
fuscous, with leaden-metallic lustre; upper surface of tuft
orange-ochreous. Legs dark fuscous annulated with pale
ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa straight to near apex,
apex round, termen rounded, scarcely oblique; dark fuscous,
with leaden-metallic lustre ; a whitish spot on base of dorsum ;

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a fine dentate whitish line from mid-costa to dorsum at one-
fourth, preceded by an incomplete blackish line; an inter-
rupted, crenate, whitish line from three-fourths costa to three-
fourths dorsum, immediatelwy followed in disc by three
blackish spots edged with pale brownish, the upper two con-
fluent ; an ochreous-grey terminal band containing a fine crenu-
late fuscous sub-terminal line; cilia ochreous-grey, apices at
tornus blackish. -Hindwings with termen rounded ; pale fus-
cous-brown ; cilia whitish, apices towards tornus dark fuscous,
on inner margin pale brownish.

In the type one of the forewings has thirteen veins, vein
4 being forked from near base. On the other side the neura-
tion is normal.

Townsville, Queensland, in March; one specimen received
from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

PARASA LOZOGRAMMA, N. sp.

Male,30mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-
whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior coxe and femora
fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa straight to apex, apex
tolerably pointed, termen slightly rounded, slightly oblique ;
ochreous-whitish, somewhat brownish tinged; a very oblique
brownish-fuscous line from costa near apex to dorsum at one-
fifth ; an inwardly curved line from a point with the preceding
on costa to termen above tornus; cilia ochreous-whitish, apices
towards tornus fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded ;
ochreous-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish.

In markings this is similar to Thosea divergens, Moore,
though not identical.

Brisbane, Queensland, in January; one specimen.

CRYPTOPHASA EUCEPHALA, N. Sp.

Male and female, 29-38 mm. Head ochreous-yellow ; face
white or whitish. Palpi white; basal two-thirds of second
joint with an anterior ochreous line; distal third of second
joint and terminal joint with an anterior dark fuscous line.
Antenne white; in male shortly pectinate (1). Thorax snow
white. Abdomen grey; first two segments mixed with red-
dish-ochreous; sides white; lower surface ochreous with a
pair of blackish dots on each segment. Legs ochreous-yellow
annulated with blackish. Forewings narrow-elongate, costa
slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin slightly oblique,
slightly rounded; snow white; costal edge ochreous, at ex-
treme base blackish ; cilia snow-white. Hindwings grey; to-
wards inner-margin whitish ; cilia snow-white.

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Townsville, Queensland, in October; a series bred by Mr.
F. P. Dodd from larve which tunnel the smaller stems of
Grevillea striata, and probably other proteaceous shrubs. On
pupating the enrance is completely blocked by a white plug.

Type in Coll. Walsingham.

XYLORYCTA RHIZOPHAGA, N. sp.

Male and female, 25-33 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi
white, anteriorly suffused with fuscous. Antenne white, in
male laminate, laminations two-thirds, ending in tufts of cilia.
Abdomen grey-whitish; two basal segments irrorated with
orange scales. Legs whitish; anterior and middle pairs fus-
cous anteriorly. Forewings narrow-oblong, costa gently
arched, apex obtuse; hindmargin straight, rounded beneath,
scarcely oblique ; snow white ; costal edge fuscous towards base ;
ciha snow white. Hindwings 14; hindmargin rounded ; grey ;
towards base whitish; cilia white.

Easily distinguished from X. homoleuca, Low., which has all]
the wings narrower, hindmargin of forewings oblique, hind-
wings whitish, and male antenne not laminate.

Townsville, Queensland, in November and December; a
series bred by Mr. F. P. Dodd.

The larva feeds on Persooma falcata. It forms a spout-lke
chamber of silk and fragments of bark just on or an inch or
two above the surface of the ground, and tunnels the stem for
from 6 to 10 inches, the tunnel being nearly wholly under-
ground, and sometimes extending intoaroot. Ifthestemis acci-
dentally broken it spins a chimney to the surface of the ground.
When about to pupate it shuts off the upper part of the cham-
ber, and forms a new short spout, through which it emerges.
The pupa is placed at the bottom of the long tunnel, the moth
leaves the pupal shell there, and creeps up the tunnel to the
surface.

Type in Coll. Walsingham.

XYLORYCTA BASILEIA, Nl. sp.

Male and female, 17-19 mm. MHead, purple-fuscous; lower
part of face yellow. Palpi purple-fuscous; lower part of
second joint yellow anteriorly. Antenne dark fuscous; cilia-
tions in male very short (one-fifth). | Thorax golden-yellow.
Abdomen ochreous-fuscous; tuft ochreous. Legs yellowish ;
anterior and middle pairs fuscous anteriorly. Forewings elon-
gate-oblong; costa arched, in male more strongly ; apex round-
pointed ; hindmargin oblique, rounded beneath ; deep shining
purple; extreme base and a median band golden-yellow ;

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median band transverse, biconcave ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings
scarcely broader than forewings; hindmargin sinuous; grey,
towards base ochreous-tinged ; cilia pale ochreous, with a suf-
fused greyish median line.

Alhed to X. letiorella, W1k., but readily distinguished by
the wholly dark cilia of forewings.

Townsville, Queensland, in October; a series bred by Mr.
REP. Dodd:

Type in Coll. Walsingham.

BRACHYBELISTIS, n. g.

Head with appressed scales. Palpi slender, recurved, short,
not reaching base of antenne; terminal joint minute, pointed.
Maxillary palpi minute. Tongue obsolete. Antenne in male
simple, moderately ciliated. Thorax notcrested. Forewings
with vein 2 from three-fourths to five-sixths, 7 and 8 stalked, 7
to termen. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 6 and 7 connate
or stalked. |

Differs from Xylorycta, Meyr., in the very short palpi,
with minute terminal joint. It is certainly a good
genus, the known species being closely related and having a
peculiar facies.

BRACHYBELISTIS NEOMORPHA, Turn.

(Xylorycta neomorpha, Turn., Annals Queensland Mus., iv.,
13, 1897.)

The hindwings differ in the two sexes. In the male they
are dark fuscous, with ochreous-whitish cilia, in the female both
hindwings and cilia are grey. The anterior and middle tibiz
and tarsi and posterior tarsi are crimson in the male, pale
orimson in the female.

Cry ptophaga blackburn, Low. Tr. Roy.-Soc., S.A., 1892, p.
15, appears to be a closely allied species.

BRACHYBELISTIS PENTACHROA, Low.
(Xylorycta pentachroa, Low. ‘Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1901,
p. 83.

Male, 21 mm. Head and antenne blackish; antennal cilia-
tions moderate (14). Palpi ochreous. Thorax blackish.
patagia ochreous. Abdomen blackish, dorsum of third seg-
ment ochreous. Legs ochreous, femoea dark fuscous. Fore-
wings elongate, costa very slightly arched, apex round-pointed,
termen nearly straight, oblique; ochreous-yellow ; a blackish
discal dot before middle, confluent with a large blackish blotch,
which occupies whole posterior half of wing except costal and

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terminal margins; cilia ochreous-yellow. | Hindwings rather
elongate, termen slightly rounded; pale ochreous yellow; a
broad blackish terminal band ; cilia pale ochreous-yellow, near
tornus blackish.

Female, 30-37 mm. Head whitish, pinkish-tinged. Palpi
ochreous. Antenne whitish. Thorax whitish, pinkish-
tinged; two elongate posterior dark grey spots. Abdomen
grey; third segment ochreous; apices of segments pale
ochreous. Legs ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa mode-
rately arched, apex round-pointed, termen nearly straight, ob-
lique ; whitish, pinkish-tinged ; with four oval ochreous spots,
bordered with blackish scales and surrounded with more or less
blackish irroration; first spot in disc at one-third, second
obliquely beyond and below first, third and fourth closely
approximated, arranged transversely in disc before two-thirds,
the latter more elongate; cilia pale grey, apices ochreous-fus-
cous. Hindwings pale yellowish; a suffused pale grey ter-
minal band; cilia pale grey.

No one would have considered these dissimilar insects to be
sexes, but Mr. Dodd, who has bred a series, and in whom I
have every confidence, assures me that that is the case. I
think this must be identical with the species described by Mr.
Lower, although if so he has described a female type as the
male.

Townsville, Queensland, in December; three specimens re-
ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

LICHENAULA CANDESCENS, Low.

(Xylorycta candescens, Lower. Tr. R.S., S.A., 1896, p. 163 ;
Lichenaula dissimilis, Turner. Annals Queensland Mus., 1897,
Lvs, ek.)

Charters Towers, Townsville, and Brisbane, Queensland.

LIcHENAULA COMPARELLA, WIk.

(Heophora comparella, Wlk., Tin., 681; Lichenaula calli-
sema, Turn., Annals Queensland Mus., iv., p. 19.)

I have examined and identified Walker’s type in the British
Museum.

I may here remark that the large genera, Yylorycta and
Lichenaula, are in an unsatisfactory position at present, and
will need revision. The stalking or separation of veins 6 and
7 of the hindwings is certainly variable in several species.

LICHENAULA ALLOCROSSA, N. sp.

Male and female, 22-25 mm. Head and palpi clear brown.
Antennz fuscous ; in male slightly serrate, with short ciliations

(5). Thorax whitish-grey; anteriorly dark brown. Abdomen
grey, mixed with brown on dorsum, tuft of male whitish. Legs
fuscous ; posterior femora and tibie ochreous-whitish. Fore-
wings elongate- oblong, costa slightly arched, apex rectangular,
hindmargin straight, not oblique ; grey-whitish mixed with
dark fuscous scales, which tend to form streaks on veins; an
obscure longitudinally elongate brown spot at end of cell;
hirdmargin clear brown except at anal angle; cilia narrowly
white at bases, then broadly brown-fuscous, then pale fuscous
mixed with whitish, at anal angle wholly grey-whitish. Hind-
wings somewhat broader than forewings, hindmargin rounded ;
ochreous-fuscous-whitish ; cilia whitish with a grey line at one-
third.

Mount Elliott, near Townsville, Queensland, in September ;
a series bred by Mr. EF. P. Dodd.

Type in Coll. Walsingham.

PLECTOPHILA DISCALIS, WIk.

(Acontia discalis, Wlk., suppl. 786; Pletophila discalis,
Meyr., Tr. R.S., S.A., 1890, 55; Lechenaula insceripta, Turn.,
Annals @userisland Mus., 1V., 21, Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1900,
p. 9.)

LIcHENAULA CASTANEA, Nl. sp.

Female, 17 mm. Head white. Palpi long, terminal joint
as long as second; whitish, apical portion of terminal joint
fuscous. Antenne fuscous, basal joint white. Thorax
whitish (rubbed). Abdomen reddish-ochreous-fuscous, apices
of segments and tuft whitish-grey ; beneath dark fuscous, irro-
rated with whitish. Legs whitish. Forewings elongate-
oblong, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin
but little oblique, rounded beneath; whitish irrorated with
reddish-brown and purple-brown scales forming very confused.
markings; the purple-brown scales predominate along inner
margin, the reddish-brown tend to form four suffused nearly
equi-distant transverse fascia. Of these, the last, which is
hindmarginal, is the best marked; cilia white, mixed with
bright reddish-brown. Hindwings grey; cilia ochreous-
whitish, with a fuscous line at one-third, towards anal angle
grey.

Not very near any other species.

Birchup, Victoria; one specimen in November.

Type in Coll. Lyell.

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LEPTOBELISTIS, n. g.
Head with loosely appressed hairs. Tongue very small
and weak. Antenne in male strongly ciliated. Palpi short,
recurved, slender, not reaching vertex; second joint
with appressed scales; terminal joint about half second,
slender, acute. Thorax smooth. Abdomen - slender.
Forewings with vein 2 from five-sixths, 3 from angle, 7 and 8
long-stalked, 7 to hindmargin. Hindwings with 3 and 4 sepa-
rate at base, 6 and 7 stalked to four-fifths of their length.
The long-stalking of veins 6 and 7 of the hindwings and
the short palpi, with well-developed, slender, terminal joint,
sufficiently characterise this genus.

LEPTOBELISTIS ASEMANTA, Nl. Sp.

Male and female, 12-15 mm. Head white. Palpi white;
second joint with a subapical fuscous ring. Antenne dark
fuscous ; in female white; ciliations in male 2. Thorax dark
fuscous, irrorated with white. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous ;
tuft whitish. Legs white; anterior and middle pair dark
fuscous anteriorly. Forewings rather narrow, costa shghtly
arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, oblique ;
white, sparsely irrorated with dark fuscous; three large fus-
cous spots on innér margin at base, middle, and anal angle;
cilia dark-fuscous mixed with white. Hindwings and ciha
pale grey.

Townsville, Queensland, in November; a series bred by Mr.
F. P. Dodd.

Type in Coll. Walsingham.

CLERARCHA POLIOCHYTA, Nl. sp.

Male and female, 20-28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax
white, very sparsely irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen
grey. Legs white, irrorated, and tarsi annulated with dark
fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa slightly arched at
base, thence nearly straight to near apex, apex round-pointed,
termen obliquely rounded; pale grey, mixed with white and
dark fuscous; a short narrow vertical dark fuscous line from
fold in disc at one-third ; a dark fuscous discal dot surrounded
by white at two-thirds; a sub-terminal series of dark fuscous
streaks on veins; a series of minute terminal dark fuscous dots
obsolete towards costa; cilia grey, bases and extreme apices
white. Hindwings elorgate-ovate, termen slightly sinuate ;
grey; cilia whitish with a grey line at one-third.

Townsville, Queensland, in September ; four bred specimens
received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.

Type in Coll. Walsingham.

Neh)

ILLIDGEA ATHALODES, n. sp.

Male and female, 22-26 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi dark
grey mixed with whitish. Antenne dark fuscous. Abdomen
whitish-grey or grey. Legs white,irrorated and annulated
with dark fuscous; posterior pair mostly white. Forewings
broad, oblong, costa rather strongly arched at base, thence
straight, apex rectangular, hindmargin straight, slightly
sinuate, not oblique, rounded beneath, inner margin strongly
curved at base; dark grey mixed with whitish, markings black ;
a strong line from base of costa along basal part of inner
margin; a fine transverse streak from costa before middle,
not reaching inner margin; this is preceded by two shorter
streaks from costa, which are connected in disc with each
other and with basal line; an inwardly oblique streak from
costa at three-fourths, rather broad on costa, narrowing, and
reaching to little beyond middle of disc; a fine erect streak,
succeeded by a white shade, from before anal angle, bent
slightly outwards in disc, so that it passes well posteriorly to
costal streak; some fine blackish lines on posterior veins; a
fine blackish hindmarginal line; cilia dark grey mixed with
whitish. Hindwings as broad as forewings, hindmargin
rounded ; grey ; in male whitish towards base, in female wholly
grey; cilia grey-whitish with a darker line at one-third.

Unhke J. epigramma, Meyr., this species appears to be
very constant in its markings. From the former species it
is best distinguished by the posterior lne being broken into
_ two separate streaks.

Townsville, Queensland, in September and October; a series
bred by Mr. F. P. Dodd.

Types in Coll. Walsingham.

UzucHa HYPOxANTHA, Low.

(Vzucha hypoxrantha, Low., Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1894, p.
88. Gonioma ranthopsis, Taurn., Annals Queensland Mus.,
rwenge 285-L897,.)

Veins 6 and 7 of hindwings may be either approximated at
base, connate, or short-stalked ; vein 7 of forewings either to
apex or‘slightly to the costal side of apex. My genus,
Gonioma, must, therefore, be quashed.

This species varies in size from 23 to 42 mm.

PROCOMETIS STENARGA, 0. Sp.
Male and female, 22-25 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and
antenne blackish, irrorated with white. Abdomen ochreous-
fuscous; in female grey ; apices of segments and tuft in male

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pale ochreous. Legs white mixed with dark fuscous 3 poste-
rior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa mode-
rately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ;.
white irrorated with blackish ; middle of costa narrowly clear
white; two indistinct darker spots in disc at and below
middle in posterior part of disc a tendency to longitudinal
‘parallel to veins ; cilia dark fuscous, mixed with white. Hind-
wings ochreous-fuscous ; towards base paler, towards apex fus-
cous ; cilia ochreous-fuscous with a darker basal line ; in female
hindwings and cilia are grey.

Near P. genialis, Meyr., which has brighter hindwings and
a brownish spot on forewings.

Gisborne, Victoria, in February; two specimens taken by

Mr. S. Lyell.

PROCOMETIS DIPLOCENTRA, Meyr.

In Annals Queensland Museum, iv., p- 29, I threw some
doubt on the occurrence of this species in Queensland. Since
then I have seen specimens from Duaringa which answer to
the description with exactness. I am now satisfied that the
specimen attributed to it from Tasmania, though closely simi-
lar, is not identical.

AGRIOPHARA HORRIDULA, Meyr.

(Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1890, p. 77. Agriophara leucan-
thes, Turn., Annals Queensland Mus., iv., p. 31, 1897.)

I have compared my type with Mr. Meyrick’s.

ZYGAINID AE.

MoNOSCHALIS MIMETICA, N. sp.

Male and female, 20-27 mm. Head orange. Fillet and an-
tenn blackish, with a purple lustre. Thorax blackish, with a
large orange posterior spot. Abdomen blackish, with five
broad orange annulations; basal and apical segments blackish.
Legs blackish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently
arched, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique, gently
rounded ; blackish, with pale orange spots; a longitudinal
streak in mid-disc near base ; an approximately triangular spot
below costa beyond middle, succeeded beneath by an oval
spot indented posteriorly, and that by a small roundish spot
above tornus; a subapical spot indented posteriorly once or
twice, sometimes partly divided by fine blackish lines on veins ;
cilia blackish. Hindwings short, triangular, costa abruptly
arched, termen gently rounded; blackish; a large basal pale
orange spot divided by a fine blackish line on median vein,

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and less distinctly on internal veins; a second roundish spot
beneath middle of costa; cilia blackish.

This species closely resembles Thyrassia subcordata, W1k.,
from India, but vein 10 of forewings is free. Both genera
will be found characterised in Hampson’s ‘Moth of India,”
vol. 1.,p. 238. Possibly they may eventually be amalgamated.
In the present species veins 8 and 9 of forewings are variable,
being either separate or short-stalked.

Not only is the shape, pattern, and coloration of the fore
and hind wings that of a Syntomid, but the neuration of the
hindwings is very deceptive at first sight. The distal part
of vein 8 is wanting, but the proximal part (costal vein) is
well marked. The subcostal vein is weak, and may be over-
looked, so that at first it may appear that the costal vein is
altogether wanting. More careful examination shows that
the resemblance to the neuration of the Syntomide is merely
superficial and misleading.

Townsville, Queensland, in January, February, and March ;
a series received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, who informs me that
the larve are short and thick, whitish, with weak hairs, and
feed on a species of Vitis.

ZEUZERIDA.
XYLEUTES NEPHOCOSMA, N. Sp.

Male, 50 mm.; female, 62 mm. Head grey; face whitish-
grey. Antenne pale ochreous; in female whitish. Thorax
grey; in male with two longitudinally black lines diver-
ging posteriorly and some blackish scales on posterior margin.
Abdomen whitish-grey in male; grey in female. Forewings
narrow-elongate, costa slightly arched, more strongly in female,
apex round-pointed, hindmargin very oblique, rounded be-
neath ; whitish-grey ; mottled and blotched with darker grey,
which forms three squarish blotches near base, beneath costa
at two-fifths, and above imner-margin beyond middle; and an
elongate shade before and parallel to upper half of hind
margin; a series of dark fuscous dots on costa; a series of
short transverse dark fuscous strigule from inner-margin, some-
times united by a fine irregular longitudinal line ; cilia whitish,
barred with fuscous on veins. Hindwings elongate, hind-
margin scarcely rounded, sinuate before anal angle ; whitish ;
in female grey; cilia as forewings.

In my male type there is a bar between veins 7 and 8 of
hindwings beyond cell (not opposite the cell as in Zeuzera).
This is absent m the female.

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Townsville, Queensland, in November and December; two
specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, who bred them from
larve found in stems of J/e/aleuca leucodendron. He informs
me that the specimens are rather small examples.

XYLEUTES ZOPHOPLECTA, Ml. sp.

Male, 42 mm. Head, thorax, and antennz dark fuscous.
Abdomen dark grey. Forewing narrow-elongate, costa
slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely
rounded; dark grey; apical half suffused towards costa with
whitish-grey ; the whole disc closely strigulated with black,
strigule coarse towards base, very fine over suffused area; a
few whitish-grey scales along lower part of hindmargin; cilia
fuscous with a few whitish-scales. Hindwings and cilia dark
grey.

Townsville, Queensland, in December; one specimen re-

ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd.
TRY'PANIDAL.
DUDGEONA ACTINIAS, nm. sp:

Male and female, 31-43 mm. Head and thorax dark red-
dish-brown; apices of tegule ochreous; thorax with a large
bifid posterior crest. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs
whitish-ochreous ; anterior and middle tibize mostly dark red-
dish-brown. Forewings elongate-oblong, posteriorly dilated,
costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin scarcely ob-
hque, rounded beneath; dark reddish-brown ; towards costa,
hindmargin, and base of inner-margim paler and interrupted
by numerous small ochreous spots; a cluster of five to nine
shining snow white rounded spots on inner-marginal part of
basal third of disc; a series of four or five similar spots of un-
equal sizes along hindmargin ; preceded by three or four simi-
lar spots in central part of hindmarginal area; cilia dark red-
dish-brown. Hindwings elongate-ovate, hindmargin slightly
rounded ; pale ochreous, partly suffused with brownish; cilia
whitish-ochreous.

This magnificent species appears to agree in structural cha-
racters with Hampson’s genus Dudgeona, of which I was able to
examine the type, an Indian species. in the British Museum.
It certainly suggests a relationship to the Vortricina.

Townsville, Queensland, in December ; several specimens re~
ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd, who states that the larve have
the habits of Yy/eutes. Like that genus, the pupa has to
break through a thin covering of bark, and then protrudes
while the moth emerges.

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AXYLORYCTIDAS.

PILOSTIBES EMBRONETA, DN. sp.

Male and female, 30-46 mm. Head brown-whitish; face
white. Palpi white ; external surface of second joint brownish.
Antenne white; pectinationsin male 1. Thorax pale brown.
Abdomen whitish, mixed with reddish-brown. Legs brown-~-
whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa strongly arched,
apex acute, hindmargin oblique, sinuate beneath apex; pale
brown, with a very few scattered dark fuscous scales; a broad
streak from base of costa to beyond middle of disc, toothed
above at one-third and beneath at two-thirds, white, edged with
dark fuscous, apical third narrow and wholly dark fuscous ;
cilia grey, with a strongly marked dark fuscous basal line.
Hindwings 13, hindmargin rounded; whitish, © slightly
brownish-tinged ; cilia whitish.

Mareeba, Northern Queensland ; two imagos bred in August
from larve feeding in the stems of a crimson-flowered Calliste-
mon growing on the banks of the Barron River.

CRYPTOPHASA PSILOCROSSA, Nl. sp.

Male, 35 mm. Head whitish-brown; face whitish. Palpi
whitish. Antenne dark fuscous; pectinations 1. Thorax
ochreous-brown, with a posterior pale ochreous spot. Abdo-
men dark fuscous; second segment orange-ochreous; tuft
whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-brown annulated with dark
fuscous ; posterior pair mostly dark fuscous. Forewings some-
what dilated near base; costa shghtly arched, apex round-
pointed, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; ochreous brown; with
five blackish dots in disc; first in disc beyond one-third ; second
in disc at two-thirds; third before and beneath second ; fourth
and fifth close together, above and beneath fold, equi-distant
from first and third; an interrupted blackish lne on lower
two-thirds of hindmargin ; cilia ochreous-brown. Hindwings
much broader than forewings, hindmargin rounded ; dark fus-
cous ; a narrow strip denuded of scales from apex along apical
half of hindmargin; cilia white.

In general appearance resembles the male of (. balteata,
WI1k., but the wings are broader and differently shaped. It
also differs in the pale spot on thorax, absence of dots on costa
of forewings; and partly bare margin and white cilia of hind-
wings. The female is not yet known.

Brisbane, in October ; one specimen bred from Eucaly ptus-

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CRYPTOPHASA HYALINOPA, Low.

(Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., 1901, p. 82.)

Male, 31-32 mm. Head and palpi whitish. Antenne
blackish, pectinations 1. Thorax pale pinkish-white. Abdo-
men blackish; apices of segments whitish; second segment
reddish-orange. Legs whitish, anterior pair pinkish, annu-
lated with blackish. Forewings rather narrow, costa nearly
straight, apex round-pointed, hindmargin very obliquely
rounded ; slaty-brown ; with five black discal dots; first at one-
third of disc and one-third from costa; second before two-thirds
of disc and one-third from costa; third before and below
second ; fourth and fifth closely approximated, above and below
fold, about midway from first and third; cilia pale fuscous,
with a dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings 1}; hindmargin
shghtly rounded; blackish; apical two-fifths free from scales
and transparent; the line of division sharp, somewhat den-
tate; cilia white.

Female differs as follows: 65-70 mm. Antenne white,
finely annulated with dark fuscous. Forewings broader, costa
moderately arched, hindmargin less oblique; pinkish; cilia
with a series of blackish basal dots. Hindwings white, with
an inner-marginal hairy patch. Abdomen with apical seg-
ments whitish.

Townsville, Queensland, in October; bred abundantly from
Eucalyptus sp. by Mr. F. P. Dodd.

CRYPTOPHASA SACERDOS, Wlsm., M.S.

Male, 37 mm. Head pale reddish-orange. Palpi white,
terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne black, pectinations 2,
3. Thorax white, anteriorly faintly suffused with reddish-
orange. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs blackish, with white
annulations. Forewings oblong, costa slightly arched at base,
thence nearly straight, apex obtuse, hindmargin slightly ob-
lique, rounded; blackish-fuscous, without markings; cilia
white, basal one-fourth dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fus-
cous; cilia fuscous.

Female differs as follows: 50-54 mm. Abdomen dark fus-
cous, with white annulations, terminal segment white. Fore-
wings clear white, base sometimes suffused with fuscous; a
black dot in disc at three-fifths; a row of black dots along
apical third of costa and hindmargin; cilia white. Hindwings
fuscous; along costa white; some obscure blackish dots on
hindmargin ; cilia white, towards anal angle greyish.

The sexes are very different.

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Brisbane, larve tunnelling the stems of Hucalyptus (Blood-
“wood).
Types in Coll. Walsingham.

CRYPTOPHASA EUGENIA, Luce.

(Proc. Roy. Soc., Queensland, 1899, p. 153.)

In the “Annals of the Queensland Museum,” No. iv., p. 10
(1897) I wrongly identified this species with CU. pultenaea,
Lewin, but now recognise its distinctness. It is closely allied
‘to C. epadelpha, Meyr., which, however, always lacks the discal
dots on the forewing.

CRYPTOPHASA BYSSINOPIS, Nl. Sp.

Male and female, 42-45 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi white.
Antenne in male white; pectinations 4-5; in female dark
grey, towards base white. Abdomen white; second segment
bright reddish-ochreous above. Legs white; tarsi annulated
with blackish ; anterior tibie blackish anteriorly. Forewings
-elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hind-
margin obliquely rounded; vein 2 from near middle of cell ;
‘snow white; with three blackish discal dots, first in dise at
one-third, second in disc beyond middle, third beneath and
posterior to second ; a series of minute blackish dots on hind-
margin; cilia white. Hindwings white, with minute hind-
marginal blackish dots sometimes obsolete ; cilia white.

The sexes are closely similar. Nearly allied to C. eugene,
Luc., from which the male is readily distinguished by the white
hindwings; the female is closely similar to that of eugenie,
‘but the black dots on margin of wings, especially hindwings,
are less developed, and sometimes obsolete.

Townsville, Queensland, in September ; a series bred by Mr.
F:oP. Dodd.) —

Types in Coll. Walsingham.

CRYPTOPHASA PANLEUCA, Low.

(Trans. Roy. Soc.,; S.A., 1901, :p. 83.)

Male and female, 31-44 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi
‘white. Antenne white in both sexes; pectinations in male
14. Abdomen white ; second segment bright reddish-ochreous
above ; apices of three succeeding segments narrowly reddish-
ochreous above. Legs white; inner aspect of anterior pair
spotted with blackish. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa
slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ;
white; cilia white. Hindwings white; a series of minute
blackish dots along hindmargin.

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he sexes are closely similar. This species may be at once-
distinguished from the preceding by the absence of discal dots.

Townsville, Queensland, in September ; a series bred by Mr.

F. P. Dodd. The larve bore the stems of species of Tristania.

THOSEA PENTHIMA, 0. sp.

Male, 28 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dull
brown. Antenne whitish, pectinations ochreous-whitish, in
male pectinated to apex. Legs dull brown; posterior
tibie with two pairs of spurs. Forewings triangular,
costa straight to near apex, apex obtusely rectangular,
termen strongly bowed, slightly oblique; whitish-grey, suf-
fused with brownish, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales,
absence of brownish suffusion leaves a pale oblique fascia. its
anterior edge much suffused, its posterior edge sharply defined
by a fuscous line from costa at five-sixths to dorsum at two-
thirds; a minute dark fuscous discal dot in fascia; a pale
terminal band from absence of brownish’ suffusion; cilia
brewnish-fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded; veins
6 and 7 stalked; pale brownish ; cilia as forewings.

Townsville, Queensland, in April; one specimen received
from Mr. F. P. Dodd, who informs me that the larve are oval
and very broad, covered with numerous tufts of stinging
spines, and feed on Careya australis.

ELASSOPTILA, N. g.

Head with rounded anterior cone of scales. Palpi very
long, porrect, second joint five times breadth of eye, with
projecting scales at apex, terminal joint about one-fourth
second, obliquely ascending, stout, 'tolerably acute. Tongue
absent. Antenne in male with long coarse double pectina-
tions continued almost to apex; in female filiform. Pos
terior tibie with two pairs of long spurs. Forewings with
2 from five-sixths, 4 from angle, 5 from shortly above angle,
6 from near middle of cell, 7, 8, 9 stalked. | Hindwings with
3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel to 4, 6, and 7 long-stalked.

The peculiar palpi are sufficient to distinguish this genus.

ELASSOPTILA MICROXUTHA, N. sp.

Male, 14-16 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi brown,
apex and internal surface ochreous-whitish. Antenne dark
fuscous. Abdomen fuscous mixed, except at apex, with
orange-ochreous. Legs fuscous annulated with ochreous
whitish. Forewings triangular, costa strongly arched, apex
rounded, termen rounded. oblique; brown; an obscure fus-

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cous erect mark trom dorsum before middle; a straight
oblique whitish line from costa at two-thirds towards tornus,
its lower extremity attenuated and only represented by
minute dots on veins; cilia dark brown. Hindwings with
termen rounded; fuscous-brown, an elongate orange-ochreous
spot in dorsal part of mid-disc; cilia fuscous-brown.

Female, 20 mm. Forewings more elongate. Abdomen
wholly ochreous. Color and markings of wings less distinct.
This species has rather the faczes of a small Lymantriad.

Mount Tambourine, Queensland, in December, February,

and March. The male found plentifully flying in a rapid
zig-zag course within the dense forest a few inches from the.
ground. I took only one female.

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ABORIGINAL ROCK PAINTINGS ON THE SOUTH
PARA, BAROSSA RANGES.

By E.. C. Stirting, M_D., F.R.S.

Pruates III. anp IV.
[Read August 5, 1902. ]

Like the Australian aborigines themselves, their handiwork, |
that cannot receive the protecting shelter of a museum,
must in the nature of things disappear, and thus it seems de
sirable to lose no opportunity of preserving a pictorial record
of such perishable objects as their rock paintings. With this
view, I submit to the notice of the Society a record of a few
such drawings found in two rock shelters, on the Yatalunga
estate, in the hills to the north-east of Adelaide. Aboriginal
drawings of the same general character as those to be men-
tioned have been described and figured from various localities
in South Australia. The Horn Expedition met with several
series in the MacDonnell Ranges and their outliers, many of
which are reproduced in its report (1); others appear in the
report of the Elder Expedition (2); and Mr. Worsnop’s book
(3) contains a number of them, derived from various sources.
A good account of these paintings, with many figures, is con-
tained in the recent comprehensive book of Messrs. Spencer
and Gillen (4). Similar drawings from various parts of Aus-
tralia have been recorded in the scientific publications of the
other States, and the journals and reports of many explorers
and travellers have frequently contained allusions to their
existence.

So far as I am aware, however, the drawings now to be
noticed are the only ones that have been reported from the
near neighbourhood of Adelaide, though the adjacent ranges
supply many shelters or protected rock surfaces such as com-
mend themselves to the natives for their artistic purposes.
The Yatalunga drawings must have been known to the early

(1) Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition,
Part IV., Anthropology, 1896.

(2) Trans. Royal Soc., S.A., vol. iv., p. 237.

(3) Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, Xc., of the Abori-
gines of Australia, Adelaide, 1897.

(4) Native Tribes of Central Australia, 1899.

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settlers in these parts, for the ruins of a long-habited dwelling-
house stand within a few hundred yards of their position, which.
is easily visible and accessible. But if observed they seem
to have been forgotten, for those who, more recently, have lived
many years in the localty—even the owners of Yatalunga—
had no knowledge of their existence till they were recently
brought to notice by Mr. Percy Ifould. This gentleman, in
company with two fellow-students of the School of Mines, quite
recently discovered the larger of the two shelters in the course
of a geological excursion. Ona second visit the smaller shelter
was noticed by Mr. W. Brooks, of Smithfield.

The shelters are situated about two miles to the north-east
of Yatalunga House in a valley in the Barossa Ranges on the
right bank of the South Para, close to a sharp bend in the
stream. Here the hillside rises steeply from within a few
yards of the river bank; a little lower down, the hill-slope
springs from the bank itself.

My colleague, Mr. Howchin, informs me that the materia!
of the rock, the unequal weathering of which has produced the
shelters, varies from a clay slate (phyllite) to a fine-grained
schistose rock. This decomposes to a fine impalpable powder
making good soil, as evidenced by the abundant growth of
grass which 1t supports

There are two shelters in which paintings exist. The larger
(Plate iii.) is a recess a few yards from, and a few feet above,
the normal river bank, and is stated to be beyond the level of
the highest flood. This shelter is 15 feet in length, 6 feet
high at its mouth, and about the same in depth. On the
rather uneven dark surface of the back wall are the drawings
numbered 1—9 (Plate iv.). They are all done in red ochre,
margined with a narrow band of white material. All but one
of these are zoomorphic in character, representing animal
objects. Of these fig. 1 is clearly a snake, possibly (from its
shape) a death adder, and a lively imagination might conceive
it as represented in the act of striking. Fig. 2, from the shape
of the head and the “turn up” of the toes, is apparently the
figure of a man. _ [I interpret fig. 3 as that of a dog which,
notwithstanding its general crudeness, distinctly conveys the
idea of active motion. Figs. 4 and 5—the latter indistinct—
represent bird tracks, probably those of the emu. Fig. 6 may
perhaps be intended for a sleeping lizard, though the limbs are
disproportionately long for this animal. For fig. 7 I have no
suggestion to offer, unless it be a design for a corrobboree deco-
ration pattern or be one of a class of paintings that will be

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moticed in connection with those in the second shelter. Figs. 5
and 9 are clearly intended for birds of different kinds. en the
former the even lower contour makes it appear as if the artist
had intended to picture the bird as resting upon the water ;
but the appearance is really due to the cutting off of the lower
part of the design by obliteration. There were also pigmen-
tary indications of other drawings in this shelter, but they had
become so greatly obliterated as to be indecipherable; and
they have, therefore, been omitted from the plate. In the
upper part of the back wall some drawings had evidently be-
come obscured by numerous mud nests of wasps and swallows.

About 150 yards lower down the stream, andatarather higher
level above the river, is a considerably smaller shelter, which
also contains a few discernible drawings. In this a consider-
able recent fall of earth from above has partly blocked the
entrance, and probably also raised the level of the floor, for it
is now impossible to stand upright in the shelter. Moreover,
the raising of the floor has brought it within a few inches of the
lowest drawings. To have drawn the designs in the position
which these now occupy would have almost required the artist
to have assumed the prone position.

The drawings in this cave (nos. 10-13), which are shown in
the inset in Plate iv., are also done in red ochre; but in
these there is no marginal white. Fig. 12 again repeats a
bird track, and possibly 13 may also be zoomorphic in origin,
but the reproduction, which has unintentionally made the
figure rather more symmetrical than the reality, evokes un-
duly this suggestion.

Figs. 10 and 11 may possibly belong to the class of designs
described by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen (1), called Churinga
Ilkinia by the Arunta, which are regarded as sacred from
their association with totems. The former appears like a
simple form of two figures represented on plate 131 of the work
just referred to. Their meaning was unknown to the writers
beyond the fact that they were connected with the honey-
ant totem.of the Warramunga tribe in the neighbourhood of
Barrow Creek. In these the vertical stripe bisects three
series of concentric circles.

On digging into the floor of both caves indications were
found of former occupancy in the shape of pieces of charred
wood, a few fragments of fresh water mussel shells, and a frag-
ment of the jaw of a small rodent animal. On the surface of

(1) Native Tribes of Central Australia, p. 614, &c.

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‘the floor, as well as almost everywhere else around, were the
recent remains of dead rabbits.

I have been able to gather no information as to the age of
‘these drawings, or as to the tribe by whom they were executed.
The unobliterated figures are, however, still quite distinct.
In general style and characters and the colors used the zoo-
morphic designs are quite similar to those that have been
recorded from other parts, the bird tracks being especially of
frequent occurrence, but there were no indications here of the
stencilled figures of hands that have been so often noticed
in many such shelters throughout the country.

In conclusion, I have to thank Mr. John Hogarth for the
‘photograph from which Plate iil. is reproduced; Mr. Tucker
for other photographs, which it has not been possible to utilise ;
and Miss Harwood for reproducing, from my own crude
-sketches, some of the drawings of Plate iv.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF N&w GENERA AND SPECIES:
OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA.

By Oswatp B. Lower, F.E.S., Lond., &c.
[Read July 1, 1902.]

BOMBYCINA.
HEPIALIDZ.
HEPIALUS OMBRALOMA, N. sp.

Male, 50 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, legs and abdomen fus-
cous, anterior half of abdomen clothed with bright orange-red
hairs above. Antenne ochreous. Forewings elongate-trian-
gular, costa sinuate, posteriorly moderately arched, termen
obliquely rounded continuously with inner margin; dark
ochreous-fuscous, markings not traceable; cilia dark fuscous.
Hindwings with termen rounded; reddish-orange; a dark
fuscous band along termen, broad at apex, gradually attenuated
to beyond middle, where it terminates; cilia dark fuscous, be-
coming reddish-orange along inner margin and anal angle.
Underside of both wings reddish-orange; forewings with a
broad dark fuscous band along termen ; hindwings with similar
band, but sharply interrupted in middle by ground color.

Port Lincoln, South Australia; one specimen (Uo//. Lyel/).

ARCTIAD.
CoMARCHIS EPIGYPSA, N. sp.

Female, 22 mm. Head and thorax snow-white, face
ochreous, with a black bar above middle, thorax with a median
fuscous spot. Antenne and palpi fuscous, palpi yellowish ex-
ternally. Legs and abdomen orange, anterior legs infuscated.
Forewings elongate-triangular, termen obliquely rounded ;
snow-white, markings fuscous; a very short oblique streak at
base; a moderate large flattened triangular costal patch, ex-
tending from near base to beyond middle, from iower cdge
of which proceeds a double angulated line to above inner-
margin at one-third ; a moderately large suffused blotch imme-
diately beyond, resting on innermargin and reaching half across
wing ; a broad irregular patch along termen, constricted towards
costa and separated on lower half from preceding patch by a

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streak of ground color; an irregular quadrate spot on costs
before apex ; a smaller spot just before it, from which proceeds
an outwardly curved series of spots terminating on upper cage
of innermarginal patch; a fine white subterminal line; cilia
fuscous, becoming mixed with whitish scales at base. Hind-
wings orange-yellow; a narrow fuscous apical streak; cilia
orange, fuscous-tinged around apex.
Penola, South Australia; one specimen, in November.

BOMBYCID A.

EUPROCTIS EURYZONA, 0. Sp.

Male, 22mm. Head, thorax, palpi, legs and abdomen dark
orange fuscous. Antenne ochreous, pectinations fuscous.
Forewings elongate-triangular, termen strongly rounded,
oblique; deep ochreous-fuscous minutely irrorated with
dull ochreous-whitish scales; costal edge paler ochreous;
two moderately thick ochreous-fuscous transverse fasciz,
first before middle, moderately straight; second from
two-thirds costa to innermargin to before anal angle, mode-
rately curved outwards on upper half; cilia ochreous-fuscous,
terminal half lighter. Hindwings dull orange; paler on basal
half; cilia as in forewings.

Henley Beach, South Australia; two specimens, in Novem-
ber.

Bompyx (COSMOTRICHE) OXYGRAMMA, N. sp.

Male, 38mm. Head and thorax ashy-grey, palpi dark fus-
cous. Antenne whitish, pectinations 6, dark fuscous. Abdo-
men and legs ashy-grey, tarsi ringed with whitish. Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa faintly sinuate, termen rounded,
somewhat oblique; cinereous-grey; median third somewhat
tinged with ochreous; a long round black discal spot in middle ;
a thick, well-defined, very strongly dentate transverse black
fascia, from just before apex to beyond middle of innermargin,
continued as a moderate streak along innermargin towards
base; veins faintly outhned with ochreous-fuscous ; a row ot
large black spots along termen and base of cilia; interneural
spaces with fine black lines, continued to spots along termen ;

cilia greyish. Hindwings with termen rounded; white;
costal edge fuscous; spots along termen and cilia as in fore-
wings.

Related to mioleuca, Meyr., and its allies; but very distinct
by the curious oblique strongly dentate black fascia and discal
dot. It is an easily recognised species.

Broken Hill, New South Wales ; one specimen, in May.

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DaRALA HELIOPA, N. sp.

Female, 40 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdomen yel-
lowish-ochreous. Legs ochreous fuscous. Antenne whitish-
ochreous, pectinations nearly 3. Forewings elongate-trian-
gular, termen rather strongly rounded ; yellowish-ochreous,
darker on basal two-thirds; a suffused purplish-fuscous mode-
rately thick line, from costa at one-fourth to innermargin at
one-fourth, sharply curved inwards on lower two-thirds; a
thick, well-defined, hardly waved, purplish-fuscous line from
costa at two-thirds to innermargin at two-thirds, gently curved
cutwards on upper half; a small purplish-fuscous, whitish-
centred spot above middle, just beyond first line; a second,
larger, in a direct line, considerably beyond; ground color
between the two lines suffused with purplish fuscous; a curved
row of small fuscous subterminal dots; cilia yellow. Hind-
wings with termen rounded; color as in forewings; first line
absent; discal dots, second line, subterminal line, and cilia as
in forewings; discal dots more pronounced beneath.

Derby, Western Australia; two specimens, in October.

I have seen specimens from Mackay, Queensland.

DaRALA CALLIXANTHA, 0. Sp.

Female, 40 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne, legs, and
abdomen bright canary-yellow. Forewings elongate-trian-
gular, termen strongly bowed, oblique; bright canary-yellow,
with four faint fuscous transverse lines; first from costa at
one-fourth to innermargin at one-fourth, slightly curved out-
wards; second nearly straight, slightly curved beneath costa,
from costa at two-thirds to innermargin at two-thirds; third
parallel and similar, from costa at three-fourths to before anal
angle; fourth subterminal, parallel to third; a dark fuscous
subcostal spot at one-third from base; a second in a direct
line, considerably beyond; cilia yellow. Hindwings with
termen rounded; color, cilia, and all markings, except first
line, as in forewings.

A pretty species, not near any other known to me.

Derby, Western Australia; one specimen, in December.

LIMACODID As.
DoratripHoraA, Westw.

I empley this name for those species possessing the follow-
ing characters, which are drawn from vu/nerans, Lewin

(Bombyx V., Prodr. Ent., p. 5, t. 4, 1805), which I assume to be
the type.

Head densely haired, moderately smooth. Palpi porrect.
moderate, densely haired, terminal joint very short, sometimes
concealed by hairs of second joint. Antenne more than half
in male, bipectinated to apex, pectinations extremely short on
terminal half. In female very shortly dentate throughout.
Abdomen and legs densely haired, tibiz and tarsi haired above.
Forewings with vein | furcate towards base, 2 from about two-
thirds from base, 7 and 8 out of 9; generally 10 out of 9 near
base, sometimes considerably before base, sometimes from
sh¢ghtly beyond base of 9. Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate,
6 and 7 stalked or from a point, 8 connected with cell towards
base. The variations in structure of forewings are to be found
in the same species; the structure of hindwings is more con-
stant, excepting that in two instances 6 and 7 are long stalked.

IT have the following species:

DorATIPHORA VULNERANS, Lew.

(Bombyx vulnerans, Lewin, Prod. Ent., p. 5, t. 4, 1805;
Doratiphora V., Westw., Exot. Moths, p. 181, 1841.)

Adelaide, South Australia; Melbourne, é&c., Victoria ;
Sydney, New South Wales; Brisbane to Cape York, Queens-
land.

Somewhat variable, but easily recognised. The specimens
from Queensland are darker colored.

DoRATIPHORA QUADRIGUTTATA, Walk.

(Anapaa quadriguttata, Walk., Lep. Hep., cxxxu., 474,
1865.)

Adelaide, South Australia, to Brisbane, Queensland.

Varies somewhat; sometimes the 2 upper spots of forewings
are obliterated by ground color, more especially in male spect-
mens.

DoRATIPHORA EUCHRYSA, Lower.

(Trans. Roy. Soc., $.A., p. 152, 1896.)

Vein 10 out of 9 considerably before base, 6 and 7 of hind-
wings short stalked. Palpi rather small.

Northern Queensland.

DoRATIPHORA HEMISTAURA, I. Sp.

Female, 38 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, legs and
abdomen pale yellow, thorax fuscous in middle, palpi moderate,
porrect, moderately smooth, terminal joint short, exposed.
Forewings elongate, moderate, termen rounded, strongly
oblique; 10 from base with 9; pale yellowish; some blackish
seales before base in middle; moderate, reddish ochreous, irre-

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gular, triangular patch above innermargin before middle, edged
with paler, indented strongly on either side; a small black
discal mark in middle of wing; a broad outwardly curved
obscure transverse ochreous fascia, from three-fourths of costa
to anal angle; cilia yellowish, with fuscous median and sub-
terminal lines. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 short-stalked ;
pale yellowish-orange ; cilia pale yellowish orange.

Nearest ewchrysa, but very distinct by the reddish patch of
forewings.

Mackay, Queensland ; one specimen, in November.

DoRATIPHORA BRACHYOPA, Lower.
(Pass NSW 3p: 10, 189%)

In the female of this species vein 10 is out of 9 considerably
before base ; the same peculiarity is observed in euchrysa. The
male, however, has 9 and 10 starting at the same point, and
in one specimen almost separate at base. Palpi short, shortly
haired beneath, terminal joint very short, exposed.

Mackay and Cooktown, Queensland.

DoRATIPHORA AMPHIBROTA, N. Sp.

Male and female, 24-26 mm. Head, thorax, legs, and abdo-
men deepreddish. Palpi very short, haired beneath, terminal
joint minute. Antennz ochreous, bipectinated to apex, pec-
tinations at greatest length 6, very short on terminal half.
Forewings elongate, moderate, termen rounded, oblique; 7 out
of 9 near base, 8 and 9 stalked; 10 from just beyond angle of
cell, hardly touching 9; deep reddish, darker on basal two-
fifths; a narrow slightly outwardly oblique white streak from
just beyond one-third of innermargin to three-fourths across
wing, edged posteriorly throughout by a broad dull fuscous-
whitish band; a similarly colored band along termen; ground
color between bands lighter than that on basal two-fifths; cilia
greyish-fuscous, with a reddish basal line. Hindwings
with termen rounded; 6 and 7 short-stalked; light reddish ;
cilia ight reddish.

Not unlike a small specimen of Lethocephala bombycordes,
Feld., but neuration is different.

Derby, Western Australia; three specimens, in October.

DoRATIPHORA PERIXERA, 0. Sp.

Male, 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, legs, and abdomen
dark fuscous, palpi very short short, terminal joint minute,
patagia ochreous-grey. Antenne reddish-ochreous, bipecti-
nated to apex, pectinations at greatest length 6, terminal half

ra Vi oes

very short. Forewings elongate, moderate, termen obliquely
rounded; 10 out of 9 before base, or from a point with 9;
greyish-ochreous; darker on basal third; costal edge pale
ochreous ; a dark reddish-fuscous mark on innermargin at one-
third ; a second, similar, obliquely above, more or less joined
to preceding ; a similarly colored larger spot in middle of disc,
at two-thirds from base; cilia greyish-ochreous, with a dull
reddish-ochreous basal line. Hindwings with] termen rounded ;
6 and 7 stalked; pale reddish; darker along inner margin ;
cilia as in forewings.

Alhed to preceding; differs in color and markings.

Derby, Western Australia; two specimens, in October.

DoraTIPHORA (?) LIOSARCA, LL. sp.

Male 24 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, legs, and
abdomen pale fleshy red. Antenne bipectinated to apex, pec-
tinations at greatest length 6, gradually becoming shorter on
terminal half. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly
arched, termen obliquely rounded ; 8 and 9 out of 7 near base ;
10 from beyond angle of cell, not connected with 9; pale
fleshy-red, without markings; cilia pale ochreous, with an
ochreous basal line. Hindwings with fermen rounded; pale
echreous-reddish, cilia as in forewings.

Differs from two preceding species by absence of markings.

The different form of the antenne from most of the pre-
viously described species makes this species rather discordant,
but its apparent affinity renders it necessary to place it here.
I have what I consider the female, in which the antennz is also
bipectinated to apex, pectinations 2, but it is not in a condition
to decide with certainty. Should it prove so, then a new
genus will be necessary, as although it agrees in structure
fairly well the antennz would remove it from this genus.

Derby, Western Austrlia ; four specimens, in poor condition,
in November.

DoraATIPHORA SPHENOSEMA, Ni. sp.

Male,30mm. Head, thorax, legs, and abdomen deep maho-
gany-red, tarsi ringed with ochreous. Palpi deep reddish,
internally ochreous. Antenne reddish, bipectinated to apex,
pectinations ochreous, at greatest length 6, terminal half very
short. Forewings elongate, moderate, termen obliquely
rounded ; ochreous reddish ; 10 from just beyond angle of cell,
not touching 9: a short oblique fuscous streak from inner
margin at one-third, reaching one-fourth across wing, edged by
its own width of obscure grey; a moderate reddish spot in
middle of disc, at two-thirds from base; cilia reddish-grey,

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with an ochreous-reddish basal ine. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; light reddish-ochreous, becoming more reddish along
imnermargin and base; cilia as in forewings, but mixed with
dark reddish.

Allied to previous species, differing in color, markings, also
neuration ; in the latter somewhat approaching Lethocephala,

Feld.
Cooktown, Queensland ; two specimens, in November.

DoRATIPHORA EUMELA, Lower.

(Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., p. 153, 1896.)

Vein 7 of forewings not connected with 9; 10 out of 9 well
before angle. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked or from a point.
Palpi very short, terminal joint minute.

The difference in neuration of this and the following species
I regard as specific only.

In one specimen the neuration of hindwings is normal; in
another 6 and 7 from a point.

Mackay and Townsville (Dodd), Queensland.

DoRATIPHORA ASPIDOPHORA, Ni. sp.

Male and female, 22-30 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antennz,
legs, and abdomen deep chocolate, thorax mixed with reddish
in middle, palpi very short, terminal joint minute. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa somewhat sinuate in middle,
termen obliquely rounded; 7 separate from, but closely ap-
jproximated to 9 at base; 10 out of 9 well before angle; deep
chocolate ; a narrow oblique transverse line from costa at three-
fourths to inner margin in middle, edged posteriorly by a
lighter parallel shade throughout; a moderately large deeper
chocolate, somewhat ovoid, blotch below apex, just before ter-
men, anterior edge suffused, posterior edge sharply defined ;

cilia deep chocolate. Hindwings and cilia deep chocolate ;
6 and 7 from a point.

Feeds on Hucalyptus sp. Cocoon oviform. smooth, snow-
white.

Derby, Western Australia, two specimens, in October.
I have seen specimens from Queensland.

DorRATIPHORA NEPHROCHRYSA, Nn. sp.

Male, 20 mm. Head, thorax, ond abdomen dark greyish-
fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, very densely haired. posterior legs:
ochreous-tinged. Palpi porrected, bright ochreous, modera-

tely smooth, terminal joint short, exposed, distinct. Antenne
ochreous-fuscous, bipectinated to apex, at greatest length 6,

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terminal half very short. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate. costa faintly sinuate in middle; 10
from a point with 9; dark fuscous; a narrow ochreous streak
along costa; a well-marked irregularly shaped bright orange-
ferruginous spot above innermargin at one-third; some
ochreous scales along termen; cilia dark fuscous, with
ochreous-whitish spots towards base. Hindwings with termen
rounded; 6 and 7 from a point; blackish-fuscous; cilia as in.
forewings.

This species could form the type of a new genus on account
of the palpi and neuration, but in the absence of further mate-
rial I place it in Doratiphora.

Mackay, Queensland; one specimen, in poor condition, 1n
November.

DoratipHorRa (7?) onpDINATA, Butler.

(Doratiphora ordinata, Butl., T.E.S., Lond., 388, 1886.)

I hesitate to refer this species to Doratiphora, veins 7 and
10 are both separate from 9; in other respects it agrees with
the genus. I have only the female.

Townsville and Cooktown, Queensland.

LETHOCEPHALA EREMOSPILA, N. Sp.

Male, 30 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, abdomen, and legs
deep mahogany-red, thorax darker in middle, terminal joint of
palpi reddish-orange, all tarsi with broad ochreous rings. An-
tenne reddish, bipectinated to apex, gradually narrowed on
apical portion, at greatest length 6, pectinations ochreous.
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa straight, termen obliquely
bowed ; 7 and 9 free ajpoint or closely appromximated at base ;
10 separate, from just beyond angle; deep mahogany-red; a
short black strongly outwardly oblique streak on innermargin
at one-third only reaching to vein 1; cilia deep mahogany-red,
terminal half fuscous, separation obscure. Hindwings with
termen round; 6 and 7 stalked; ochreous-reddish, thickly
clothed with reddish hairs along innermargin ; cilia as in fore-
wings.

Not unlike specimens of the preceding genus, but the an-
tenne are different, in addition to neuration.

Mackay, Queensland ; two specimens, in October.

LETHOCEPHALA CALLIDESMA, Lower.

(Trans. Roy Soc., 8.A., p. 153, 1896.)
I formerly queried the generic location of this species, but
T think it rightly referred.

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DASYCOMOTA, n. ¢

Head and thorax densely haired, moderately smooth. Palpi
porrect, second joint triangularly scaled, terminal joint con-
cealed. Antenne bipectinated to apex, shorter on apical
sixth. Forewings with 2 from three-fourths: 7 and 8 out of
9; 10 separate, closely approximated to 9 at base. Hindwings
with 6 and 7 stalked.

Closely allied to Lethocephala, Feld., differing principally
by the antenne. Perhapsit need not be separated.

DASYCOMOTA PYRRHGA, N. sp.

Male, 30mm. Head, thorax, palpi, legs, and abdomen dark
reddish, thorax lighter anteriorly. Antenne reddish, bipecti-
nated to apex, shorter on apical sixth, at greatest length 4.
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa sinuate, termen strongly
rounded in middle, oblique; dark reddish, minutely irrorated
with deeper red, deepest on basal third and beyond line ; a nar-
row nearly straight reddish-fuscous line from costa at five-sixths
to imner margin at two-thirds, very slightly curved outwards on
upper half, edged anteriorly throughout by its own width of
grey-whitish; cilia reddish-fuscous; terminal third darker.
Hindwings with termen rounded; reddish-fuscous, paler on
basal half; cilia as in forewings, but paler towards base.

Easily recognised by the transverse whitish-edged line of
forewings.

Cooktown, Queensland ; three specimens, in December.

MoMoOPOLA COSMOCALLA, N. sp.

Male and female, 38-42 mm. Head and palpi carmine.
Thorax fleshy-ochreous, anteriorly and posteriorly carmine-
tinged. Antenne ochreous, pectinations in male at greatest
length 6, in female filiform. Abdomen whitish, carmine-tinged.
Legs whitish-carmine, joints and tarsal rings of anterior and
middle legs black. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa
rather strongly arched, termen gently rounded, oblique ; 7 and
8 out of 9, 10 out of 9 below 7; fleshy-ochreous, more or less
suffused with carmine throughout; costal edge broadly car-
mine; a narrow inwardly oblique fuscous transverse line, from
middle of inner margin towards costa at three-fourths, but not
near reaching it, sometimes absent; cilia ochreous-grey, mixed
with carmine, tips fuscous. Hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked ;
pale ochreous-whitish. delicately suffused with pale carmine on
terminal half; cilia pale ochreous-whitish, at base partly car-
mine-tinged.

Duaringa, Queensland: three specimens, received from late

Mr. G. Barnard, taken in February.

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ANISOBATHRA, n. g.

Head rough-haired. Palpi rather lung, moderately por-
rected, rough scaled, terminal joint short, exposed. Antenne
over one-half, in male bipectinated to apex, apical § very short,
in female shortly serrate. Posterior tibie and tarsi not
haired. Forewings with vein | furcate, 2 from three-fourths ;
8 and 9 out of 7 near base; 10 absent. Hindwings 6 and 7
stalked ; 8 connected with cell near base.

Differs from the preceding genera by absence of vein 10, &e.

ANISOBATHRA ACTINIAS, N. Sp.

Male and female, 22 mm. Head, face, thorax, and palpi
whitish, palpi fuscous on sides. Abdomen and legs ochreous-
fuscous. Antenne fuscous, pectinations at greatest length 5,
terminal half very short, separation abrupt. Forewings elon-
gate, rather short, costa moderately arched, more strongly in
female, termen bowed, oblique; light fuscous, irregularly suf-
fused with whitish ; a narrow oblique white streak from middle
of inner margin to middle of lower margin of cell; ground
‘color anteriorly darker; a narrow white streak, from costa at
two-thirds, thence strongly curved around to meet apex of pre-
vious streak; ground color anteriorly darker, towards base
whiter ; a marrow curved white subterminal streak parallel to
termen; ground color between this and former streak deep
fuscous on upper third, whitish below; cilia white, with light
fuscous median and terminal lines. Hindwings dull reddish ;
cilia as in forewings.

Mackay, Queensland ; two specimens, in December.

NOCTUINA:
CARADRIN A.
PROMETOPUS MALACOPIS, Nn. sp.

Male and female, 28-32 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and
antenne light fuscous, more or lessmixed with dull whitish, apical
half of second joint of palpi ochreous-whitish, antennze shortly
ciliated, about 1. Abdomen greyish. Legs whitish-fuscous,
anterior and middle tibie and tarsi somewhat banded with
fuscous. Forewings elongate. moderate, costa hardly arched,
termen faintly waved, obliquely rounded; fuscous; lines
blackish, waved, indistinct, subbasal dentate ; first median, and
second only indicated on lower half; subterminal shortly ex-
‘cavated above and below middle, followed by a dull ochreous-
fuscous shade throughout, which reaches termen; a sharp black
line along fold, from base to one-third; a fine black inter-

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rupted line along termen; orbicular small, yellowish; remi—
-form moderate, ochreous; cilia fuscous, mixed with blackish
in middle, becoming somewhat ochreous at base. Hindwings.
with termen faintly waved; whit‘sh fuscous, lighter on basal
half; a fuscous discal spot ; an interrupted fuscous line along:
termen ; cilia whitish.

Closely allied to me/odora, Lower, but differs by paler fore—
wings and arrangement of lines.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; Parkside and Exeter, South
Australia; Birchip and Stawell, Victoria; four specimens, in
November.

PROMETOPUS HELIOSEMA, N. sp.

Male, 26 mm. Head, thorax, and antennz dark fuscous,
collar broadly whitish posteriorly, antenne shortly cilated 1.
Palpi fuscous, second joint whitish, apex fuscous. Abdomen and
leggy greyish-fuscous, anterior tibiz and tarsi more or less banded.
with ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly
arched, termen faintly waved, obliquely rounded; dark fus-
cous; all lines lost in gensral ground color; a thick suffused.
whitish subcostal streak, :zom base to one-fifth; a short red:
dash on fold at one-fourth; orbicular moderate, roundish,
bright red, finely edged with black; reniform moderate, red-
dish-ochreous, posteriorly becoming whitish on lower half;
subterminal blackish, dentate, faintly indicated ; a moderately
broad dull reddish-ochreous line along termen ; fine fuscous line
along termen,; cilia ochreous somewhat barred with blackish.
Hindwings with termen faintly waved ; fuscous whitish, lighter’
on basal half; a fuscous discal spot; cilia whitish.

This species stands in some collections as tortisigna, Walk:
(= costalis, Feld.)

Broken Hill, New South Wales; Parkside, South Australia ;
Melbourne and Gisborne, Victoria; several specimens, in
November.

PROMETOPUS RHODOCENTRA, N.. Sp.

Female, 24 mm. Head, thorax, and antenne dark fuscous
Palpi whitish-fuscous. Abdomen and legs grey-whitish, ante-
rior tibie and tarsi more or less banded with fuscous. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa hardly arched, termen faintly
waved, obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; lines blackish rather
thick ; subbasal and first and subterminal indistinct ; median
slightly waved, oblique; second similar, slightly curved to
beneath reniform; a more or less well developed rather thick
reddish line along fold; orbicular small red, edged with black;
reniform roundish, moderate, bright red, edged with black: a

fine fuscous line along termen; cilia hghtfuscous. Hindwings-
with termen faintly sinuate below apex ; fuscous whitish ; cila
whitish with a fuscous median line.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; two specimens, in April.

CARADRINA ATMOSCOPA, Nn. sp.

Male, 26 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antenne dark fus-
cous, antenne dentate, ciliations nearly 1, palpi internally
ochreous. Legs fuscous-whitish, tibie ringed with ochreous.
Forewings elongate-triangular ; costa gently arched, termen
faintly waved, obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; costa spotted
with dull ochreous; first ine dull whitish, with two long sharp
angulations above and below middle; median indistinct ;
second line dull whitish, dentate throughout, with a long pro-
jection outwards above, thence terminating above innermargin
before middle, where it reaches a small semi-circular black line ;
subterminal strongly dentate, obscurely whitish; all veins on.
space between subterminal and termen sharply outlined with
black, one above middle more distinct and continued.
to middle of reniform spot; a black line along~ fold,
from base to before middle; orbicular small, dull ferru-
ginous, outlined with black; reniform small, whitish,
anteriorly edged by a black line; a row of suffused blackish
spots along termen, at extremities interneural streaks; cila
dark fuscous, darker on basal half. Hindwings with termen
faintly waved; fuscous, darker on terminal half; cilia whitish,
with a fuscous subbasal hne.

Between microdes, Lower, and microsyila, Lower, differing
from both by the neural streaks and other details.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; two specimens, in April.

CARADRINA (7) OCHROLEUCA, 0. gp.

Male, 40 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antennz, and abdomen
pale ochreous-whitish, palpi short, more whitish beneath. An-
tenn bipectinated to apex, pectinations at greatest length 4,
shorter on apical third, thorax and abdomen without crests.
Legs whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa almost
straight, termen nearly entire, obliquely rounded; pale
ochreous; lines ochreous, famtly outlined; first and
median oblique, waved, moderately thick; first angu-
lated on fold; second shortly dentate throughout, curved
inwards on lower third; orbicular obsolete; reniform
faint, fuscous, crescentic ; subterminal faintly indicated; cilia
pale ochreous, with a darker basal ine. Hindwings with ter-
men rounded ; prismatic whitish ; a faint fuscous discal spot ;
cilia similar.

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Doubtfully referable to Caradrina. It recalls some species
of Leucania, the antenne of the species are bipectinated to
apex, a character which would indicate a distinct genus, but as
a similar character occurs in some European species, it seems
better, in the absence of further material, to consider it specific
only.

Fraser's Range, Western Australia; one specimen, in June.

CARADRINA (?) PELOSTICTA, Nl. Sp.

Female, 28 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antenne ochreous,
palpi porrected, second joint more than twice as long as termi-
nal, finely haired beneath. Abdomen and legs white. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa nearly straight, termen gently
waved, strongly bowed, oblique ; ochreous, mixed with whitish-
ochreous and somewhat infuscated; costal and dorsal edges
darker; an obscure elongate light fuscous suffusion lying in
middle below cell, with a fuscous spot in middle of upper edge ;
an obscure light fuscous streak, from termen below apex to
inner margin at anal angle; an interrupted waved fuscous line
along termen ; cilia fuscous, with darker fuscous, terminal and
subterminal lines. |Hindwings with termen faintly waved ;
white, thinly scaled; a faint fuscous line along termen; cilia
white.

This species and the three following will require new genera
to receive them, but in the absence of the males I prefer to
place them here provisionally.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; one specimen, in February.

CARADRINA (/) LICHENOPHORA, hi. sp.

Female, 30 mm. Head and thorax cinereous-grey, face
whitish, thorax somewhat crested posteriorly. Antenne fus-
cous. Palpi nearly porrect, second joint moderate, terminal
joint short, blackish above, whitish beneath. Abdomen and
legs grey-whitish, tarsi black, ringed with white. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen faintly waved,
nearly straight on upper half, thence strongly oblique; cine-
reous-grey ; lines black, well defined ; subbasal nearly straight,
hardly reaching inner margin, followed by a thicker parallel
‘line on its lower half; first line from one-fourth costa te one-
fourth inner margin, outwardly oblique on upper two-thirds,
thence gently sinuate inwards, edged anteriorly more or less
throughout by a fine parallel line, between subbasal and first
lines the ground color is sprinkled with lichen-like scales, which
form a blotch below middle; median irregular, commencing
from just beyond first, continued very obliquely outwards to

inner margin in middle, second from a suffused blackish patch:
in middle to three-fourths of inner margin, with a long sharp.
projection in middle and a very short one above innermargin ;
subterminal obsolete, strongly waved; area beyond second
line more or less irrorated with lichen-like scales, becoming
blotch-like above anal angle; orbicular and reniform large ;
cinereous, edged with black; a blackish lunulate line along
termen ; cilia cinereous fuscous. Hindwings with termen irre-
gularly waved; whitish; median line fuscous, indistinct ;
second fuscous, tolerably distinct, dentate throughout ; a mode-
rately broad fuscous band along termen, upper edge similar
and parallel to second line ; a fuscous line along termen ; cilia
whitish.

Distinct by the lichen-like scales on forewings.

Melbourne, Victoria; one specimen, in November.

CARADRINA (/) CALLICHROA, 0. Sp.

Female, 34 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous, pata-
gia and thorax posteriorly mixed with white scales. Palpi
moderately porrected, ochreous, fuscous above. Antenne
ochreous. Abdomen and legs greyish, abdomen with strong
fuscous crests, median largest, tarsi fuscous above, banded.
with whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa
hardly arched, termen waved, straight on upper half, thence
strongly oblique, dorsum gently sinuate before anal angle ; fus-
cous, mixed with fine whitish scales, except on median third ;
lines black, moderately indicated; subbasal twice sinuate, not
reaching dorsum; first from one-fourth costa to one-fourth
innermargin, waved throughout and curved inwards; median
shade thick, oblique, rich chocolate-brown, limited by median
line, which ends on innermargin at two-thirds; second strongly
crenulate, curved outwards and tending to be continued along
veins, from costa just beyond edge of median shade to inner
margin close beyond termination of median line; the white
scales form a more or less whitish fascia between last two lines,
constricted on lower half; in the upper half is a curved streak
of fuscous, indicating edge of reniform ; subterminal fuscous,
edged posteriorly by a parallel whitish line; a waved dark
fuscous line along termen; cilia fuscous, with a waved whitish
basal line. Hindwings with termen waved; whitish-fuscous ;
a moderately large lunular fuscous discal spot; second line
moderate, dentate distinct, indented below middle; a broad
suffused fuscous band along termen; cilia white, with a fus
cous subbasal lne.

A richly colored species.

Melbourne, Victoria; one specimen, in November.

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CARADRINA (!) MELANOPS, n. sp.

Female, 30mm. Head, thorax, and palpi blackish, sprinkled
with a few white scales. Antenne fuscous. Abdomen and
dJegs fuscous-whitish, abdomen with a large blackish crest on
median segment. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated pos
teriorly, termen faintly \,aved, rounded, oblique; black, ;
markings rather obscure; black; subbasal not traceable, first
from one-fourth costa to one-third innermargin, waved, curved
inwards in middle; median obliterated; second from two-
‘thirds costa to before anal angle; first and second joined by a
narrow blackish bar below middle; orbicular grey-whitisn,
round, large, ringed with black; reniform similar, edged ante-
riorly by a black line; subterminal waved ; a fine blackish line
along termen ; cilia black, with a fuscous tooth of scales at anal
angle. Hindwings with termen irregularly waved; snow-
white, with a faint fuscous curved discal spot; a broad blackish
band along upper half of termen; cilia snow-white, with a
‘blackish median line, more pronounced on upper half.

Blackwood and Parkside, South Australia; two specimens in
April and November.

GEOMETRINA.
HY DRIOMENIAD As.

XANTHORRHOE RHODACRIS, Nn. Sp.

Female, 22 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and abdo-
men reddish-ferruginous, abdominal segments narrowly white.
Legs fuscous-whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen
faintly waved, bowed, oblique; reddish-ferruginous; two or
three reddish-fuscous transverse lines between median band and
base ; median band broad; dark reddish-fuscous ; anterior edge
moderately straight, waved, from one-third costa to one-third
innermargin ; posterior edge with a bidentate projection in
middle, from two-third costa to beyond middle of innermargin,
finely edged on upper half by a dull whitish line; subterminal
line waved, distinct, white; a waved interrupted blackish line
along termen; cilia reddish-fuscous, darker on basal half,
barred with fuscous. Hindwings with termen gently waved,
rounded ; greyish, tinged with reddish ; lines indistinct, except
on innermargin ; subterminal, and line along termen as in fore-
wings; cilia asin forewings. Underside of both wings with a
large reddish apical patch, and subterminal line more or less
reproduced.

In the absence of the male the correct generic position of

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‘this species cannot be assured, but its evident relationship to
Ayperythra, Lower, suggest 1t being rightly referred.
Penola, South Australia; one specimen, in November.

MONOCTENIAD 44.
NEARCHA ANEMODES, 0D. Sp.

Female, 30mm. Head, thorax, antenne,‘and abdomen pale
fleshy-ochreous, face and palpi dark fuscous, palpi snow-white
beneath, abdomen whitish beneath. Legs grey-whitish, ante-
rior pair somewhat infuscated. Forewings elongate-triangular,
-costa straight, termen gently bowed, oblique; pale fleshy-
-ochreous ; a moderate fuscous discal ring below costa in middle ;
a row of elongate black spots along termen; cilia fleshy-
-ochreous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; color along ter-
men and cilia as in forewings; base of wing somewhat paler ; a
-dark fuscous discal dot.

Very different in appearance to the other described species
by the absence of all markings except discal spot.

Derby, Western Australia; one specimen, in November. I
have seen a serond.

CHNONE XENOPIS, Nl. sp.

Male and female, 26-30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and
‘thorax dark fuscous, palpi with projecting hairs, thorax some-
what crested. Abdomen ochreous. Legs fuscous, posterior
pair mixed with whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa gently arched, termen faintly waved, gently bowed, ob-
clique; dark fuscous; lines black, tolerably distinct; first from
one-fourth costa to one-third innermargin, straight on upper
half, sinuate inwards on lower half; median obscure, from
costa before middle to before middle of innermargin; second
from costa at two-thirds to innermargin before anal angle,
gently and evenly curved outwards on uppér half, sinuate on
lower half; a moderate round black centred ochreous discal
spot on median shade; a second, much larger. ovoid, similarly
colored, at posterior extremity of cell, both spots faintly edged
with black; an interrupted black hne along termen; cilia
fuscous, with median and subterminal blackish lines. Huind-
wings with termen rounded, waved; greyish-fuscous, lighter
-on basal half; median and second lines fuscous, faintly indi-
cated, becoming sharply defined on innermargin; line along
-termen as in forewings; cilia greyish, with two fuscous lines.

An early and interesting type, very unlike the other de-
-scribed species, in appearance recalling species of .Voctuina

Broken Hill, New South Wales; three specimens, in April
sand May. Ihave seen specimens from Victoria.

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ONYCHODES (/) RHODOSCOPA, Nn. sp.

Female, 50 mm. Head ochreous, face whitish. Antenne
whitish, pectinations ochreous. Thorax cinereous, anteriorly
ochreous. Legs and abdomen whitish, faintly ochreous-tinged,
two anterior segments of abdomen orange. Forewings elon-
gate-triangular, termen waved, hardly bowed, apex somewhat
produced; pale cinereous-grey; costal edge with fine white
streaks; three moderate, obscure, fuscous spots, first before
middle; third at three-fourths, and second midway between
first and third; from first and third proceed a faint fuscous-
waved line to one-sixth and four-fifths innermargin respec-
tively, more prominent on veins, indicating lmiting lines of
median band ; from second proceeds a moderate, faint, fuscous.
median shade ; cilia whitish, with elongate fuscous interneural
streaks at base. Hindwings with termen faintly waved ;
whitish, faintly pinkish tinged on median area; median shade
and second line as in forewings; costal spots absent.; a dull
purplish-fuscous band around termen, more prominent on upper
half; cilia whitish. Underside of wings beneath with costa
pale whitish-ochreous, strigulated with fuscous; posterior area
somewhat pinkish tinged; median and second line faintly in-
dicated ; dorsal third whitish.

Doubtfully referable to Onychodes, more probably referable
to Bombycina. The pectinated antennz are noticeable.

Derby, Western Australia; one specimen, in October.

GEOMETRID.
TIMANDRA MALACOPIS, 0. sp.

Male, 25mm. Head, thorax, palpi, legs, and abdomen dull
fleshy-ochreous, face ochreous. | Antenne whitish, pectinations
ochreous, at greatest length 6. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa nearly “straight, termen somewhat promincal in middle,.
faintly sinuate on upper half, obliquely bowed on lower half ;
pale fleshy-ochreous; a fine fuscous dot above 1nnermargin ae
one-fourth ; a second, similar, just above, and indications of a
third on costa at one-fourth ; a fuscous discal dot; a nearly
straight narrow ochreous line, edged anteriorly by its own
width of fuscous, from costa at three-fourths, where it is shghtly
curved outwards, thence proceeding obliquely to inner margin
at two-thirds; a more or less indicated row of small fuscous-
spots beyond and parallel to streak; an obscure ochreous-
whitish line along termen; cilia fleshy-ochreous. Hindwings
with termen sharply angulated in middle; 3 and 4 stalked ;
6 and 7 stalked; color, cilia, and markings as in forewings,
hut discal dot absent.

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Nearest aventiaria, Gn., but differs in color, different form of
line, and especially by the termen of forewings being only
slightly prominent in middle.

Derby, Western Australia ; one specimen, in October.

EMMILTIS ACHROA, nN. sp.

Male, 16-18 mm. MHead, palpi, thorax, antenne, legs, and
abdomen dark fuscous, antennal ciliations 2, abdomen with
whitish-ochreous segmental rings. Forewings elongate-trian-
gular, termen rounded, oblique; dull whitish, strongly irro-
rated with fuscous, so as to appear dark fuscous; a fine waved
blackish line, from costa at one-third to innermargin at one-
third; slightly sinuate above innermargin; a blackish discal
spot at posterior extremity of cell; median shade moderately
thick, bent outwards to touch discal spot; a fine dentate black
line, commencing from a black spot on costa, just before three-
fourths to inner margin before anal angle, edged posteriorly
by its own width of dull whitish; area of wing beyond darker
fuscous subterminal whitish, hardly traceable, a fine black
terminal line, somewhat interrupted; interruptions filled in
with whitish scales; cilia fuscous, mixed with some whitish
scales. Hindwings with termen rounded; color as in fore-
wings, but somewhat reddish-tinged ; markings and cilia as in
forewings, but first line absent.

Recalls species of Leptomeris, but the absence of apical spurs
on posterior tibize remove it from that genus.

Hobart, Tasmania; three specimens, taken in November.

EVUCHLORIS PARAPHYLLA, Nl. Sp.

Male, 20-24 mm. Head and thorax pale green. Antenne
white, fillet pinkish, pectinations 5, inner series pinkish tinged.
Palpi pinkish. Abdomen pale green, sides and beneath white.
Legs crimson tinged, anterior coxe green, posterior legs
whitish, tibie thickened. Forewings elongate-triangular, ter-
men nearly straight, oblique; pale green, somewhat tinged
- with bluish ; a narrow yellowish costal streak, leaving extreme
costal edge crimson throughout; cilia green. Hindwings with
termen rounded ; color and cilia as in forewings.

Apparently nearest asemanta, Meyr.

Derby, Western Australia; two specimens, in November.

SELIDOSEMID&.
DIASTICTIS RETINODES, 1. sp.

Female, 30-32 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and legs
light ochreous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings elon-

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-gate-triangular, costa arched towards base, termen sharply angu-
lated on vein 4, sinuate on upper half, nearly straight beneath ;
pale ochreous, minutely and sparsely irrorated with fusgous
scales; 10 out of 11, hardly touching 9 below 8; 12 free; indi-
cations of a moderate, slightly outwards curved line, from one-
third costa to one-third innermargin ; a well-defined waved fus-
cous line, from costa at five-sixths to two-thirds innermargin,
suffusedly edged anteriorly with fuscous, caused by accumula-
tion of scales; a fuscous dot midway between the two lines; a
row of fuscous dots along termen; cilia ochreous. Hindwings
with termen waved, shortly produced in middle; color, second
line and discal dot as in forewings; cilia as in forewings.

Parkside, South Australia; two specimens, in July.

DIASTICTIS PYCNOCHROA, N. sp.

Female, 30 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax deep
fuscous purplish, palpi greyish beneath at base. Legs
greyish. Abdomen greyish, somewhat purplish-tinged. Fore-
wings elongate-triangular, costa arched towards base, termen
sharply angulated on vein 4, sinuate on upper half, nearly
straight beneath; 10 out 11 considerably below 8; 12 free;
deep purplish-fuscous ; a transverse row of small dark fuscous,
posteriorly whitish edged spots, from costa at three-fourths to
inner margin at three-fourths; indications of a similar row of
dots along termen; cilia deep purplish-fuscous. Hindwjngs
with termen irregularly waved; whitish, suffusedly irrorated
with dull purplish-fuscous, darked on terminal half ; line of dots
as in forewing faintly outlined; cilia dark purplish-fuscoug.

Parkside, South Australia ; one specimen, in November.

PAUROCOMA, n. g.

Face with flattened projecting horny frontal prominence,
more pronounced in female. Palpi moderate, porrected,
rough scaled, terminal joint moderate. Thorax without crest.
Posterior tibie somewhat dilated. Antenne in male subden-
tal, ciliations one-half. Forewings without fovea; 7 and 8
out of 9; 10 out of 11, anastomosing with it for a short dis-
tance, thence bent down to touch 9; 12 free. Hindwings
with 3 and 4 separate; 5 absent; 6 and 7 somewhat approxi-
mated at base; 8 free. :

Allied to Amelora, Meyr., but differs by the antennz frontal
prominence and neuration of forewings.

PAUROCOMA MOLYBDINA, N. sp.

Male and female, 24-26 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and
thorax ashy-grey, antennal ciliations one-half, face with flat

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horny frontal projection. Abdomen and legs greyish, abdo-
men with a lateral row of fuscous dots. Forewings elongate-
triangular, termen waved throughout; rounded, oblique; grey-
whitish, minutely irrorated with blackish, so as to appear
greyish-fuscous ; lines blackish, sometimes well developed ; first
from one-third costa, very strongly twice sinuate outwards,
thence returning to innermargin at one-third ; second from five-
sixths costa to two-thirds inner margin, strongly dentate
throughout, sinuate above and below middle, leaving a biden-
tate projection in middle; a black discal dot midway the two
lines ; a waved black line along termen ; cilia grey-whitish, with
a fuscous median line. Hindwings with termen gently waved,
rounded ; greyish, faintly irrorated with light fuscous beyond
second line; first line and discal dot absent; second line, line
along termen, and cilia as in forewings, but second line some-
times absent.

Not unlike some species of 7V'areotis (Monocteniade). The
female is more obscure than male; and the second line of both
wings is better developed beneath, and in fresh specimens is
sometimes faintly edged with whitish posteriorly.

Broken Hill, New South Wales ; three specimens, in April.

THALAINODES, n. g.

Face with broad flat horny projecting plate. Tongue de-
veloped. Palpi short, porrected, rough-scaled, terminal joint
short. Antenne in male bipectinated to apex. Thorax with-
out crests, densely hairy beneath. Femore smooth, posterior
tibie slightly dilated. Forewings in male with fovea; 10 out
of 9,11 anastomosing or connected with 12, sometimes with 10
also. Hindwings normal.

Intermediate in form between Amelora, Meyr., and T'halaina,
Walk., but apparently most related to the latter, from which it
differs by the horny projection of face and bipectinated an-
tenne.

THALAINODES TETRACLADA, Lower.

(Amelora tetraclada, Lower, P.L.S., N.S.W., p. 406, 1900.)

THALAINODES PARONYCHA, Lower.

(Amelora paronycha, Lower, l.c., p. 407, 1900.)

Having recently obtained male specimens, I find that my
conjecture, that this species would possibly prove to be the
female of the previous species, was unwarranted. The anten-
nal pectinations are 4; the other details are precisely similar
to the female.

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THALAINODES ALLOCHROA, N. sp.

Female, 40 mm. Head and thorax greyish-lilac. Palpi
white. Antenne ochreous. Abdomen and legs greyish-
ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa shghtly

sinuate in middle, termen bowed, oblique; greyish-lilac, with-
out markings; a fine white costal streak, from beyond base to
two-thirds; cilia greyish-lilac. Hindwings with termen
hardly waved, faintly prominent in middle; 3 and 4 from a
point, 6 and 7 from a point ; white, thinly scaled ; a moderately
broad fuscous band along termen, more pronounced below apex
and above anal angle; cilia white.

Allied to the previous species, but widely distinct by the
absence of markings and color of forewings. It is an un-
common-looking insect.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; one specimen, in April, at
hght.

LOPHOSTICHA, -n.

Face shghtly prominent. Palpi moderate, ascending, rough

scaled, terminal joint very short. Antenne in male bipee-
tinated, the extreme apex almost simple. Thorax roughened,
hardly crested, densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibie nok

dilated. Forewings in male without fovea, surface with trans-
verse rows of erect tufts of scales; 10 connected with 9, 11 and
12 free. Hindwings normal.

Closely allied to the following genus and Stibaroma, Meyr.,
different from both by the curious raised tufts of scales on fore-
wings.

LopHOsTICHA PSORALLODES, 0. sp.

Male and female, 34-36 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark
fuscous. Antenne ochreous, pectinations 3. Legs dark fus-
cous, anterior and middle pair banded with white, posterior
‘pair whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen faintly
waved ; dark fuscous, more or less strigulated throughout with
fine waved blackish marks, and with transverse rows of raised
tufts of blackish scales; lines obscure, black; first from one-
sixth costa to one-fifth innermargin, gently curved; median
only traceable on middle; second from about two-thirds costa
to two-thirds inner margin, rather strongly curved outwards on
upper half, and with an indentation in middle; in the female
the first line is preceded by a large patch of bright ochreous
scales, and the second line is followed by a similar broad
patch; the raised tufts in the ochreous patch are dark
ochreous; veins in both sexes more or less outlined with
blackish ; a waved black line along termen ; cilia whitish, with

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a median fuscous line, and blackish points at extremities of
veins. Hindwings white; a suffused light fuscous band along
termen, preceded by second line, which is as in forewings, line
along termen and cilia as in forewings.

The yellowish-ochreous patches on forewings of female are
curious and distinct.

Birchip, Victoria; two specimens received from Mr. D.
‘Goudie, taken in April.

AMPHICROSSA, n. g.

Face slightly prominent. Palpi moderate, ascending, rough
scaled, terminal joint short. Antenne in male bipectinated
toapex. Thorax with erect bifid anterior and posterior crests,
densely hairy beneath. Posterior tibie hardly dilated. Fore-
wings in male without fovea; 10 connected with 9, thence anas-
tomosing with 11; 12 free. Hindwings normal.

Allied to Stibaroma, Meyr., and the preceding genus, differ-
ang from both by the strongly crested thorax and neuration of
forewings.

Referring to Steharuma, it may be mentioned that in a speci-
men of melanotoza, Meyr., vein 10 does not touch 9; the same
peculiarity is noticeable in a specimen of trigramma, so that
allowance should be made for this when determining those
species. The genus is formed to receive the following.

AMPHICROSSA HEMADELPHA, Lower.

(Stibaroma hemadel pha, Lower, P.L.S., N.S.W., p. 265, 1897.)
Broken Hill, New South Wales ; two specimens, in April and
June.

PYRALIDINA.
CRAMBID.

TALIS MACROURA, Nn. Sp.

Male, 28 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax light
ochreous-fuscous, palpi more than twice as long as head.” Ab-
domen and legs ochreous, posterior and middle pair fuscous
tinged. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated posteriorly ;
costa gently arched, apex somewhat acute, termen sinuate,
rather strongly oblique ; yellow-ochreous, finely infuscated; a
moderately narrow central longitudinal whitish streak, from
base to termen, attenuated at extremities, but becoming more
‘sudden on posterior third, edged above throughout with a fine
fuscous line, more prominent in middle; a row of suffused fus-
cous dots along termen; cilia ochreous, with fuscous subbasal
and subterminal lines. Hindwings and cilia pale yellow.

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Nearest acontophora, Meyr., but differs by yellow hindwings.
Penola, South Australia; one specimen, in April.

PYRAUSTID.
METALLARCHA, GOUDII, n. sp.

Female, 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, antenne, and abdo-
men blackish-fuscous, abdomen with orange segmental band,
patagia yellow. Forewings elongate, moderately dilated pos-
teriorly, termen hardly rounded, oblique; blackish fuscous,
with bright-yellow markings; a large elongate dorsal blotch,
occupying lower third of wings; a flattened elongate spot on
upper edge of dorsal patch, at one-fourth from base; a second,
roundish, about middle; a third, cuneiform, at about two-
thirds ; a well-defined streak of yellowish-orange immediately
before termen throughout; cilia blackish, becoming darker oa
basal half. Hindwings with termen rounded; bright orange,
an elongate blackish streak along anterior half of costa, emit-
ting a blackish tooth near posterior extremity, representing
discal dot; a moderately broad black band along termen
throughout, broadest at costa and becoming gradually attenua-
ted towards extremity, and with a tooth below apex; hne
before termen and cilia as in forewings.

Allied to diplochrysa, Meyr., but differs chiefly by the ab
sence of the white basal line in cilia, and presence of orange line
before termen. I have named the species after Mr. D. Goudie,
for whom I am indebted for the type.

Birchip, Victoria; two specimens, taken in January.

TORTRICINA.
TORTRICGID A.

CAPUA PENTAZONA, Lower.

(Tr. Roy. Soc., S.A., xxv., p. 75, 1901.)
The locality was omitted in the original description. It
should be Hobart, Tasmania.

CAPUA ACRODESMA, Nl. sp.

Male, 10 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and abdomen
dark fuscous, palpi greyish beneath, antenne faintly annulated
with whitish. Legs fuscous, posterior pair lighter, tarsi with
whitish rings. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa mode
rately arched, termen oblique; dull greyish-fuscous ; markings
dark fuscous, mixed with a few ferruginous scales, costal fold
narrow ; costa marked with moderate sized spots throughout ;

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some scales between base and median patch, not forming defi-
nite markings; median patch narrow, oblique, from before
middle of costa to beyond middle of innermargin; a small
triangular spot on costa immediately beyond; a moderate,
elongate spot on costa beyond, and two similar, but smaller
beyond previous spot; last 3spotssometimessomewhat confluent
on costa; from first of these 3 spots proceeds a fine line to anal
angle, where it becomes much broader ; a fine black line along
upper two-thirds of termen ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Hindwings
with termen gently sinuate beneath apex; fuscous, lighter to-
wards base ; cilia fuscous, with greyish subbasal line.
Near intractana, Walk.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; two specimens, in October.

CAPUA EPILOMA, N. sp.

Male, 14 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax dark red-
dish-fuscous, palpi whitish internally and at base. Abdomen
fuscous. Legs fuscous-whitish. Forewings elongate, mode-
rate, costa strongly arched before middle, sinuate beyond ; ter-
men nearly straight; reddish-ferruginous, obscurely strigulated
with darker; costal edge obscurely dark fuscous; a well-
marked elongate ochreous-whitish streak on costa in sinuation
beyond middle; cilia fuscous. Hindwings light fuscous, ob-
scurely spotted with darker; cilia fuscous-whitish, with a
darker fuscous subbasal line.

Bathurst, New South Wales; one specimen, in November.

DICHELIA SCOTINOPA, N. sp.

Male, 18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax purplish-fuscous.
Antenne and legs greyish-ochreous, anterior legsfuscous. Ab-
domen fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa arched,
termen oblique, faintly sinuate below apex; ochreous; mark-
ings dull purplish fuscous; a very large postmedian blotch,
anterior edge very oblique, from one-fourth innermargin to:
costa beyond middle, with a more or less prominent projection
in middle; costa finely spotted between base and blotch; a
short streak along innermargin from base to blotch ; posterior
edge of blotch from just before apex to anal angle, strongly
and evenly curved inwards ; cilia ochreous, with a few fine fus-
cous scales. Hindwings with termen evenly rounded; grey-
whitish, finely and evenly spotted throughout with fusoous ;
cilia greyish.

Stawell, Victoria; one specimen, in April.

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DICHELIA PLACOXANTHA, Lower.

(Anwsogona placorantha, Lower, T.R.S., S.A., p. 160, 1896.)

; Having received further specimens of this species, I consider
it referable to Dichelva.

TORTRIX ANEMARCHA, h. sp.

Female, 20 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi and
antenne whitish-grey. Anterior and middle legs light fuscous,
posterior pair whitish. Abdomen whitish. Forewings elon-
gate, moderate, costa moderately arched, termen nearly
straight; grey-whitish, densely irrorated and _ strigulated
throughout with deep purplish-fuscous, almost obscuring
ground color; cilia whitish-grey, with a fuscous;purplish line
near base, prominent on upper half. Hindwings with apex
rounded ; grey-whitish, spotted with light fuscous; cilia grey-
whitish.

‘ New South Wales (probably near Sydney) ; one specimen, in
June.

TINEINA.
XYLORYCTID.
CRYPTOPHAGA ISONEURA, 0. Sp.

Male, 24mm. Head ochreous, face ochreous-whitish. Palpi
ochreous-whitish, terminal joint short, half of second. An-
tenne fuscous, pectinations 2. Thorax dull ochreous-
whitish, anteriorly leaden-fuscous, patagia leaden-fuscous,
mixed with white. Legs ochreous-whitish, posterior pair
fuscous-tinged. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa
gently arched, termen obliquely rounded, 2 from five-
sixths; 7 to termen; ochreous-whitish, irregularly suffused
with rather thick streaks of smoky fuscous, especially along
costa and towards termen ; all veins more or less outlined with
black ; a moderately large quadrate ferruginous spot at pos-
terior extremity of cell; some ferruginous scales Just below base
of vein 2; a moderate ferruginous band along termen to apical
fifth of costa, obliterating lines along veins; a sharp black line
along termen; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; 3 and 4 from a point; 6 and 7 approximated at base ;
black ; basal and innermarginal areas greyish, strongly haired ;
ferruginous band and line along termen as in forewings ; cilia
greyish, with black scales on basal half.

Victoria (without further record); one specimen, bred from
Casuarina, sp., in November.

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CRYPTOPHAGA HYALINOPA, Lower
(Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., p. 82, 1901.)

Female, 66 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, legs, and
‘abdomen as in male. Forewings as in male, but color clear
fleshy-ochreous throughout ; markings asin male. Hindwings
‘pale ochreous, with a tuft of blackish hairs on innermargin
above anal angle; cilia pale ochreous.

The sexes of this species are very dissimilar in the hind-
wings, the male having the terminal half hyaline and the basal
half black.

Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen.

XYLORYCTA PARTHENISTIS, n. sp.

Female, 32 mm. Head and palpi white, faintly ochreous-
‘tinged. Thorax white, very faintly ochreous-tinged anteriorly.
Abdomen greyish-ochreous, segmental margins dull reddish.
Antenne and legs white. Forewings elongate, moderate,
-costa gently arched, ‘termen rounded, oblique, 7 to termen ;
shining snow-white; a fine pale ochreous line along costa
from base to apex, somewhat dilated posteriorly ; cilia snow-
white. Hindwings wth termen rounded, 3 and 4 from a point,
‘6 and 7 from a point; -shining snow-white ; cilia shining snow-
white.

Differs from thesimilarly colored white species by the snow-
white hindwings. It is most related to homoleuca, Lower, and
chionoptera, Lower, differing from the former by the hindwings
‘and ochreous costal streak, and the latter by the hindwings and
whitish, not orange,‘ head.

XYLORYCTA STEREODESMA, Nn. Sp.

Female, 30 mm. Head orange, hairs somewhat erect. Pa!pi
and antenne fuscous, basal half of second joint externally
‘ochreous, wholly ochreous internally. Thorax dark fuscous,
anteriorly broadly white. Abdomen ochreous. Legs fuscous,
posterior pair ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa
‘gently arched, termen oblique, hardly rounded, silvery-white ;
‘7 to termen; 2 moderately thick longitudinal black streaks,
first from middle of base to apex; second along innermzargin
from near base to anal angle; cilia shining white, on streaks
‘blackish. Hindwings with termen rounded ; fuscous, Lecom-
ing ochreous at base; 3 and 4 short stalked; cilia pale
ochreous.

Probably nearest synaula, Meyr. It has the facies of the
second section of the Gelechiad@, but the termen of hindwings.

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which in most of that group is sinuate beneath apex, is not-
at all prominent.

Perth, Western Australia; one specimen received from Mr.
S. Angel, taken in November.

XYLORYCTA AMPHILEUCA, N. sp.

Maile, 30 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antenne grey-
whitish, terminal joint of palpi fuscous beneath, patagia shining
snow-white, antennal ciliations nearly 1. legs fuscous-
whitish, posterior pair slightly ochreous tinged. Abdomen.
light fuscous, segmental margins dull silvery, two anterior seg-
ments dull orange. Forewings elongate, moderate, termen
slightly rounded; 2 from three-fourths ; 5 nearer 4 than to 6;
shining snow-white ; a fine fuscous streak along costa from base-
to middle, thence continued to apex as an obscure ochreous-
fuscous streak; cilia shining snow-white. Hindwings with
6 and 7 connate, 3 and 4 very short stalked; greyish-fuscous ;
cilia snow-white, pale ochreous at base, with light fuscous sub-
basal line.

Nearest orectis, Meyr., but differs from that and the allied.
species by the absence of orange on head and fuscous hindwings.

Derby, Western Australia; one specimen, in October.

XYLORYCTA TETRAZONA, Lower.

(Trans. Roy. Soc., S.A., p. 84, 1901.)

I have received a specimen of this species from Messrs. 8.
and F. Angel, taken at Norwood, South Australia, in which
the ground color of forewings is yellow. In the type, which
came from Stawell, Victoria, they are white.

TRICHLOMA, n. g.

Head smooth, tongue moderately developed. Antenne mo-
derate, in male filiform, simple, basal joint moderate, without
pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, recurved, second joint
hardly reaching base of antenne, moderately smooth, with
closely appressed scales ; terminal joint nearly as long (shorter
in female), as second. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate,
anal segment beneath somewhat horny. Posterior tibie mode
rately rough-haired. Forewings with vein | furcate towards
base, 2 from two-thirds, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to ter-
men, just below apex, 11 from near middle. Hindwings over
1, oblong-ovate, costa moderately haired, termen faintly sinuate
in middle ; a large tuft of raised hairs beneath, on innermargin
near base, not reaching above vein 2, but more or less con-
tinued to base of wing; 3 and 4 short stalked, 5 parailel to

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4; 6 and 7 from a point, in female widely remote at origin, 8
connected with cell towards base.

Allied to Hypertricha, Meyr., but differing by the longer
terminal joint of palpi, presence of veins 7 and 8 of forewings;
and especially by the large tuft of tufts of hair beneath hind-
wings. In Hypertricha the hair appears along the costa only,.
and vein 7 is absent.

TRICHLOMA ASBOLOPHORA, 2. sp.

Male, and female, 20-45 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and an-
tenne dark fuscous, face, palpi, and base of antenne externally
whitish. Legs whitish, somewhat infuscated. Abdomen
greyish-fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently
arched, termen gently bowed; dark fuscous, mixed with
whitish scales, more or less streaked with short black streaks,
especially in middle; veins towards termen more or less out
lined with black; extreme costal edge whitish throughout; a
short, somewhat obscure, whitish mark below middle, at two-
thirds from base, posteriorly edged by its own width of black 5.
an interrupted black hne along termen; cilia fuscous, with
black spots at extremities of veins. Hindwings with termen
faintly sinuate in middle; dark ochreous-fuscous ; cilia greyish-
ochreous. Tuft of hairs beneath ochreous-fuscous.

Reealls species of Yy/orycta, especially epigramma, Meyr.
The three specimens before me present some curious variations.
in the neural structure ; in the one wing of a male vein 6 of the
forewing becomes furcate near termen, causing it to appear
extremely long-stalked, vein 2 of the same specimen is divided:
in middle, thus forming a small cell, then continued as a nor-
mal vein totermen. The other wing is normal; in one female
vein 0 of the forewing is absent in one wing only (coincident
with 4). The generic characters given are, however, suffi-
ciently distinct to separate it from Hypertricha, as I have exa-
mined many specimens of that genus, and they present no
variation.

Birchip, Victoria; three specimens, bred in November by
Mr. D. Goudie, who informs me that the species feed on Caswa-
rina (“Bull Oak’), tunnel into the straight branches, and form
a silky covering over the aperture.

COMOSCOTOPA, n. g.

Head with appressed hairs. Antenne moderate in male,
filiform, with long ciliations (3), without pecten. Labial palm
moderate, curved, smooth scaled, terminal joint, shorter than
second. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Forewings

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with vein | furcate towards base, 2 from near angle, 3 and 4
stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwing
slightly over 1, ovate-oblong, more or less clothed with fine
hairs towards base, 3 and 4 moderately stalked, 5 somewhat
remote from 4, 6 and 7 stalked.

Closely allied to Phylomyctis, Meyr., but differs in the
strongly ciliated antenne ; 1t forms a transitional link between
that genus and Agriophara, Ros.

CoMOSCOTOPA LEUCOPELTA, Nl. sp.

Male, 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and legs dull whitish,
face whitish, palpi fuscous, internally, posterior legs infuscated,
antenne fuscous, spotted with white, ciliations 3, abdomen
blackish fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently
arched, termen obliquely rounded; blackish-fuscous, extreme
costal edge whitish, more pronounced in middle; a large some-
what ovoid whitish basal patch, extending from base to one-
third, but not reaching dorsum; some faint whitish scales
forming two obscure parallel curved series; cilia blackish fus-
cous, with some white scales. Hindwings with termen
rounded ; blackish; cilia blackish-fuscous, with a darker basal
dane.

Not unlike Phylomictis maligna, Meyr., but hindwings are
nearly black.

Mount Gambier, South Australia; one specimen, in
November.

CECOPHORID 4.
EOMYSTIS TRISELENA, Nn. sp.
Male, 14 mm. Head and thorax reddish-fuscous, posterior
edge of thorax silvery-white, patagia silvery-white. Palpi

ochreous, ringed with reddish-fuscous. Antenne reddish, spot-
ted with white. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair banded
above with reddish-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex somewhat
pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique ; yellowish-ochreous,
suffusedly streaked throughout with purplish fuscous, more red-
dish towards: termen; costa narrowly yellowish throughout,
ebliquely strigulated with fine purplish lines; a fuscous dot at
base of costa; 3 silvery-white, reddish-edged spots ; first mode-
rate, in disc before before middle; second similar, obliquely
‘below and beyond ; third elongate, moderate, larger transverse,
at two-thirds from base, but not nearly reaching margins; a
transverse row of small silvery-white, reddish-edged spots
‘before termen, one above middle larger; a reddish purple line

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along termen; cilia yellowish, at base orange-tinted. Hind-
wings grey-whitish ; cilia whitish, yellowish on basal half.
Closely allied to asteropa, Lower, but differs especially im
shape of forewing and color of hindwings besides other details.
Cooktown and Townsville, Queensland; four specimens, in
November.

HULECHRIA LEUCOPIS, I. Sp.

Male, 25 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and legs
white. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, densely clothed with
whitish, leaving segmental margins prominent. Forewings
elongate, rather broad, costa gently arched, termen obliquely
rounded ; white, faintly ochreous tinged; cilia white. Hind-
wings with 3 and 4 from a point; pale whitish-ochreous ; cilia
pale whitish-ochreous.

Differs from the other similarly colored species by the pale
whitish-ochreous hindwings.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; three specimens, in Novem-

ber.
EULECHRIA LEPTOMERA, Lower.

(Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., p. 412, 1900.)

In addition to the characters given, the antennal ciliations
are 1, and veins 3 and 4 of hindwings are widely remote, equi-
distant with 5.

Mr. G. Lyell, jun., has bred the species from Hucaly ptus, sp.

TRACHYNTIS TETRASPORA, Lower.

(Philobota (1?) tetraspora, Lower, Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W..,
p. 413, 1900.)

Having received further specimens, including the male, I
am able to place this species in its correct genus.

PHILOBOTA TRIMERIS, nN. Sp.

Male, 18 mm. Head orange, palpi yellowish (imperfect).
Legs fuscous, anterior and middle tibiz yellowish, anterior legs
orange-yellow. Thorax. and abdomen blackish. Forewings
elongate, moderate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, termen
oblique, hardly rounded; yellow, markings dark fuscous; a
moderate rather thick streak along costa from base to three-
fourths, attenuated at extremities and leaving extreme costal
edge yellowish in middle; a similar streak along inner margin
from base to near anal angle; an oblique streak from costa
before apex direct to posterior extremity of last-mentioned
streak, somewhat constricted below middle; cilia fuscous-yel-
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orange, upper half of wing dark fuscous; the fuscous color ex-
tends as a thick streak along termen towards anal angle; cilia
fuscous, around anal angle yellowish. |

Betweenl auriceps, Butl., chrysanthes, Turn., differing from
both by orange hindwings. A similar peculiarity is notice-
able in Western Australian Cesyra crocinastis, Meyr.

Port Victor, South Australia; one specimen received from
Messrs. 8. and F. Angel, taken in March.

ATHEROPLA SCIOXANTHA, N. Sp.

Male, 15 mm. MHead orange-yellow. Palpi ochreous,
-second joint beneath fuscous. Thorax, antenne, and abdomen
dark fuscous, antenne annulated with ochreous-white, anal tuft
ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched,
termen obliquely rounded; pale yellow; markings fuscous; a
moderate, thick streak along costa from base to middle, some-
times continued to apex; a well-marked spot on lower edge
of streak at one-third ; a short suffused streak from base along
inner margin, curved up so as to almost touch last-mentioned
spot; a moderate spot at posterior extremity of cell, beneath
which is a fuscous suffusion extending to anal angle, and there
meeting a thick fuscous shade along termen; cilia yellow, with
2 or 3 fuscous teeth at base, becoming wholly fuscous at anal
angle. Hindwings pale ochreous; cilia dark fuscous.

Differs from the other species by the dark thorax, yellow
hindwings, and cilia.

Stawell and Birchip, Victoria ; two specimens, in November.

MIMOBRACHYOMA, n. g.

Head smooth, antenne thickened, dentate, very shortly
ciliated (4), basal joint moderate, without pecten, or with one
or two hair scales. Palpi smooth, moderate, second joint
hardly reaching base of antenne, terminal joint shorter than
second, recurved. Thorax smooth. Abdomen rather dilated.
Posterior tibie clothed with long fine hairs above. Forewings
with vein 7 to apex, 2 and 3 stalked, from angle. Hindwings
with 3 and 4 from a point, almost stalked in one specimen,
cilia one-third.

Allied to Sphyrelata, Meyr., differing principally by the
stalking of veins 2 and 3 of forewings. The genus is formed
for the reception of ewsema, Lower (Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W.,
p. 413, 1900); an insect much resembling Sphyrelata (?) ochro-
phea, Meyr. Mr. Meyrick, in describing that species, sur-
mised that probably a new genus would be required to receive
it, and should ewsema prove to be a geographical form of ochro-

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_phea no confusion need arise, as the genus, which is neces-
sary, will stand for that species. I have several specimens
before me in perfect condition; one has a fugitive pecten, so
-that too much stress should not be laid upon that character.

MIMOBRACHYOMA EUSEMA, Lower.

(Heophora ensema, Lower, P. Lin. Soc., N.S.W., p. 413,
1U00.)

OcysTOLA TEPHRODES, Nn. sp.

Male, 16mm. Head whitish. Thorax, palpi, and antenne
‘fuscous, palpi internally white, terminal joint two-thirds of
second, antennal ciliations 5. Legs fuscous-whitish, posterior
pair whitish. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Forewings elon-
gate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex acute, termen
very oblique; white, thickly irrorated with fuscous-grey, so as
to appear ashy-grey-whitish, more pronounced on dorsal half; a
narrow fuscous line from costa near base, to costa again at one-
third; a moderate, thick black streak along fold, from base
to anal angle, extremities pointed; a fine longitudinal line
-above posterior two-thirds of first streak, and continued
slightly beyond its extremity ; some dark fuscous scales along
apical fourth of costa and termen throughout; cilia whitish ;
mixed with some fine blackish scales. | Hindwings rather
broadly-lanceolate ; 3 and 4 somewhat remote; pale fuscous;
cilia greyish-ochreous. :

Stawell, Victoria; one specimen, in November.

OcysTOLA MICROPHANES, Nl. Sp.

Male, 15 mm. Head, thorax, and antenne white, posterior
‘two-thirds of antenne fuscous-tinged, ciliations 5, patagia fus-
cous, palpi broken. Legs fuscous-whitish. Abdomen
greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa
gently arched, apex pointed, termen oblique; snow-white,
markings black ; an irregular streak of scales along fold, from
base to just before middle ; a narrower and more clearly defined
streak immediately above, commencing at about posterior ex-
tremity of first. streak, and terminating before termen, some-
what dot-like al posterior extremity; a fine line of suffused
blackish scales along termen and apical fourth of costa; cilia
white, terminal fourth blackish, except at anal angle. Hind-
wings elongate-lanceolate ; 3 and 4 remote; pale fuscous; cilia
-greyish-ochreous.

Allied to the preceding, but separated by the white forewings,
rdark patagia, and other details.

Stawell, Victoria; one specimen, in November.

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GUESTIA ADELPHODES, Lower.
(Lulechria adelphodes, Lower, Trans. Roy. Soc., 8.A., p. 178,
1893.)

The stalking of veins 2 and 3 of forewings and other charac-.

ters of Guestia agree so well with this species that I remove it

from HLulechria.
Mr. G. Lyell has sent me specimens from Gisborne, Victoria,

taken in April.
ARDOZYGA, n. g.

Head smooth, side tufts moderate, loosely appressed. An-

tenne serrate, evenly ciliated, nearly 1, without pecten. Palpi.

moderate, second joint not reaching base of antenne, anteriorly
with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second.

Thorax smooth. Posterior tibie with long fine hairs. Fore-.

wings moderate, elongate, 7 and 8 stalked, 7-to costa, 2 and 3
fused to a point at base, from lower angle of cell; 3 and 4
sometimes connate. Hindwings nearly |, 35 and 4 connate or
very short-stalked; cilia two-thirds.

This genus is formed to receive the two following species.

It differs from Guestia, Meyr., by the absence of pecten and.

veins 2 and 3 not rising on a curved stalk. From dAcompsia,

Hb., by the absence of pecten and fusing of veins 2 and 3 of.

forewings.
ARDOZYGA TETRALYCHNA, 0. Sp.

Male, 16mm. MHead, palpi, thorax, and antenne dark fus--
cous, palpi internally whitish, apex of joint ochreous. Fore-

wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen rather
strongly oblique; dark fuscous, with some scattered darker fus-
cous dots, not forming definite markings; a small, well-defined
orange red basal spot; a similar spot on inner margin just
beyond base ; a row of more or less connected suffused blackish
spots along termen and apical fourth of costa; cilia greyish,
with fuscous subbasal and subterminal lines. Hindwings hght
fuscous-grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with two faint fuscous lines:
Although an obscure-looking insect, it may be at once recog-
nised by the orange basal spots, which, though small, are con-
spicuous.

Stawell, Victoria; two specimens, in November. I have:
seen a specimen from Birchip, Victoria.

ARDOZYGA THERMOPLAGA, Nn. Sp.

Male, 16 mm. Head, thorax, antenne, abdomen, and legs-
dark fuscous, face somewhat ochreous, antenne without pecten,
ciliations 1, anal tuft ochreous, posterior legs mixed with.

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ochreous. Palpi ochreous, terminal joint shorter than second-
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen
gently rounded, oblique; dark fuscous; a well-defined orange
spot near base; a small white spot beyond and below; an irre-
gular somewhat inwardly curved transverse series of three
white spots, hardly forming a fascia, from costa at about one-
third, reaching to fold before middle ; a moderately large round
white spot in middle at two-thirds from base, containing two:
fine black dots; some white scales along termen ; a row of suf-
fused alternate black and yellow spots on costa, commencing
at transverse series of white spots, continued along costa to
costal cilia, thence continued along termen to anal angle, less
defined along termen; cilia yellow, more or less mixed and
chequered with blackish. Hindwings yellow, basal and costal
areas broadly blackish ; cilia yellowish-ochreous.

Allied to the preceding, but easily separated by the bieolored
hindwings.

Stawell, Victoria; three specimens, in November.

SAROPLA PARACYLA, Lower.

(Plutella paracyla, Lower, P.L.S., N.S.W., p. 24, 1897.)

I refer this species to Saropla, Meyr. I was inclined to
form a new genus on the strength of the peculiarity of veins
2 and 3 of forewings, which in some specimens are short-
stalked ; in other from a point, and often separate ; but these
perplexing varieties preclude this. It will be necessary to
widen the characters of that genus as above to receive it. The
terminal joint of the palpi is erect. |

PLEUROTA LOMOGRAPHA, Nn. sp.

Male; 15mm. Head and palpi orange, head with a median
transverse fuscous streak, second joint of palpi fuscous below.
Thorax, antenne, legs and abdomen blackish, patagia orange.
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen
straight, very oblique; bright orange-yellow ; a short blackish
spot on costa at base ; a moderately broad blackish streak along
inner margin, from base to five-sixths, cilia orange, terminal
half fuscous. Hindwings blackish-fuscous; cilia fuscous.
Underside of both wings blackish.

Nearest chlorochyta, Meyr., but differs in color of hindwings
and single streak along inner margin.
Goolwa, South Australia; one specimen, in November.

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PEDOIS ANTHRACIAS, 0. Sp.

Female, 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, ante-
rior legs fleshy-pink, tarsi banded with fuscous, median and
posterior legs whitish. Abdomen greyish-fuscous. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa strongly arched, termen obliquely
rounded; 6 to apex; blackish; all veins obscurely outlined
with black ; extreme costal edge fleshy-ochreous; cilia greyish-
fuscous, basal half fleshy-fuscous, mixed with some black scales.
Hindwings greyish, faintly fuscous-tinged ; cilia greyish, with a
fuscous basal line.

Stawell, Victoria; two specimens, in November.

TINEID A.

IPHIERGA PYCNOZONA, Nl. Sp.

Male,14mm. MHead and palpi orange-yellow, paipi strongly
tufted. Antenne greyish. Thorax dark fuscous, patagia
greyish. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs greyish, anterior
pair fuscous, anterior tibie fuscous, banded with greyish. Fore-
wings elongate, costa gently arched, termen obliquely rounded ;
4 absent; 9 and 10 stalked; pale ochreous, with blackish
markings; four moderately straight transverse, irregularly
edged fascie ; first subbasal; second from one-fourth costa to
one-fourth inner margin, sometimes interrupted below middle,
and not quite reaching inner margin; third from costa before
three-fourths to inner margin at two-fifths, with a short obtuse
angulation in middle; fourth subterminal, from just before
apex to above anal angle; a small spot on costa between third
and fourth fascie; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings and cilia
pale ochreous.

Allied to stasiodes, Meyr., but apart from the difference in
neuration it may be separated by the subterminal, fascia. The
peculiarity in neuration is specific only.

Mackay, Queensland ; two specimens in November.

IPHIERGA MELICHRYSA, Nn. sp.

Male,12mm. MHead and palpi orange-yellow, palpi strongly
tufted. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous, patagia fuscous,
antenne greyish-fuscous. Legs fuscous, posterior coxe
ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched,
termen obliquely rounded; 4 absent; ochreous, with black
markings; a narrow basal fascia, outer edge straight; three
narrow, moderately straight, irregularly-edged transverse
fascie ; first from one-fourth of costa to one-fourth inner mar-

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gin, widely interrupted in middle; second from two-thirds
costa to two-thirds inner margin, with an acute projection
above middle, sometimes interrupted above and below this;
a fine dot on costa beyond ; third thick, from costa before apex
to anal angle, parallel to termen, and with one or two projec-
tions on posterior edge; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings light
fuscous; cilia ochreous-fuscous.

Also allied to stastodes, Meyr., but separated by the basal
patch, third fascia, and darker hindwings.

Birchip, Victoria; two specimens received from Mr. D.
Goudie, taken in November.

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN
| GEOMETRINA; &C.

By Oswazp B. Lower, F.E.S., Lond., &c.
[Read September 2, 1902. ]

GEOMETRINA.
HYDRIOMENIAD “&.

HYDRIOMENA ACTINIPHA, 0. sp.

Female, 24 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and legs
fuscous-whitish thorax with a faint fuscous anterior band.
Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular,

termen waved, obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish, markings.
fuscous, well defined, anterior edge of basal patch gently curved,
and finely edged posteriorly by a narrorw streak of whitish
throughout, from one-fifth costa to one-fourth inner margin; a
fine transverse line of fuscous in middle of patch ; median band
broad on upper half, finely edged on either side with streak of
white, anterior edge from one-third costa to beyond one-third:
inner margin, strongly indented below middle and with a
short projection below costa, posterior edge from beyond two-
thirds of costa to two-thirds inner margin, with a strong acute
projection in middle; ground color between basal patch and
median band and subterminal line sometimes wholly pale
ochreous; a black discal dot in middle of median band; sub-
terminal waved, irregular, whitish, anteriorly edged with fus-
cous ; a sharply defined oblique white streak from apex to sub-
terminal below costa; a fine waved black line along termen ;
cilia whitish, barred with fuscous. Hindwings with termen
waved ; grey-whitish ; median patch faintly indicated in fus-
cous ; subterminal and line along termen as in forewings; cilia
as in forewings.
Nearest cryeropa, Meyr.
Broken Hill, New South Wales ; two specimens, in March.

STERRHID At.

EOIs STENOZONA, 0. sp.

Female,24 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax whitish,
face blackish, collar light ferruginous. Legs ochreous-
whitish. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings elongate-trian-

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gular, termen oblique, nearly straight ; whitish, minutely irro-
rated with fuscous; all lines except subterminal absent; sub-
terminal strongly waved throughout, black, from costa at five-
sixths to inner margin before anal angle, somewhat curved in-
wards above middle ; arow of small fuscous dots along termen ;
cilia whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded; color, line,
dots along termen, and cilia as in forewings; a faint fuscous
discal dot.

Recognised by the absence of anterior lines.

Broken Hill, New South Wales; one specimen, in September.

EOIS OENOPUS, n. sp.

Male and female, 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax,
and abdomen dull whitish-ochreous tinged with greenish, face
fuscous, antennal ciliations nearly 1$. Legs whitish-ochreous,
posterior tibia in male with tuft of long purplish and whitish
hairs. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen obliquely
rounded ; pale ochreous-whitish, somewhat greenish tinged ;
lines pale fuscous, waved; first nearly straight; median
thicker, somewhat angulated above middle; second nearly
straight, subterminal and submarginal obscure; a fine black
discal dot above middle resting on posterior edge of median
line; cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings with termen rounded ;
6 and 7 stalked; color and markings as in forewings, but
discal dot placed midway between first and median lines.

A. distinct species, the male being recognised by the purplish
tuft of hairs of hind tibie.
Cooktown, Queensland ; four specimens in November.

EoIs POLYGRAMMA, nh. sp.

Female, 12 mm. Head, antenne, thorax, and abdomen
white, face and palpi fuscous. Legs fuscous, posterior pair
whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen not waved,

obliquely rounded ; white, with ochreous markings; a narrow
streak along costa from close to base to apex; lines strongly
waved, well defined ; first indented below middle; a fine black
discal dot above middle just anterior to median line; median,
second, and subterminal, similar and equidistant, and with
faint double projection in middle; submarginal narrow; an
interrupted fuscous line along termen; cilia greyish-ochreous.
Hindwings with termen hardly rounded; 6 and 7 stalked ;
absent ; line along termen and cilia as in forewings. Underside
color, lines, and discal dot as in forewings, but first line
of all wings pearly-white without markings.

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A neatly marked species; a peculiarity is the absence of
all markings of underside of wings.
Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen, in November.

LEPTOMERIS TETRASTICHA, Nn. Sp.

Male, 24mm. Head, antenne, thorax, and abdomen dull
whitish, antennal ciliations 1. Palpi dark fuscous. Legs
whitish (posterior pair broken). Forewings elongate-triangu-
lar, termen obliquely rounded, hardly waved; white; lines
slender, fuscous; first and median faintly developed; a fus-
cous discal dot in middle; second, subterminal, and submar-
ginal strongly waved, dot-like, parallel and equidistant; a row
of black dots along termen ; cilia fuscous, with a paler line at
base. Hindwings with,termen rounded; 6 and 7 stalked ;
color, lines, discal dot and dots along termen as in forewings;
cilia as in forewings.

A curious species, characterised by the arrarngement of the
three posterior lines.

Derby, Western Australia; one specimen, in November.

PYLARGE EREBOSPILA, 0. sp.

Male,20 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and legs duil
ochreous, palpi long, infuscated on sides. Abdomen dull
whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen faintly waved,
somewhat prominent in middle; dull ochreous; all lines obso-
lete ; costa with irregularly scattered fuscous dots on posterior
two-thirds ; markings fuscous; a spot in disc at one-third from
base; a second, larger, in middle of wings; indications of
a transverse row of small dots, indicating submarginal lne ;
two spots before termen on upper portion of wing; a row of
small spots along termén; cilia dull ochreous, paler at base.
Hindwings with termen as in forewings; 6 and 7 from a point;
color, first discal dot and submarginal dots as in forewings, but
the latter more pronounced, especially on lower half; dots
along termen and cilia as in forewings. ;

A peculiar-looking insect not unlike some species of Woc-
twina.

Cooktown, Queensland ; one specimen, in November.

SELIDOSEMID#.
SMYRIODES APHRONESA, N. sp.

Male and female, 38-42 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and
thorax ashy-grey, antennal pectinations 4. Legs ashy-grey,
posterior pair grey-whitish. Abdomen greyish. Forewings

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elongate-triangular, costa gently arched ,termen obliquely
rounded, somewhat waved; cinereous-fuscous mixed with
whitish posteriorly ; lines blackish ; first from one-fourth costa
to one-fourth inner margin, angulated above and below middle ;
second from four-fifths costa to three-fourths inner margin,
with a long fine projection outwards and a faint angulation
immediately above inner margin ; median shade rather narrow,
distinct, blackish, similar in shape to previous line, subterminai
nearly straight, whitish, obscure; all veins more or less out-
lined with blackish, more pronounced towards termen; 2 short
blackish streaks beforer termen above middle and two similar
below ; a fine black line along termen; cilia cinereous-fuscous,
with black points at extremities of veins. ‘Hindwings with
termen waved on upper half, more strongly in male; whitish,
irrorated with fine blackish scales; a moderately broad
blackish band along termen, narrowed towards anal angle; a
fuscous discal dot; a black line along termen; cilia whitish,
with blackish points at extremities of veins.

Nearest heterochaés, Lower, but differs by the different-
shaped lines and especially the shorter antennal pectinations.
The male has the lines more obscure.

Birchip, Victoria; one specimen, in April.

TORTRICINA.
CACHCIA OPHIODESMA, N. sp.

Male, 30 mm. Head and thorax dark ochreous. __Palpi,
antenne and, legs ochreous, palpi long, fuscous-tinged above.
Antenne strongly ciliated. Abdomen greyish. Forewings
elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched on basal half, ter-
men nearly straight, slightly oblique, costal fold inconspicuous ;
pale ochreous, with fuscous markings; a small spot on fold at
one-sixth from base; a thick, strongly outwardly oblique fus-
cous fascia, from costa before middle to inner margin at two-
thirds, indented in middle on anterior edge, and with an evenly
curved sinuation on upper half posteriorly ; a moderate cunei-
form spot on costa at about five-sixths; some scattered dots
towards termen ; cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings with termen
faintly sinuate beneath apex; 6 and 7 stalked ; pale ochreous,
greyish towards base, spotted with pale fuscous, more pro-
nounced beneath ; cilia pale ochreous.

Not near any other described Australian species; the stalk-
ing of veins 6 and 7 and inconspicuous fold of forewings are
specific only.

Sheffield, Tasmania; one specimen, in November. (Coll.
Lyell.)

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DICHELIA DIPHTHEROIDES, n. sp.

Male, 12 mm. Head and thorax reddish-ochreous. | Palpi
and antenne greyish-ochreous. Abdomen blackish above,
whitish beneath Legs whitish-ochreous, posterior and middle
pair infuscated Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently
arched on basal half, termen nearly straight, oblique ; reddish-
ochreous, crossed by numerous irregular narrow transverse fus-
cous lines, most prominest on posterior half, one from just before
middle of costa to beyond middle of inner margin, and another
similar from just before three-fourths of costa to anal angle,
both streaky gently curved outwards; a narrow fuscous streak
from apex to termen towards anal angle ; costa shortly spotted
throughout with fuscous, from which spots most of the streaks
commence; cilia reddish-ochreous, basal half fuscous. Hind-
wings fuscous, indistinctly spotted with darker ; cilia light fus-
cous.

Birchip, Victorira; one specimen, in April.

TORTRIX ASTHENOPIS, n. sp.

Male, 16mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and antenne dull fus-
-cous-reddish. Abdomen dark fuscous, anal tuft ochreous. Legs
fuscous-whitish, posterior pair whitish, coxe infuscated. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa rather strongly arched, ter-
men hardly rounded, oblique; dull reddish-fuscous; costal
edge narrowly fuscous throughout; a moderate dull white
supra-median streak, dilated on posterior half, from base to
apex, edged obscurely above throughout with a narrow streak
of fuscous, and edged below from middle to posterior extremity
by a similar streak, thickest on posterior half; a moderate
thick irregular dull whitish longitudinal streak from base in
middle to anal angle, slightly curved up in middle and edged
above throughout with a moderate dull fuscous streak, thickest
on posterior half; cilia dull reddish-fuscous, with a pale basal
line. Hindwings pale fuscous-whitish, very faintly spotted
with darker ; cilia greyish, with a darker subbasal line.

In the neighborhood of aulacana, Meyyr.

Melbourne, Victoria; one specimen.

TORTRIX PAUROZONA, N. sp.

Male, 16mm. Head and palpi ochreous-white, post orbital
rims fuscous, palpi fuscous at apex of second joint. Thorax
fuscous, patagia ochreous-white. Abdomen fuscous, ochreous-
whitish beneath. Legs ochreous-whitish, fuscous tinged.
Forewings elongate, moderate, costa hardly arched, termen
nearly straight, oblique; deep brownish-ochreous, with

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vochreous-whitish markings; a moderately short inwardly ob-
lique narrow transverse subcostal fascia, not reaching either
margin, indicating outer edge of basal patch; two parallel,
oblique narrow fascie, from inner margin before and beyond
middle, reaching two-thirds across wing; a short fascia from
apex of second streak to inner margin at three-fourths ; a sim1-
lar fascia from just beneath costa before apex to termen above
anal angle; 3 or 4 spots on costa between one-third and apex ;
a small spot on termen below apex ; cilia fuscous, mixed with
ochreous-white. Hindwings dark fuscous, strigulated and
spotted with yellowish, and with a streak of yellow above anal
angle ; cilia ochreous, with a dark fuscous basal line.

A. peculiarly marked species, which I at first regarded as an
extreme variety of subfurcatana, Walk., but the different
arrangement and direction of markings of forewings and color
of hindwings separate it. The markings of both wings are re-
produced on underside.

Blackwood, South Australia; one specimen, in November.

LEPTARTHRA, n. g.

Head smooth, palpi small, porrected, second joint rather
rough scaled, terminal joint short. Antenne biserrate, very
shortly ciliated. Forewings moderate, costa in male simple,
costa gently arched, termen faintly sinuate beneath apex; vein
1 furcate towards base ; 7 and 8 rarely stalked; 3 from angle.
Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate; 5 widely remote, parallel to
4; 6 and 7 separate.

Somewhat allied to Byrsoptera, Lower, but differs by the
smooth thorax, absence of secondary cell, and costa of hind-
“wings.

The stalking of veins 7 and 8 of forewings is a curious form
of variation ; it is noticeable in one specimen only.

LEPTARTHRA AULACODES, n. Sp.
Male, 12-14 mm. Head and palpi ochreous. Antenne

and thorax fuscous, patagia light fuscous. Abdomen dark
fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous, posterior tibie infuscated,
tarsi ringed with fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate,

costa gently arched, termen rounded, oblique. faintly sinuate
beneath apex ; deep reddish-ferruginous, mixed with blackish ;
‘basal area mixed with some bluish-metallic scales ; two pairs of
‘transverse, somewhat waved, outwards curved bluish-metallic
fascia; first from before middle, second beyond middle,
each pair becoming confluent on inner margin, inter-
‘spaces between fascie filled in with dark fuscous; ante-

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rior pair edged anteriorly throughout with dark fuscous; 2
bluish-metallic fascia, furcate on costa, from costa before apex,
thence curved around before termen, and meeting previous:
fascia above inner margin ; costa spotted with ochreous; costal
portion of metallic markings ochreous; veins towards termen.
outlined with black; a fine black line along termen; cilia
fuscous. Hindwings dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia ochreous, basal
half dark fuscous.
Derby, Western Australia; two specimens, in September.

DIPTERINA GNOPHODRYAS, 0. sp.

Male,16mm. Head, thorax, palpi, antenne, and abdomen
dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, posterior pair ochreous. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen nearly
straight, oblique; dull ochreous-whitish ; costa spotted with
fuscous throughout ; two spots at three-fourths more distinct ;
basal patch fuscous mixed with some yellowish-ferruginous.
scales; outer edge limited by a blackish line. from one-fifth
costa to one-fifth inner margin, strongly curved outwardly, and
with a rounded projection in middle; median fascia narrow,
fuscous, from costa at about two-thirds to inner margin before
middle, lower half much attenuated and becoming yellowish-
ferruginous ; two or three narrow, transverse yellowish-ferru-
ginous streaks between basal patch and fascia, not reaching
costa, one sometimes connected with outer edge of
basal patch in middle and becoming fuscous; two or
three irregular transverse yellowish-ferruginous streaks be-
dull fuscous, obscure somewhat quadrate spot at anal angle;
an irregular triangular fuscous patch just before middle of
termen, containing some blackish spots on edges; some scat-
tered blackish spots along termen; cilia ochreous-grey, base
fuscous. Hindwings light fuscous, obscurely spotted with
darker ; cilia light fuscous, with a darker subbasal line.

Hobart, Tasmania; one specimen, in November.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEw SPECIES OF CORALS:
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN TERTIARIES.

By J. Dennant, F.G:S.

PAR ENG
Puates V. anp VI.
[Read October 21, 1902 }

The corals next described, though somewhat aberrant from
the type species in regard to their coste, should, I think, be
placed under Milne-Edwards and Haime’s genus Platytrochus.
They are much compressed, and the longitudinal axial fossa
contains a series of papilli, free superiorly, which might be
mistaken for pali only that they are too irregularly placed,
and, moreover, vary in number in separate individuals of the
same species. These papilli not only occupy the fossa proper,
but tend to spread beyond, especially in the lateral portions.
of the calice. They constitute the superior extension of the
columella, which, lower down, is formed by the fusion across-
the central fossa of processes from the margins of the principal
septa.

The several authors who have described species of Platy-
trochus from Alabama, the type locality, are not agreed con-
cerning the structure of the columella. Edwards and Haime
describe it as essential, fascicular, and terminated by a papil-
lose surface*. De Gregorio, in describing P. Clachornensis,
says that the columella is false, irregular, and formed of the
pali.j Duncan, who diagnoses the genus, remarks :—‘‘The
columella is essential, elongate, and fascicular, and has a free
papillary edge. * * * There is a lamellar, fascicular colu-
mella.” { Finally, Vaughan, who discusses the genus at length
in his admirable monograph of the Eocene and Lower Oligocene
Coral Faunas of the United States, sums up his conclusions
thus :—‘Columella false, formed by the fusion of lobes from the
inner margins of the septa, or by the fusion across the axial
space of the inner margins of the septa.” §

* Annales sci. nat., 3rd ser., vol. IX., p. 247.

+ Mon. de la Faune Eocénique de |’Ala., p. 255.

t+ Revision of Madreporaria, p. 18.

§ Monographs of the U.S. Geological Survey, vol. XX XIX., pp. 73-4,.
Washington, 1900.

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In regard to the Australian representatives of the genus, J
remark that the inner margins of the septa for some distance
in the fossa are free, and not fused with the papilli. This
is plainly seen in recent examples, as well as in well preserved
fossil ones. Ina transverse section of a corallum the columella
below its papillose surface presents a fascicular appearance,
which is due no doubt to its having been formed by the fusion
across the axial space of successive growths from the septal
margins. In vertical section across the shorter diameter of
the coral the columella shows as an irregular pillar, with
lateral nodular offshoots to the adjoining septa on either sid>.
A columella constructed on such a plan may, I think, be termed
essential. )

The species from Alabama described by Edwards and Haime
have two kinds of coste. Those on the middle of the broad
surfaces of the corallum enlarge towards the calice, and those
on the edges near the base are extended and large. A devia-
tion from the type species in regard to both the cost and septa
was admitted by de Gregorio, who says concerning P. Clai-
bornensis :—‘This species differs from the two preceding (P.
Stokesii and P. Goldfussi) on account of its much more nume-
rous, narrower, and less regular costz and septa.’”’* Now, the
Australian species show further that the contrast alluded to by
Edwards and Haime between the costz on the edges and those
on the flat surfaces cannot be regarded as of generic value.
Of the four species of Platytrochus here described, one (P.
vacuus, Ten. Woods), exemplifies the Alabama type of coste
(pl. v., fig. 4a), but the three others either have the
coste of the edges and sides much alike, or the distinction is
trifling. Still, the calicular plan is the same, and in other
respects also they are so closely allied to that species that they
must be included with it in the genus.

In all, six species of Platytrochus are known in Australia,
viz., one both fossil and recent, four fossil only, and one recent

only.

Platytrochus Airensis, spec. nov.
Pl. v.} figs.! la, b.

Corallum free, compressed, and wedge-shaped, with the edges
slightly sloping from the calice downwards, but contracting sud.
denly near the base, and then tapering to a point (in the
corallum figured the extreme point is broken off). Calice
shallow and elliptical, with its major and minor axes in the

* Loe.-cit.

Nap

ratio of 3-to 2. Septa exsert, highly granular, and in six
unequal systems, the central ones being smaller than those at
the ends. The former contain three cycles of septa only,

while in the latter a fourth cycle is fully developed, and the
total number of septa in the calice is thus 40. The primaries
are conspicuously longer and broader than the rest, which
are subequal.

The central fossa is long, wide, and shallow, and is bounded
by the free margins of the septa. The columella is formed by
the fusion of processes from the principal septa in the manner
already described. The papilli on its surface are irregular
in shape, numerous, and spreading, especially in the lateral
boundaries of the fossa.

The wall is stout, and the costz, which are continuations of
the septa, are prominent and ornamented with transversely
elongated granules. Those on the flat surfaces of the corallum
are broadest at the calicular margin, and gradually taper down-
wards, while those on the edges contract medially, but again
expand as they approach the base. In some examples, pro-
bably aged ones, the costz on the edges are distinctly broade
than those on the flat surfaces, but usually the difference is so
slight as to be easily overlooked. The two lateral primaries
are curved, and follow the contour of the corallum from the
calicular margin to the pointed base. The remaining coste
are straighter, and almost parallel with each other. The
several orders are nearly or quite free to their basal termina-
tions, with the exception of the more central pair of quater-
naries in each end system, which fuse with the enclosed ter-
tiary at a half to two-thirds from the margin of the calice.

Height of corallum, 8.5 mm.; length of calice, 6 mm.;
breadth of calice, 4 mm.

Locality, &e—Fairly abundant in Eocene strata at- Wilkin-
son’s No. 4 Aire coastal section and at Spring Creek, near
Geelong. The type is from the former locality.

Platytrochus hastatus, spec. nov.
Pl. v., figs: Jaa:

This species is smaller and more slender than the preceding,
and has a prolonged, spear-shaped base. The costz also are
smooth, and rarely there is a shining, but very faint epitheca
partially covering them. In typical examples the costz of the
edges and flat surfaces differ very little in size, but the former
tend to become broader with age, and then the coral approxi-
mates in outline to P. vacwus, T. Woods, see post, which is,
however, a more compressed form.

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The septa and columella closely resemble the same struc-
‘tures in P. Azrensis, and do not call for separate description.

The columella figured is 7.5 mm. high and the diameters of
its calice are respectively 3.75 mm. and 2.5 mm. _ The calice
chosen as type belongs to a larger example, and its diameters
are 4.5mm.and3mm._ Its corallum is diminished by having
the pointed end broken off, but still measures 8 mm. in height.

Locality, &c—In Eocene strata at Muddy Creek, Spring
Creek, Shelford, and on the banks of the Aire River at Fishing
Point.

This species is also recent, and was dredged in Backstairs
Passage, at the entrance to St. Vincent’s Gulf, by Dr. Verco,
who has handed me his examples (7) for examination.

Platytrochus curvatus, spec. nov
Pl. v., figs. 3a, 0.

With the exception of its curved outline, the corallum of this
species much resembles that of P. hastatus, but is generally
narrower. It has a similar spear-pointed base, and the costz
are also smooth and delicate. An epitheca is, however, much
commoner. In many specimens it is almost complete, and
fairly dense, the coste being visible only at the margin of the

calice. In others it is partial and in transverse, irregular
‘bands, while again some, like the type, show no trace of
epitheca.

The development of the septa is less regular than in the
two species just described. For example, in the type one
of the end systems contains the same number of cycles as the
central pair, viz., three, while in each of the other end systems
there are in addition some septa of the fourth order; more-
over, in this example one of the lateral primaries bends away
from _the line of the long axis of the calice.

The papilli of the columella resemble those of the other
species of the genus. In the calice figured they are exception.
ally large and few in number.

Height of corallum, 7 mm.; diameters of calice, 3 mm. and
2 mm.

Locality, &c—Abundant in the Eocene of Muddy Creek,
Spring Creek, and Shelford; less so at Curlewis, Moorabool
Valley (Fyan’s Ford), Wilkinson’s No. 4 section, and Fishing
Point.

A coral from Muddy Creek described and figured by Ten.
Woods under the name of Smzlotrochus vacuus long puzzled
collectors, the alleged absence of a columella leading them off

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the track. His species was evidently described from.a young
example, in which the columella was partially at least worn
away by fossilization. He subsequently discovered the rem-
nants of a columella in the species, and then established a new
genus, Koilotrochus, for its reception, in the diagnosis of which
he remarks :—‘‘Columella rudimentary confined to afew papil-
lary projections at the base of the deep and wide calicular
‘fossa.”” Some corals collected by Mr. T. S. Hall and myself,
also from the Muddy Creek beds, are, I consider, adult examples
of Woods’ species, but they possess a conspicuous papillary
columella, which, combined with other characteristics, places
them in the genus Platytrochus. A few young immature indi-
viduals accompany the adult ones in our gatherings, which, in
regard to the corallum, resemble Woods’ figure. Their septa
also are arranged on the same plan as in his illustration of the
calice, but instead of a vacant central space there is the usual
columella of the species. When describing the calice, Woods
gives its diameters as 3 mm. and 1.5 mm. respectively, or in
the ratio of 100 to 50, but in his enlarged drawing the ratio
of the axes is as 100 to 66! The species name is certainly
_an unfortunate one, as it contradicts an essential characteristic
of the coral, but in accordance with common usage must be
retained.

I redescribe the coral from an adult well preserved example,
cand also supply illustrative drawings.

Platytrochus vacuus, 7’. Woods (sp.).
Pl. v., figs. 4a, 6.

1877. Smilotrochus vacuus, T. Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc., New
‘South Wales, vol. xi., p. 190, pl. i1., figs. 2, 2a.

1878. Kovwlotrochus vacuus, T. Woods, Proc. Linn. Soc., New
South Wales, vol. u., pp. 313-4.

Corallum small, wedge-shaped, and much compressed. The
‘edges are nearly but not quite straight until inferiorly they
bend at a sharp angle, and almost meet at the broadly pointed,
projecting base. The flat surfaces slope uniformly downwards.

Calice sub-plane and elliptical with its major axis double the
length of the minor. Septa slender, granulate, and in six
systems, which show the same cyclical arrangement as in P.
Avrensis. They are subequal in the central systems; also sub-
‘equal but generally smaller in the end systems, except the two
extreme primaries, which are the most prominent septa in the
‘calice. The papilli of the columella resemble those in the
‘three other species described.

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Coste. smooth: on the flat surfaces they converge from
the calice downwards to the projection at the base, while on the
edges they are doubly curved, first inwards and then outwards ;
the central costz are almost uniform in size throughout, but
those flanking the edges become very broad at their basal ter-
minations. Of the more central coste a few only reach the
base and are joined at varying heights on the wall by the rest;
those adjoining the edges are free. A faint shining epitheca is
sometimes present, especially in young examples.

Height of corallum, 5.5 mm.; diameters of calice, 4 mm.
and 2 mm.

Locality, d&e.—Kocene, Muddy Creek. Collected from a re-
made bed (junction of Eocene and Miocene) at Forsyth’s,
Grange Burn, by Mr. T. S. Hall, and by myself in the lower
beds. Rare.

Conocyathus serobiculatus, spec. nov.
Pl; vi., figs, dia; 6:

Corallum small and conical, with rounded, costulate base.
Calice circular. Septa laterally gpined, and in six systems
with three cycles. They vary in length according to order, tie
primaries being longest. The tertiaries are slighter than the
other two orders, which are subequal in size. There is no
columella, but six elongate and prominent pali surround the
central axial space, and are placed before the secondary septa.

There are four complete cycles of costz, of which only the
first three have septa corresponding to them. Those of the
fourth cycle are very thin, but well marked at the calicular
margin as delicate projections from the wall in the spaces.
between the other costz; they reach only from a quarter to
a third from the margin. The three lower orders are less
slender than the fourth, and after passing these they enlarge
to twice their former size. The tertiaries again cease abruptly
near the base, to which only the twelve primaries and second-
aries extend, and after passing the tertiaries they in turr
become still stouter than before. All the costz are smooth and
free, there being no union of orders on the wall. In most
specimens there is a regular series of punctations or pores in
each intercostal space, but in a few young individuals these
are replaced by minute dimples or fossettes. Apparently,
therefore, the wall wears gradually away where it is thinnest,
perhaps during fossilization, and the result is that the inter-
costal spaces become fenestrated.

Height of corallum, 5 mm.; diameter of calice, 2.5 mm.

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Locality, &c—Fairly common in the Eocene of Muddy
Creek, Spring Creek, Shelford, and Mitchell R.; less so at
Birregurra, Corio Bay, and Moorabool Valley. The type is
from Spring Creek.

This species is closely allied to the recent (’. Zelandie, Dun-
can,* but the latter is generally larger, and, besides, shows no
intercostal pores or dimples. The coste are similarly arranged
in both. Duncan says that there are in his species rudimen-
tary septa corresponding to the fourth cycle of coste, but I
have not observed them. My specimens are not from New
Zealand, but from Port Jackson, New South Wales, and were
obligingly presented to me by Mr. C. Hedley.

C’. cyclostatus, T. Woods’t a common Muddy Creek coral, dif-
fers from (. scrobiculatus in being larger, and compressed, with
an elliptical calice. It exhibits “alsa the same costal peculiari-
ties.

Ceratotrochus exilis, spec. nov.

Pl. vi., figs. 2a, 6.

Corallum small, slender, curved or nearly straight, and
gradually tapering to the pedicellate base.

Wall thin and covered by a transversely ridged epitheca,
which, by wearing, becomes pitted with longitudinal lines of
minute pores between the mural borders of the septa.

Calice circular. The septa are thin, wavy, gr granular, and in
six systems, with three cycles. The primaries and secondaries
are frequently lobed at their central ends; they are equal
in size, and the tertiaries are not much smaller. The colu-
mella consists of a few comparatively large and variously
shaped papilli. There are seven of these in the type, but some
examples show only three or four.

Height of corallum, 9 mm.; diameter of calice, 2.5 mm.

Locality, &e—Eocene at Cape Otway, Wilkinson’s No. 4
section, Brown’s Creek, Hamilton Creek, Gellibrand River,
Fishing Point, Spring Creek, Shelford, Corio Bay, Curlewis,
Mornington, Lower Maude. Rare in all the sections except
the first, which is the locality of the type.

This coral is distinguished from the allied form identified
by Duncan as C. typus, Seguenza, var. Australiensis + by its
slender, regularly tapering outline. Its columella also con-
tains fewer papilli, and the septal orders vary less in length.

* Deep Sea and Littoral Corals. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 431,
pl. xxxviii., flgs. 1-3.

+ On some Australian Tertiary Corals. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., vol. IX.,
p- 188, pl. i., figs. 2, 2a.

a Australian Corals. Q.J.G.S., vol XXVI., pp. 298-9, pl. xix. fig. 8.

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Ceratotrochus Halli, spec. nov.
Pl. vi., figs. 3a, 6.

The corallum of the type is moderately tall, tapering, and
cylindro-conical in shape, but my collection also contains short
cylindrical corals similar in other respects and with calices of
equal diameter. These are not more than a variety, and may
even be young examples of the species. They retain the
scar of former attachment, which in the longer. tapering coralla
is frequently worn off. At the basal termination of the latter
some orders of septa and an incipient columella are occasionally
visible.

Calice sub-plane and almost circular, the ratio of the major
and minor axes being as 100 to 93. In the short specimens
the calice is rarely more elliptical. Septa stout, equal, and in
six systems with three cycles. The primaries remain free till
they reach the columella; the tertiaries bend towards and
usually unite with the secondaries, which then generally, but
not uniformly, become stouter. In the type the secondaries
after their union with the tertiaries are exceptionally stout.
All the septa are characteristically beset with long and stout
spines, placed at right angles to their sides, and in rows parallel
with their upper margins.

The columella is essential and fascicular, and consists of irre-
gular processes, which, though connected with the first and

second orders of septa, are independent structures. In one
example the columella has nodules on its upper surface.
The wall is stout and covered by a strong epitheca. Ihe

coste, which correspond with the septa, are represented by
rounded elevations, broad at the summit, and gradually becom-
ing smaller towards the base. They are crossed by a series of
arched, slightly raised lines or ridges of epitheca, some of which
are stronger than the rest.

Height of corallum, 9.5 mm.; diameters of calice, 3.75 mm.
and 3.5mm. The dimensions of the calice remain fairly con-
stant in the examples, but the height varies from that given
above for the type down to about 2 mm. in the variety men-
tioned.

Locality, &e—Rare in the Eocene of Spring Creek, near
Geelong. One example also from Brown’s Creek, and another
from: Altona Bay.

The species name is in compliment to Mr. T. 8. Hall, who has
placed his interesting collection of tertiary corals at my service.

The next coral to be described I place in the genus Cyatho-
smilia, which was established in 1878 by Ten. Woods for the

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reception of two species from Aldinga. His diagnosis of the
genus is very brief, and reads thus :—‘Simple pedicellate corals
with endotheca and pali. No columella.’”* | Woods is, how-
ever, mistaken in regard to the last statement, as there is a
decided columella in his type species, (. laticostata. I col-
lected many examples of this some years ago at the Aldinga
section, and, though in some of them the columella is incon-
spicuous, being probably worn away by fossilization, it can in
most valices be plainly discerned as a styliform process. The
second species described by Woods, C. tenwicostata, belongs
doubtfully to the genus. The diagnosis of the genus is cor-
rected and amplified as follows:

Genus CyatHosmiLia, 7’. Woods (emend.).

Corallum curved or almost straight, and usually long, cylin-

-drical or slightly compressed, and pedicellate. Calice circu-
lar or elliptical. Septa in six systems with three cycles. Pali
in one crown. Columella essential and styliform. Coste

covered by a complete epitheca. Endotheca fairly developed.

Cyathosmilia velata, spec. nov.
Pl. vi., figs. 4a, 0.

Corallum tall, horn-shaped, and usually slightly tapering to
its pedicellate base, where the scar of former attachment is fre-
quently preserved. The specimens are fairly uniform in shape,
but a few are elliptical in transverse sections, while the majo-
rity are circular or nearly so. Occasionally the corallum bears
just a perceptible crest at the outer edge of the curve. Calice
of moderate depth and either circular (as in type) or slightly
elliptical. The primary septa are rather longer than the
secondaries, but otherwise equal ; tertiaries much smaller. At
the surface all are slender, especially the tertiaries, but the first
two orders increase in thickness downwards. Pali six in num-
ber, elongate, and before the secondary septa. The columeila
is superiorly sometimes a single, sometimes a double style. It
is generally connected with the pali by endotheca, which is
fairly abundant in the central fossa. There is also. more or
less endotheca at the margin of the calice and between the septa.
In the above description of the calicular structure the type and
a younger specimen are especially indicated. My collection
contains numerous individuals, but with the exception of these
two, the upper fragile portion of the calice has been worn away.

*On some Fossil Corals from Aldinga. Phil. Soc., Sth. Austr., vol. I.,
p. 113.

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‘Still, in many of them the structure of the septa, pali, &ec., is
easily made out.

The wall is thin and covered by a smooth epitheca, having
wavy transverse lines and concentric folds. There are broad
coste corresponding to the first and second orders of septa, but
they are barely traceable beneath the epitheca; the tertiary
septa have no coste corresponding to them. The intercostal
spaces are usually marked by a double row of very fine pores,
due to the wearing of the epitheca. As this wears still fur-
ther the coste and the pores between them become very con-
spicuous, until finally, by its complete removal, a skeleton of
the coral is left, showing twelve strong cost reaching from the
pointed base to the margin of the calice, where they are con-
tinued as septa. Such skeleton coralla are very numerous at
the chief locality, Brown’s Creek.

The dimensions of the type, which is a good representative
adult specimen, are :—-Height of corallum, 17.5 mm. ; diameter
of calice, 4.5 mm. .

Locality, &e—Very abundant in Eocene strata at Brown’s
Creek; less so at Hamilton Creek and Wilkinson’s No. 4 sec-
tion, all of which are neighboring localities in the Cape Otway
district of Victoria.

A comparison of this description of (. velata with that of
C’. laticostata by Ten. Woods shows that the two species are
closely allied. The latter is more elliptical as to its calice as
well as in transverse sections of the corallum. Its costz also are
more prominent, while the crested ridge on the outer edge of
the curved corallum becomes a constant and distinctive feature.

EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
Plate V.

Fig.

1. Platytrochus Airensis—a, corallum, 4 diam.; 6, calice, 6 diam.

2. Platytrochus hastatus—a, corallum, 4 diam.; 6, calice of another
example, 8 diam.

3. Platytrochus curvatus—a, corallum, 4 diam.; b, calice, 10 diam.

4. Platytrochus vacuus—a, corallum, 6 diam.; 6, calice, 8 diam.

Plate VI.

Conocyathus scrobiculatus—a, corallum, 6 diam.; 5, calice, 12 diam.
. Ceratotrochus exilis—a, corallum, 3 diam.; 0}, calice, 12 diam.

. Ceratotrochus Halli—a, corallum, 3:5 diam.; 0, calice, 8 diam.

. Cyathosmilia velata—a, corallum, 2 diam.; 6, calice, 6 diam.

OD DO

LIST OF THE EDIBLE FISH OF THE LOWER
MURRAY.

By A: H: C. Zmrtz, F.L.S., C.M.Z.8S.; &e.

[Read October 21, 1902. ]

In the following list I have enumerated all the fish which
frequent the Lower Murray near its mouth, including Lakes
Alexandrina and Albert. It often happens that the current
is insufficient to keep the sea water out, which enters through
the narrow channel at the mouth of the river, making the
water brackish and uninhabitable for many fresh water species.
These are then driven back a long way up the river, where the
water remains fresh. It naturally follows that with the salt
water many marine species find their way into the river. But
I dd not intend to deal with these occasional visitors in this lst.

I have given the vernacular and scientific names of each
species, and also, where it is known to me, the name in the
language of the Narrinyeri tribe of aborigines, to whose dis-
trict this part of the Murray originally belonged.

1. LatTEs coLtonorum, Gnth. Salt Water Perch.
Native name, “7Z'aralge.”’

This fish is found in fresh as well as brackish water, and
extends as far down as the river mouth.

2. CTENOLATES AMBIGUUS, Macleay. Golden Perch.
Native name, “Z'arkee.”’

Found only in fresh water.

3. OLIGORUS MACQUARIENSIS, Gnth. Murray Cod Perch.
Native name, “‘“Pondee.”

Fresh water. Sometimes found dead, apparently killed by
the salt water which collects at the bottom of Lake Alexan-
drina.

4. THERAPON RicHARDSONI, Casteln. Black Bream.
Native name, “7’cheeree.”’

Fresh water; only occasionally seen in the market. Mr. J.
Douglas Ogilby unites this fish with Vherapon niger, Cast.,
which, however, I consider to be distinct from the former
species.
4a. MIcROPENA.

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§. CHRYSOPHRIS AUSTRALIS, Gnth. Bream.
This fish is found both in fresh, brackish, and salt water, and
has a wide distribution.

6. Arripis GEorcianus, Cuv. and Val. Tommy Rough.
Native name, “Wankaldee.”’
A marine species, but said to occur also in the Lower

Murray.

7. AGONOSTOMA DIEMENSIS, Richs. Fresh Water Mullet.
Native name, “Conmuree.”
This excellent food fish is very numerous in the Murray, but.
I do not know how far up the river it occurs. I have also
seen specimens caught in the Port Adelaide River. |

8. Mucit posuLta, Gnth. Jumping Mullet.
Native name, “Wankaree.”’
I have seen large shoals of this fish in the Murray at Goolwa,
but it is also found in the Onkaparinga, Port Adelaide River,
and in many other localities on our coast.

9. ScraENna AQuILA, Risso. Mulloway.
Native name, “Mulloway.”
This widely distributed marine species, which attains a large
size, is sometimes found in great numbers. It enters rivers,
and is sometimes found beyond the influence of the tide.

10. CoPpIDOGLANIS TANDANUS, Mitch. Catfish.
Native name, “Pammoree.”
This fresh water fish is very cominon in the river, as may
be judged from the great. number of fish occasionally seen in the
market.

11. Psrupo-arHrites Bassi, Castl. Sanding.
Native name, “Congaldee.”

This fish, which attains a length of about 1 ft., is fairly
common on our coast. It is abundant in the River Murray,
and in the River Torrens, near Adelaide, but it is also found in
many of the larger creeks. It is good eating, but its main
importance is its use by the fishermen as bait for catching
Mulloway. Some years ago it was known to science by only
a single specimen, but has since been discovered at other locali-
ties, including the Yarra, near Melbourne, whence I have
received several specimens.

12. CHATOESSUS EREBI, Rich. Bony Bream.
Native name, “7’uwkkaree.”’
Although fairly common species in Lake Alexandrina, it is
seldom used by white men as an article of food. But it is fre-
quently consumed by the aborigines.

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The following species also occur in the Murray, but are
either too small or not numerous enough to be of any import-
ance as an article of food:

13. ELrzorris MocourNDA, Rich. (also Rivers Onkaparinga and
Torrens.
14, ELeorris sp. (not identified).
15. Gapopsts MARMORATUS, Rich. (also Rivers Onkaparinga and
Torrens).
16. Gosius sp. (native name, “7akarakee’’).
17. Gopius FRENATUS, Cast. (native name, “Z'arkatukee’’).
18. GALAXIAS ATTENUATUS, Jenyns. Mudfish.
Native name, “Pulangee.”
19. ATHERINA sP. (native name, “Parlee’’).
90. Rerroprinna Ricwarpsont, Gill. Australian Smelt.
Native name, “Kantaree.”
21. GEOTRIA CHILENSIS, Gray.
22. GEOTRIA AUSTRALIS, Gray.
23. Morpacia morpax, Rich.

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NOTES ON THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF
SOUTHERN YORKE PENINSULA,

By T. C. Greenway, B.Sc., anp H. Tariton PHILLIPPS.

Communicated by Waiter Howcury, F.G:S.
[Read October 21, 1902.]

Pruate VII:

The late Professor Tate, in a paper read before this Society
in 1889, on the Botanical Features of Southern Yorke
Peninsula, gave a brief introductory sketch of the geology of
the district, in which the Pleistocene deposits, Eocene lime-
stones, and Archean rocks were briefly described, and the
recent elevation of the land, which lead to the existence of a
“deserted seaway,’ in the Great Salt Marsh, were noted.

In 1900 Mr. Walter Howchin, F.G.S., read a paper on
Evidences of Extinct Glacial Action in Southern Yorke
Peninsula, in which it was shown that the glacial till beds
formed the dominant geological features of the district, and
occupied a stratigraphical position inferior to the Eocene lime-
stones. The same author, a few months later, in a second paper,
advanced the theory that the “salt lagoons” of the southern
portions of the Peninsula (outside the area of raised beaches)
were not of marine origin, but were the result of (a) the re-
moval of the greater part of the lower Tertiary limestones by
chemical solution; (b) the upper surface of the glacial clay
forming a retentive floor; and (c) that the secondary deposits
of travertine and saline substances were the reconstructed
equivalents of the removed limestones.

It has thus been shown by the last-named author that these
lagoons of the Peninsula must be divided into two classes with
reference to their origin: (1) The salt lagoons produced by the
removal of the Tertiary beds by solution; (2) raised beaches.

Since those belonging to class 1 occupy depressions in the
surface of the glacial clay, which underlies practically the whole
of the southern portion of the Peninsula, they are of consider-
able geological importance as indicating those districts where
the glacial clay approaches the surface. Outside these areas
we may, therefore, conclude that the glacial clay underlies
porous beds, which do not allow the water to accumulate. The

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discovery of extensive deposits of polyzoal limestone of Eocene
age between Yorketown and Edithburg has shown this to be
the case.

As these lagoons have been discussed in considerable detail
by Mr. W. Howchin we shall confine our attention to the con-
sideration of the second class, namely, salt marshes and raised
beaches produced by a retreat of the sea consequent on a
gradual elevation of the land, which has taken place in recent
times. Of the latter class the great salt marsh known as
Peesey Swamp, extending completely across the Peninsula
from Sturt to Hardwicke Bay, forms a notable illustration.

Raised beaches occur at intervals along the coast from Point
Turton at the Northern extremity of Peesey Swamp to Sturt
Bay on the south. In many cases these extend a considerable
distance inland, their continuity being only broken by ridges
of calciferous sandstone, terminating in the headlands, some of
which attain a height of 300 ft., or occasional cliffs of the same
material, which in many cases must have flanked the ancient
shore line.

The most extensive of these marginal raised beaches occupies
the area between Point Souttar and Corney Point, extending
along the coast for about fifteen miles, and in some instances
stretching inland for nearly four miles. Like many of the
others, this is flanked by cliffs of calciferous sandstone 60 ft. in
‘height, which at Point Souttar rest directly on a bed of red
clay 2 ft. thick, under which is 6 ft. of greenish clay lying un-
conformably on the highly inclined metamorphic rocks.

A raised beach was also observed overlying the Eocene about
one mile west of Point Turton, and separated from it by a
bed of travertine, which may represent an old land surface.
‘Of the others the following are the principal occurrences: The
Drains, Pipeclay Lagoon (Section L, Caribee), Emu Waterhole,
Hilderowie Well, chain of salt lagoons lying between Marion
B. and Pondalowie Bay, Stone Hut, Swivel’s Hut, MacIntyre’s
section (Section 6, Moorowie), Tuckok Cowie.

RECENT.

In an excavation in Section 42, Moorowie, a raised beach was
observed, largely composed of the foraminiferal tests of Orbi-
tolites complanata. Specimens of Arca trapezia and the pearl
oyster (aleogrina margaretifera) were also obtained. To-day
both the pearl oyster and the Orbitolites are only found in
warmer seas of Australia and elsewhere, and hence afford
striking evidence of the climatic or other changes which have

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taken place in recent times. This deposit extends for some
distance through Sections 44 and 46, and evidently belongs
to an older series than the raised beaches already described.
In the raised beaches of Yorke Peninsula we have repre-
sented, therefore, two distinct geological horizons, correspond-
ing exactly with the upper and lower series described by Mr.
W. Howchin in connection with the raised beaches of Port
Adelaide with which they may be correlated.

The height of Peesey Swamp above sea level, as shown by
the aneroid, proved to be 25 ft., and the heights of all the
other raised beaches being taken, it was found that they all
lay between 25 ft. and 40 ft., the greater number having an
elevation of about 25 ft.

Professor Tate, in the paper already referred to, suggests two
possible origins of the raised beach extending across the Penin-
sula from Sturt Bay to Hardwicke Bay, now known as Peesey
Swamp—1l. A general elevation of the land. 2. The blocking
up of the es ne of a shallow strait by blown sand. Now,
as pointed out, there is a series of raised beaches occurring
at short intervals round the southern and south-western coast.
of Yorke Peninsula, all having about the same elevation
above sea level. This, taken in conjunction with the fact
that the characteristic shells of nearly all these are the same,
would seem to suggest that the whole area was simultaneously
subject to a general upheaval in recent times converting all
the shallow eos and straits into raised beaches and swamps,
and leads to the conclusion that Peesey Swamp has probably
been produced by elevation.

The chain of salt lagoons lying between Marion and Ponda-
lowie Bays, unlike those in the neighborhood of Yorketown,
is evidently of marine origin, and, like Peesey Swamp, is pro-
bably the remains of a shallow strait which stretched right
across the Peninsula. The silt forming the floor of these
lagoons directly overlies calciferous sandstone, which no doubt.
was denuded away by tidal action, which must have been at
times very considerable.

Professor Tate has suggested that the beds of natural whit
ing which occur in this neighborhood have been produced by
“the exfoliation of incoherent shell banks.” That this is the
case is shown by the fact that the silt also consists largely of
natural whiting, which has evidently been derived from the dis-
integrating shell banks which form the most characteristic
feature of these lagoons.

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PLEISTOCENE.

Beds of this age are widely distributed over the south-wes-
tern portion of Yorke Peninsula. In general they consist
mainly of calciferous sandstones, which, however, vary con-
siderably both in texture and composition passing from a
slightly calcareous sandstone to an almost pure granular lime-
stone containing only a small percentage of silica. These
first appear at. Point Souttar as cliffs varying from 50 to 60 it.
in height, which continue to form the most characteristic fea-
ture of the coast as far round as Cape Spencer, where they
attain a height of 300 ft. In many cases, notably at Cape
Spencer, they are intercalated with lenticular beds of clay of
from 1 to 2 ft. in thickness, and exhibit current bedding to a
remarkable degree, which facts would seem to indicate that
they were laid down in shallow water probably as an estuarine
deposit.

On examination of various wells in the vicinity of Point
Souttar, Corney Point, Jones’ Sandhills, &c., showed these beds
to overlie the glacial clay, which in its turn rests directly on
the metamorphic rocks. At and in the neighborhood of Cape
Spencer the glacial clay has either been completely eroded
away or never existed, as the Pleistocene sands rest directly
on the metamorphic rocks.

As yet there is but little direct evidence to show that these
deposits are of Pleistocene age. Professor Tate has correlated
them with the Pleistocene of Robe and Beachport, to which
they bear a marked resemblance, both in their physical charac-
teristics and in that, like the cliffs at Robe, they contain nume-
rous root-like structures. Unlike the cliffs of Robe, they are
apparently unfossiliferous, and contain no evidences of life,
with the exception of certain foraminifera, which, however, do
not definitely determine the age. At Corney Point they rest
uncouformably on the Eocene, whence it is evident that they
are at any rate post-Eocene.

MIOCENE.

It has long been known that there is a deposit of Miocene
age resting unconformably on the eroded surface of the Eocene,
extending from a point 1} miles south of Edithburg to Wool
Bay, a distance of about 4 miles in a straight line. Until
lately no attempt had been made to determine its extent in-
land. Its occurrence was then noted in a well two miles
to the west of Edithburg by M. H. Basedow (Trans. Roy. Soc.,
1901).

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_ We have noted further occurrences of Miocene in Lloyd’s
Section 263, Dalrymple, 34 miles north-west of Yorketown,
and in a well in Cope’s section (Section 47, Moorowie).
Both these deposits consisted of a hard white sub-crystalline
limestone, containing: Pecten sub-nfrons, Pecten palmipes,
Pecten consobrinus, Pecten anti-australis, Limatula Jeffrey-
siana, Ostrea arenicola, Placunanomia ione. In the latter
case the Miocene beds are 11 ft. in thickness, and rest directly
on the glacial clay. Similar deposits, probably of the same
age, were also observed at Kangaroo Flat, Section 35, Mooro-
wie, and at Pink Lake, M.L., 266, Melville.

EOCENE.

Rocks of this age are extensively represented between Yorke-
town and Salt Creek by beds of polyzoal limestone similar to
those of Wool Bay both in color and texture, the upper por-
tions being a light yellow, which changes to a dark red towards
the base of the formation. This deposit was also noted in wells

in the following sections:

1. Section 261s, Melville. 32 ft. to water. Polyzoal lime-
stone.

2. Section 259, Melville.

3. Section 267, Melville. 80 ft. to water. Polyzoal lime-
stone.

4. Boundary between Sections 267-268, Melville. 88 ft.
Polyzoal limestone. 27 ft. White glacial sand to water.

5. Section 273, Melville. 36 ft. to water. Polyzoal lme-
stone.

6. Section 80, Dalrymple. 40 ft. Polyzoal limestone. 5
ft. Conglomerate to water.

The fact that the color of the polyzoal limestone of Wool
Bay and the above localities shows similar variations at various
depths, the characteristic fossils of each being identical would
seem to show that these are all portions of one and the same
deposit. That this is the case is clearly demonstrated by
numerous well sections taken at points tere ae between
Yorketown and the east coast.

It will be seen from the sketch section (Plate vii.) that the
Eocene beds occupy an eroded hollow in the glacial clay some
80 ft. in depth, showing that a considerable period of time must
have elapsed between the laying down of the glacial clay and
deposition of the Eocene limestones, especially as the land
surface must have undergone depression to an extent of at least
80 ft. before this could take place.

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Mr. W. Howchin, F.G.S. (Trans. Roy. Soc., June, 1900) has
noted the occurence of Tertiary beds at Point Turton and
Corney Point. The former first appear about half a mile east
of the jetty, and extend along the coast in a westerly direction
for a distance of about 24 miles, forming an anticline rising
from sea level at either end to a height of 55 ft. at the apex.
The Miocene clays occupy a hollow in the eroded surface of the
Eocene, which consists of polyzoal limestone, and at the wes-
tern extremity of the anticline this hmestone is being altered
into the travertine which overlies it.

At Corney Point the outcrop of Eocene 1s very limited, ex-
tending along the coast for 30 ft. only, and having a thickness
of 6 ft. It directly overlies the metamorphic rocks.

GuaciaL Ciay (? PERMo-CARBONIFEROUS).

There can be little doubt that the glacial clay underles prac-
tically the whole of the southern portion of Yorke Peninsula.
The principal known exposures were noted by Mr. W. Howchin
(Trans. Roy. Soc., June, 1900) at—West of Troubridge Hill,
Port Moorowie, Point Turton, Warooka, Yorketown, &c. In the
last case the clay comprises the whole of the lake country in
that neighborhood, an area of about sixty square miles. The
thickness of this and the nature of the underlying formations
have long been matters of speculation.

We have noted the boulder clay in the south-west portion of
the Peninsula its thickness being shown by wells in the fol-
lowing localities, gneissic rocks in all cases underlying it :—

1. On the coast at Point Souttar, Section 133, Parawurlie.
Thickness of clay, 6 ft.

2. The Leawven’s section, 140n, Parawurlie. Thickness of
clay, 15 ft.

3. Gaeter’s Section 163, Parawurlie.

4. Hayes’ Section 89, 90, Carribie. Thickness of clay, 9 ft.

5. Section 102, Carribie, five miles south of Corney Point,
‘Thickness of clay, 12 ft. 6 in.

6. Bob’s Well, Section 8, Warrenben. Thickness of clay,
16 ft.

In all the above sections Pleistocene sands or limestones over-
he the glacial clay. A bore 305.5 ft. in depth, sunk about one
mile east of Yorketown failed to penetrate the clay, which
evidently rapidly diminishes in thickness in a westerly direc-
tion. As shown by the well sections, it will be seen that these
wells lie on a line about four miles from the coast extending
from Point Souttar to a point about ten miles north of Cape

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Spencer. That this line approaches the present westerly mit
of the glacial Till is shown by the fact that the Pleistocene
sands rest directly on the metamorphic rocks at all the prin-
cipal headlands on this part of the coast, the clay in all cases

being absent.
FurTHER GLACIAL EVIDENCES.

In a small lagoon a quarter of a mile east of Moorowie Head
Station, two large erratics of granite occur, measuring 7 ft. x 6
ft., and 3 ft. x 1 ft. respectively, exposed above the land surface.
Several smaller erratics (one of which a microscopical section
has shown to be diabase) were seen in the adjoining fields.

On the western shore of Davey’s Lake, Section 478, Melville,
due south of Pink Lake, over 100 erratics were counted, many
of them being of considerable size. The two largest consisted
of quartzite and granite respectively, and measured 3 ft. x 2 ft.
6 in. and 2 ft. x 18 in. exposed above the surface ground, the
granite being chiefly characterised by large crystals of ortho-
clase. The smaller stones consisted mainly of quartzite and
granite. A small erratic also occurs beside the main road to
Corney Point at the junction of Sections 158 and 159, Carribie.
In all cases the different rocks of which the erratics are com-
posed may be seen 7m situ in various localities along the south
and west coasts.

ARCHEAN.

Rocks of this age are very widely distributed over southern
Yorke Peninsula, underlying the glacial clay, and forming the
basal portion of nearly all the headlands on the west and south-
west. In general they are gneissic in character, and show no
traces of a sedimentary origin, unless it be in some very ob-
scure (?) bedding in some = the rocks at Point Souttar. In
nearly all cases they are highly contorted, and show large
developments of biotite along the lines of foliation, indicating
a very advanced state of metamorphism, which, as a rule,
becomes more pronounced as the southern portions of the,
Peninsula are approached.

Metamorphic rocks first appear at Brutus Castle, on the
north-west coast, as low reefs of aplite and fine-grained horn-
blendic gneiss, the latter passing into hornblendic schist
where the crushing has been extreme. In this outcrop, which
extends along the coast towards Corney Point for about four
miles, a very remarkable rock occurs, consisting of a granulitic
base of quartz and pink felspar with ragged sections of a very
strongly pleochroic amphibole, the predominant color of which

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is a dark blue. This is in all probability Riebeckite, which
has only lately been found in the granites of Socotra and some
of the British eurites. <A aoeab ick point in conection with this
outcrop is the absence of dykes, which form such a characteris-
tic feature in all the others.

At Corney Point the rocks consist of gneiss and hornblendic
schist, intersected in all directions by dykes of pegmatite
characterised by large masses of microcline and oligoclase fel-
spars and segregations of quartz. That these are dykes and
not segregation veins is shown by the following facts :—

1. That in some cases we find fragments of gneiss entangled
in the intrusive masses.

2. That the dykes strike across the folia of the gneiss, which
in some cases have been drawn round from their original posi-
tions into a direction more or less parallel to the line of flow
of the intrusive mass in a manner suggestive of a semi-viscous
mass forcing its way through a fissure in a rock reduced to a
-quasi-plastic condition by heat and pressure.

3. Contact metamorphism is strongly evidenced in the
neighborhood of many of the dykes by the development of large
masses of biotite at the line of contact, and sometimes by an
alteration of the adjacent rock.

In all other cases the metamorphic rocks are similar to those
of Corney Point, containing segregations more or less acid
in character, and sometimes crystals of wolfram, amphibole,
&e. On the south side of Daly Head, which, like most of the
others, is composed of Pleistocene sands resting on metamor-
phic rocks, they occur in the form of low reefs running out
into the sea, separated by short stretches of sand. As far
as can be seen, these reefs are identical in composition. <A
curious point is that two adjacent reefs, like the pebbles of
MacDonnell Bay, are completely coated with silica, while in
the others this phenomenon is absent. Why these and not
the other reefs should be so affected it is difficult to see, as they
all strike in the same direction and occupy similar positions
relatively to the sea.

In the gneiss at the base of Cape Spencer a large dyke of
‘dolorite occurs, resembling a huge dumbbell in shape about
100 ft. long by 50 ft. in width at the broadest part. This
is intersected along its major axis by a dyke of gneissic aplite
which meets a narrow dyke of gneissic biotite granite
running through the dolorite at right angles to the former.
‘The granite Aah aplite dykes, Howevee do not cut one another.

An outcrop of metamorphic rocks extends along the coast

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between Hillock Point and Point Yorke for about five miles.
These mainly consist of gneiss, more or less granitoid, charac-
terised by numerous veins of quartz and felspar. The gneiss
is usually coarsely crystalline, the folia being very clearly de-
fined, while the granite is mainly reddish in color, and con-
tains numerous acid segregations.

The principal feature of this locality is a large dyke of
diorite. In the neighborhood of this the gneiss is contorted
to a remarkable degree, masses of biotite, exceeding 2 ft. in
thickness, being developed in the vicinity of some of the dykes
as a result of contact metamorphism, the biotite in many cases
passing first into an augen gneiss, and then into a true granite
or gneiss at a short distance from the dyke. These dykes
of dolorite and diorite respectively are of special interest as
being the only known occurrences of unaltered basic eruptive
rocks in southern Yorke Peninsula.

CoNCLUSION.

Additional evidence in favor of Mr. W. Howchin’s theory
as to the origin of the salt lagoons in the neighborhood of
Yorketown is furnished by the fact that these seem to be con-
fined entirely to the district where the glacial clay outcrops,
and since we find beds of Tertiary limestone on either side of
this district, we may, therefore, infer that the intermediate
deposits have been removed by solution as he suggests. Fur-
thermore, at Point Turton, where the polyzoal hmestone is
exposed in the cliff face, we have unmistakable evidence of its
replacement by travertine, which attains a thickness of from
15 to 16 ft., and in some cases penetrates nearly to the base
of the formation. Outside this lake area we find numerous
salt lagoons and marshes, which, however, not only differ in a
very marked manner from the former in their physical charac-
teristics, but also present unmistakable evidence of their
marine origin in numerous exfoliating shell banks.

A glance at the sketch section from Corney Point to Edith-
burg will show that the glacial till was laid down in an
eroded hollow in the Archean rocks, which increases in depth
towards the east, the principal Eocene deposits occupying an
analogous position with regard to the glacial clay, while the
Miocene beds were likewise deposited in a hollow on the east
side of the Eocene. The striking similarity existing between
these three cases is suggestive of a common agent of erosion,
though possibly the erosion of the Archeanrocksmay have been
brought about by a glacier flowing along a depression bounded

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on the east by the hills at Hallet’s Cove and on the west by a
ridge of metamorphic rocks, the remains of which appear at
the present day at the base of the more recent formations
along the south-west coastline of southern Yorke Peninsula.
Our acknowledgments are due to Messrs. E. H. Matthews
and J. Mitchell, of Yorketown, and Mr. Barclay, of Corney
Point, and to others who by their kindness rendered possible
what otherwise would have been a task of no little difficulty.

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LIST OF THE DESCRIBED GENERA AND SPECIES
OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND POLYNESIAN
PHASMID2 (SPECTRE-INSECTS).

By J: °G. ©: Terres. 2 4..8., F.S.Sc., &c.
*[Read October 21, 1902.]

1. MYRONIDES, Stal, Rev. Orth., III., p. 8, 1875.
(Type—Lonchodes Pfeitiere, Westw., Cat. Orth., p. 44, pl. 5,
f. 6

M. Fitum, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Results, 1897, p. 81, pl. 7, £1.
M. BINODEs, Sharp, l.c., f. 2.
M. BITUBER, Sharp, J.c., p. 82.
M. stmPLeEx, Sharp, /.c., p. 83, f. 3.
M. sorpipus, Sharp, /.c., p. 83.
M. RAMULUS, Sharp, J.c., p. 83.
Hab.—New Britain.

2. LONCHODES, Gray, Syn. Phas.; Westwood, l.c., p. 36; Stal, d.c.,
p. 8, 66.
(Type—Z. geniculatus, Westwood.)
L. nicropuncratus, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc., Lond., VLI.,
p. 453.
Hab,—Lizard Island (Queensiand).
3. DIXIPPUS, Stal, U.c., p. 9, 66 (1875).
(Types—Lonchodes nematodes, Westw. (female), Cat. Phas.,
p. 421; and Phasma (Bacteria) nodosum, DeHaan (male),
Orth., p. 133.)
D. (1) insutarRis, Kirby, l.c., p. 460.
Hab.—Thursday Island (New Guiuea).

4. HYRTACUS, Stal, Rev. Orth, p. 10.

(Type—Bacteria eutrachelia, Westw., l.c., p, 32, pl. 34, £ 11).
H. TUBERCULATUS, Stal, lc. (B. eutrachelia, Westw.), p. 67.
Hab.—Western Australia.

5. BRACHYRTACUS, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Results, 1898.
B. ceLatus, Sharp, l.c., p. 84, pl. 7, £. 4.
Hab.—New Britain.

6. PACHYMORPHA, Gray, Syn. Phas.; Stal, /.c., p. 9 (Phasma, Bacillus
&e., auct.).
P. squatipa (Hope), Gray, l.c.; Westwood, Cat. Orth., p. 15,
pl. 22, f. 4 (fem.).

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Hab.—<Australia.

P. (1) SIMPLICIPES, Serv.; Westwood, J.c., p. 15.
Hab.— Australia.

P. HISTRICULEA, Westwood, ic, p. 16, pl. 1, £. 4 (fem.);
Hutton, Trans, N.Z. Inst., XX XI, p. 52.
Hab.—New Zealand.

P. NOVEGUINE#, Kaup, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., XI., p. 26 (1871).
/ITab.—New Guinea.

PP. annuLata, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst , XX X., 1897, p. 162.
Hab.—New Zealand.

P. saLeBROSA, Hutton, J.c., XX-XI., p. 52.
Hab.—New Zealand.

P, acornuTa, Hutton, /.c., p. 53.

7. CANDOVIA, Stal, /.c., pp. 12, 70.

(Type—Bacteria coenosa, Gray (Hope MS.) ).
€. coENosA, Gray; Westwood, J.c., p. 33, 71 (. tenuis, Hope,
male; B. coenosa, female, B. fragilis, larva, Hope).
Hab.—North Australia.

8. PROMACHUS, Stal, Rev. Orth., p. 17.

P. sorpipus, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., VI., p. 463,
pl. 40, f. 4.
Hab.—Thursday Island (N. Guinea).

9. PHIBALOSOMA, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phas.; Stil., J.c., p. 28.

(Cladoxerus, Gray, male; Cladomorphus, Gray, female ;
Xylodus, Sauss., female).
The genus extends to India and South America.
P. cAPRELLA, Westwood, Cat. Phas., p. 76, pl. 21, f. 3 (male).
Hab.—Australia.
P. pavipis, LeGuill.; Westw., l.c., p. 77.
Hab.—Solomon Islands.
P. BRITANNIZ, Wood- Mason, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal,
XLVI, p. 75, 351. P. feeyeeanus, Westw.).
Hab.—New Britain.
P. APOLLONIUS, Westwood, J.c., p. 181, pl. 40, £. 4 (female).
Hab.—¥iji Islands.

10. BACTERIA, Latr.; Stal, Z.c., p. 29.

Most of the species of this genus have been distributed
among other genera by Stal.
‘B. Frencu1, Wood-Mason, Ann. Mag. Nat. History, Fourth
Series, vol. X X., 1878, p. 78.
Hab ?—

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11. BACTRIDIUM, Saussure, Mel. Orth., I., 1868-71, p. 125; Stal, /.c.,
p. 30.
B. couLoNnIANUM, Sauss,, /.c., p. 126, pl. 2, £. 8.

Habh.—? Australia (? Chili).

12. CLITARCHUS, Stal, Rev. Orth., III., p. 34, 82.

(Bacteria, Bacillus, Acanthoderus, &c., auct., pars.)
C. Hooxeri, White, Zool. ‘“ Ereb. and Terr.,” p. 24, pl. 6, f. 6;
Westwood, Cat. Phas., p. 14; Hutton, Tr. N.Z. Inst.,
1898, p. 54.
Hab.—New Zealand.
C. coLtoreus, Colenso, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XVIII, p. 151;
Hutton, J.c., 54.
Hab.—New Zealand.
C. LAEVIUSCULUS, Stal., l.c., p, 82; Hutton, J.c., p. 56.
Hab.—New Zealand.
C. repuctus, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XX XI. (1898), p. 55.

13. ARGOSARCHUS, Hutton (Chtarchus}, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XXX.,
1897, p. 165; XXXI., 1898, p. 58.
A. HorRIDUS, White, J.c., p. 24, pl. 5, £ 4; Westwood, J.e.,
p. 49; Hutton, le., 58.

Hab.—New Zealand.

A. GERHARDII, Kaup., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 577
Hab.—Southern Island, New Zealand.

A. syLvaticus, Colenso, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XIV., 1882, p. 278.
Hab.—Hawke Bay, N.Z.

14. ACROPHYLLA, Gray, ae meee Westwood, /.c., p. 113; Stal.,
Cay Peieee
(Phasma, Diura, Cyphocrania, Ctenomorpha, Dairus,
Lopaphus, auct.)
A. trran, Macleay, in King’s Surv. Austr., II., 454; West-
wood, ec, 114.
Hab.—Austvralia.
A. BRIAREUS, Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., I., p. 45; Westw., J.c., 114.
A. cHronus, Gray, Syn. Phas. p. 39; Ent. Austr., I., pl. 50,
f. 2.; Westw., l.c.
Hab.—Australia.
A. sapetus, Gray, Syn. Phas., p. 41; Ent. Austr., I., pl. 50, f. 1;
Westwood, Cat. Phas., p. 114.
Hab.—Melville Island (N. Australia).
A. ostris, Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., I, p. 46, Syn. Phas., p. 40
(=spinicollis, Gray) ; Westwood, l.c., p. 115,
Hab.—North Australia.
A. ACHERON, Gray, l.c., p. 46, 40; Westwood, /.c., 115.
Hab.—wN. Australia.

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A. Macueayt, Gray, Syn. Phas., p. 41; Westwood, /.c., 115.
Hab.—Australia.

A. TESSELATA, Gray, l.c., p. 44; Westwood, /.c., 119.
Hab.—Queeusland.

A. SALMACIS, Westwood, /.c., p. 116, pl. 37, f. 2.
Hab.—Northern Australia.

A. VIOLASCENS, Leach, Zool. Mix., I., p. 9; Gray, Syn. Phas.,
p. 40; Ent. Austr., pl. 6., f.1; pl. 7, £.1 (roseipennis) ;
Westwood, /.c.

Hab.—Queensland (Australia).
A. macrotecMA, Tepper (Lopaphus macrotegmus, Tepper),
Trans. Roy. 8.A., EX., 1886,;p.. 112, pl. vi:
Hab.—South Australia.
A. TASMANIENSIS, Lea, separate print, 1902.
Hab.—Tasmania.

15. ACANTHODYTA, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Results, 1898.

A, SPINIVENTRIS, Sharp, /.c., p. 85.
Hab.—Lifu, Fiji Islands.

16. CTENOMORPHA (G. R. Gray), Stal., Rev. Orth., p. 35.
Cr. NIGROVARIA, Stal, .¢., IIL, p. 83.
Hab.—Cape York, Queensland.
Cr. ALBOPUNCTATUM, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., VL,
Dp: 442, Di.od.
Hab.—Queensland.

17. CYPHOCRANIA, Serville, Enc. M. X., p. 445. Stal, l.c., p. 35;
Westwood, Cat. Orth., p. 106 (ZHurycnema).
€. ReEinwarpiil, DeHaan, Orient. Orth., p. 130, pl. 10, f. 1
(male) ; Westwood, /.c., p. 107.
Hab.— New Guinea.
©. couiaTH, Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., I., p. 45; Syn. Phas., p.
39; C. versirubra, Serv., Orth., p. 235; Westw., J.c., 107.
Hab.—Java; Timor; N. Guinea; N. Australia; Queensland.
C. pAsIMACHUS, Westwood, J.c., p. 109, pl. 9, f. 5 (female).
/Hab.—Australia.
C. HERCULANEA, Charpentier, Orth. pl. i. (1841), female;
C. versifasciata, Serv., male (?), H. N. Orth., p. 235;
Eur, aestuans, Karsch., Ent. Nachr., XXIV., p. 365;
C. Hanitschi, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Res., p. 89 (1898) ;
Brunn., Mitth. Mus. Hambk., XV., p. 4.
Hab.—Java; North Australia.

18. OPHICRANIA, Kaup, Berl. Ent. Zeitschrift, 1871.

Q. STRIATICOLLIS, Kaup, /.c., p. 38.
Hab.—Australia.

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19. ANCHIALE, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Res., 1898.

(Cyphocrania maculata, auct., pars.)
A. conFrusa, Sharp., /.c., p. 80; Westwood, Cat. Orth., p. 111
(nov. nom. pro C. maculata, West., pars.).
Hab.—-Amboyna ; Sandwich Islands.
A. Stout, Sharp, /.c., p. 89 (C. maculata, auct. p.).
Hab.—ULifu, Fiji Islands.

20.—CLEMACANTHA, Rainbow, Rec. Austr. Mus., III., 1897.

C. REGALE, Rainbow, Jc., p. 34, pl. 9 (possibly referable to
Cyphocrania herculanea, Sharp).
Hab.—New South Wales; Queensland.

21. VETILIA, Stal, Rev. Orth., II. (Cyphocrania, p.); Stal., Z.c., p. 36;
Westwood, J.c.
V. ENCELADUS, Westwood, /.c., p. 108, pl. 39, f. 1, 2; Stal, Z.e.,
p. 84.
Hab.—Australia.

22. DIUBA, Gray.v/e; Stal, lc., p./37-

D. virGingEa, Stal, /.c., p, 84 (male). Near D. violascens.
Hab.—Cape York, Queensland (N. Australia).

23. TROPIDODERUS, Gray, rie Phas., p. 31; Westwood, l.c., p. 165 ;
Stal, p. 38.
(Diura, Triyonoderus. )
T. CHILDRENI, Gray (female), 7. typhwus, Gray (male), Ent.
Austr, I.,.p. 26, pl. 3, £1; pl.'6, f. 2; Syn! Phas, pple
40; Westwood, J.c., p. 165.
Hab.—N.E. Australia.
T. 1opomus, McCoy, Prod. Zool. Vict., pl. 69, 70, f. 2, 3.
Hab.—V ictoria.
T. rHopomus, McCoy, 2.c., fig. 1.
Hab.—South Australia ; Victoria.
T. DECIPIENS, Rainbow, Rec. Austr. Mus., ITI.
Hab.—New South Wales.

24. LYSICLES, Stil, Compt. Rend. Belg., XX., 1876.

L. HIPPOLYTUS, Stal, 7.c., Esp. nouv. Phas., p. 65.
Hab.—Queensland.

25. PODACANTHUS, Gray, Ent. Austr.; Syn. Phasm.; Westwood, /.c.,
116; Stal, Z.c., p. 38.
P. rypHoy, Gray, l.c., p. 32, pl. 2, f. 1; P’ wnicolor, Charp.,
Orth., pl. 56 ; Westwood, /.c., p. 117.
Hab.—New South Wales ; Australia.
P. viripirosEus (Curt., M.S.), Gray, /.c., p. 43; Westwood,
hy in OO
Hab.—Queensland ; 8. Australia.

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P. Wixkrnsoni, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., VI., pp.
536, 1882.
Hab.—New South Wales.

26. VASILISSA, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., VI., p.
V. WatLkeERI, Kirby, J.c., p. 489.
27. GIGANTOPHASMA, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Res., 1898.

G. BIcoror, Sharp, f.c., p. 87, pl. 7, £. 6.
Hab.— Lifu, Fiji Islands.
G. pALtipes, Sharp, /.c., p. 88, pl. 7; £. 5:
Hab.—Litu, Fiji Islands.
28. EXTATOSOMA, Gray, Syn. Phas.; Ent. Austr.; Westwood, Cat.
Orth., p. 170; Stal, Rev. Orth. III., p. 38.
E. traratum, Macleay, King’s Surv. Austr. App. II., p. 455,
Dlobat o,4 Gray, 1.¢., pasos. pls, ti, 2 5, West.
wood, /.c., p. 170.
Hab.—N.8. Wales (Australia); New Guinea; Tasmania.
E. Buronium, Westwood, Thes. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 174, pl. 32,
fi, 2.
Hab.—Australia.
29. GRASFFEA, Brunn.; Stal, /.c., p. 40 (Lopapius, pars.; Anophelepis,
pars.)
G. coccopHaGa (Gray), Westwood, l.c., p. 99; A. fulvescens,
Sauss, Miele Orth; I1.,p. 117, pl. 2, £43) 4, 1869.
flab.—Navigator Islands ; Tonga; Fiji.
G. LIFUENSIS, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Res., 1898, p. 86, pl. 7, £. 21.
Hab.—Litu, Fiji Islands.

30. NECROSCIA, Serville, ao Orth., p. 250 ; Westwood, l.c., p. 128;
C35 Dseele
N. aruana, Westw., /.c., p. 134, pl. 39, £. 4.
Hab.—Aru Islands (N. Guinea).
N. carRTERUS, Westw., /.c., p. 138, pl. 15, £. 5.
Hab.—Australia.
N. SARPEDON, Westw., ¢.c., p. 138, pl. 32; f. api. 16, £ 2.
Hab.—Northern Australia.
N. curtipes, Westwood, Cat. Orth., p. 143.
Hab.—Prince of Wales Island (N. Guinea).
N. aNNuULIPES (Curt. MS.), Gray, Syn.. Phas., p. 37 (Platy-
cranta); Westw., J.c., p. 150.
Hab.—India, &e.; Australia.
N. papuana, Branscik, Jahrb. nat. wiss. Ver., Trencs., XXXLI.,
pl. 23 dtigees.
ftab.—New Guinea.
N. pistincta, Branscik, /.c.
Hab.—New Guinea.

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31. MEGACRANIA, Kaup, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., XI.
(Platycrania, Westw.).
M. pHELAuS, Westw., Cat. Orth., p. 115, pl. 27, f. 5.
New genus for this species as a type.

Hab.—Fiji Islands.

32. LOPAPHUS, Westwood, /.c., p. 99.
Orxines, Stal, Rev. Orth. III.. p. 43.
L. coraus, Westwood, l.c., p. 102, pl. 11, f. 4.
Hab.—New South Wales.

33. ANOPHELEPIS, Westwood, /.c., p. 68.

Greffea (Brunn.), Stal. (pars.), p. 40, 84.

A. TELEPHORUS, Westw., /.c., p. €9, pl. 8, £. 3, 7.
Hab.—Western Australia.

A. PERIPHANES, Westw., J.c., p. 100, pl. 8, £. 2.
Hab.—Australia.

A. RHIPHEUS, Westw., l.c, p. 100, pl. 8, f. 10.
Hab.—Western Australia.

34, CHONDROSTETHUS, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., VI., p. 472
(for Thrasyllus, Stal, Orth. Ins. Phil., p. 41).
Cu. Wooprorp!, Kirby, l.c., p. 455. pl. 39, f. 1, 2.
Hab.—Solomon Islands.

35. HERMARCHUS, Stal, Rev. Orth. III., p. 45, 89.
(Phibalosoma, Westw., L.c., pars.)
H. pyruonius, Westwood, l.c., p. 73, pl. 35, f. 3; pl. 12, f. 1.
Hab.—Fiji Islands.
36. ASPRENAS, Stal, /.c., p. 45.
A. FEMORATUS, Stal., J.c., p. 89.
Hab.—New Caledonia.
37. NEANTHES, Stil, Z.c., p. 45.

N. Brunner, Stal, l.c., p. 90.

Hab.—New Caledonia.

Nore.—This genus and species is stated by Brunner (Rev.
Syst. Orth., 1893, p. 83) to represent the female of the preceding.

38. KARABIDION, Montrouzier (Hurycantha, p.), Ann. Sc. Lyon, ser. 2,
. VIL, p. 81; Stal, Z.c., p. 46, 90.
K. austratis, Mont., lc. p. 86; Westw., ic, p. 65, pl. 1,
ae a
Hab.—_Lord Howe’s Island.
39. EURYCANTHA, Boisd., Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. Ent.; Westwood
Cat. Orth., p. 62; Stal, Rev. Orth., III., p. 46.

E. norripa, Boisd., l.c., p. 647, pl. 10, f. 2; Westw., l.c., p. 63.
Hab.—Dorei, N. Britain ; Woodlark Is. (N. Guinea).

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E. ryRRHAEUS, Westw., l.c., p. 64, pl. 2, f. 1.
Hab.—New Hebrides ; Loyalty Islands.

E. mickaNnTHA, Montr., Ann. Sc. Lyon, ser. 2, VII., p. 85;

Westw., l.c., p. 64.

Hab. ES Woodlar: Tsland (N. Guinea).

E. scorpionipeEs, Monr., /.c., suppl., p. 85; Westw., l.c., p. 64.
Fat” Wesdlark Tsland.

E. Rosenperci, Kaup, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., XI., p. 34 (1871).
Hab.—New Guinea.

E. ECHINATA, Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, VIII., p. 163 (1878).

40. CANACHUS, Stil, .c., p. 47.
(. crocopiLus, Stal, /.c., p. 90.

Hab.— New Caledonia.

41. DIMORPHODES, Westwood, /.c., p. 80.

D. prostasis, Westw., Jc., p. 81, pl. 34, f. 4, 5.
Hab.—-Aru Islands (New Guinea).

42. HETEROPTERYX, Gray, Syn. Phas.; Westw., Cat. Orth., p. 81;
Stal, Rev. Orth., III., p. 48.
H. ausrraris, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., VI., p. 472.
Hab.—Australia.

43. ACANTHODERUS, G.R. Gray, Syn. Phas.; Westwood, Cat. Orth.,
p. 48; Stal, Rev. Orth., IIT., p. 49.
(Phasma, Bacteria, Raphiderus, Clitarchus, Sect. B., Hutton).
A. spinosus, Gray, l.c., p. 14; Westw., l.c., p. 48.
Hab.—Western Australia.
A. sPINIGER, White, Voy. ‘Er. and Terr.,” p. 24; Westw.,
le, p.48; Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XXX , 1897, p 164.
Hab.—New Zealand (North Island 2).
A. occIPITALis, Kaup, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., XI., 1871, p. 31.
Hab.—Celebes, New Guinea.
A. ATRO-ARTICULATUS, Colenso, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XVII., p.
154; Hutton, ibid, XXX, p, 164.
Hab.—New Zealand.
A. prasinus, Westw., J.c., p. 49, pl. 3, f. 2; Hutton, l.c., p. 164.
Hab.—New Zealand (North and South Island),
A. FILIFORMIs, Colenso, /.c., p 153 ; Hutton, /.c., p. 164.
Hab.—New Zealand (Hawke Bay).
A Getsovil, Kaup, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 578;
Hutton, l.c., p. 165.
Hab.—New Zealand (Great Barrier Is., Canterbury).

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A. Suter1, Hutton, J/c., XX XI, p. 56 (1898).
~ Hab.—New-Zealand (Wanganui, N. Island).
A. Fascratus, Hutton, l.c., p. 58.

Hab.—Great Barrier Is., N. Zealand.

44. PYLAUMENES, Stal., Rev. Orth., III., p. 51.

(Acanthoderus, West., pars.)
P. coronatus, DeHaan, Orth. Orient., p. 134, pl. 14, f. 4, 55
Westwood, Cat. Orth., p. 51; Stal., 2c, p. 93.
Hab.—Amboyna, Ceram, Australia.

45. METRIOTES, Westwood, J/.c., p. 158; Stal, d.c., p. 60.

(Platycrania, Gray, pars.)
M. AGATHOCLES, Stal, /.c., p. 100.
Aab.—(?) Australia.

46. PRISOPUS, Stil, Z.c., p. 60.

(Xeroderus, Gray ; Westwood, J.c., 102 )
P. xirpyl, Gray, Syn. Phas., p. 32; Westw., /.c., pl. 31, £. 6, 7.
Hab.—Australia.

47. LEOSTHENES, Stil, U.c., p. 60.
L, aAguatiuis, Stal, Zc, p. 102.
Hab—New Caledonia.
48. BACILLUS, Latreille ; Westw., /.c., p.3; Stal, d.c., 61.

B. Beecueyl, Gray, Syn. Phas., p. 21; Burmeister, Handb, II’
p. 562; Westwood, l.c, p. 12.
Hab.—Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

B. srunneus, /.c.; Ent. Austr., pl. 7, £. 3.
Hab.—Western Australia.

B. AUSTRALIS, Charp., Orth. descr., p. 57; Westw., le. p 12.
Hab.—Australia

B. DOLOMEDES, Westw., Cat. Orth. Ins., p. 13, pl. 5, f. 4.
Hab.—Australia.

B. PERISTHENES, Westw., J.c., p. 13, pl. 7, £. 1; pl. 8, £. 2.
Hab.—Australia.

B. PERIDROMES, Westw,, /.c., p. 13, pl. 8, £. 25, 2c.
Hab.— Australia.

B. minimus, Colenso, Trans. N.Z. Institute, X VII., p. 189.

Hab.—(?) New Zealand.

49. CACOMORPHA, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Res., 1898.

C. ABERRANS, Sharp, /c., p. 91, pl. 8, £. 12.
Hab.—Lifu, Fiji Islands.

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50. PHYLLIUM, Illiger, & ; Westwood, /.c., p. 171; Stal, J.c., p. 104.
(Gryllus, Mantis, Phasma, Pteropus.)
Pa. sicctrotium, Linn, &c., Cuvier, Reg. An, pl. 79; West-
wood, 7.c., p. 172.
Hab.—India, Java, Timor, N. Guinea.
Pu. ceryon, Gray, in Zoologist, 1843, I., 118; DeHaan, Orth.
Orient., pl. 15, f. 7.
Hab.—Philippine Is.; (?) New Caledonia (Mus Adel.).

51. CHITONISCUS, Stal, Z.c., p. 62.
(Phyllium, Westw., p.)
CH LOBIVENTRIS, Blanch., in d’Urville, Zool. Voy. Pole Sud,
IV, p. 359, pl. 50, £. 9; Westw., 2¢, p. 174, pl.39, £. 9.
Hab.—ULevuka, Ovalau, Fiji Islands.
CH FEEJEEANUS, Sharp, Willey’s Zool. Results, 1898, p. 87,
pl 8; £, 14.
Hab.—Fiji Islands.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF GENERA.

No. No.
Acanthoderes 43 | Greeffea 29
Acanthodyta 15 Hermarchus 35
Acrophylla .. 14 | Heteropteryx 42
Anchiale : 19 | Hyrtacus 4
Anophelepis 33 Karabidion... 38
Argosarchus 13. Leosthenes ... 47
Asprenas 36 = Lonchodes ... ~ 2
Bacillus 48 | Lopaphus (Orzines) ... 32
Bacteria 10 | Lysicles Be 24
Bactridium... 11 | Megacrania... 21
Brachyrtacus 5. Metriotes 45
Cacomorpha 49 Myronides ... 1
Canachus 49 Neanthes 37
Candovia 7 | Necroscia 30
Chitoniscus... 51 Ophicrania ... 18
Chondrostethus 34, Pachymorpha 6
Clemacantha 20 Phibalosoma 9
Clitarchus ... 12) Phyllium 50
Ctenomorpha 16 Podacanthus 25
Cyphocrania 17 ~Prisopus 46
Dimorphodes 41 | Promachus ... 8
Diura wae 22 | Pylemenes 44
Dixippus 3 | Tropidoderus 23
Kurycantha 39 | Vasilissa 26
Extatosoma 28s Vetilia at
Gigantophasma 27

FURTHER NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA,
WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW GENERA AND
SPECIES.

By the Rev. T. Buacksurn, B.A.
[Read October 21, 1902. }

XRT,

STAPH YLINID%.
LEUCOCRASPEDUM.
L. lugens, Blackb. In describing this species (supra, p. 18) I
accidentally omitted to state that I met with it in N.S. Wales, on
the Blue Mountains. Mr. Lea reports it from Tasmania.

SILPHIDX.
CLAMBUS.

C, Simsoni, sp. nov. Brevis; sat latus; nitidus; setis brevibus
subtilibus aureis sparsius vestitus ; antic levis sed elytris
pone medium sat fortiter minus crebre punctulatis ; supra
rufo-brunneus, elytris versus margines infuscatis; subtus,
capite prothorace et coxis posticis testaceis ; antennis palpis
pedibusque testaceis ; antennarum articulis 2° quam 3" fere
duplo longiori, 3° 4° que sat elongatis inter se sat sequalibus,
5°—7° brevibus, 7° quam 6"* sat latiori, 8° magno vix trans-
verso quam preecedentes 3 conjuncti vix breviori, 9° quam
8"* vix breviori subangustiori; elytrorum stria subsuturali
nulla. Long., 3 1.

Smaller than the European C. armadillo, DeG., and less nar-
rowed behind, the colour very different, and the puncturation of
the hinder part of the elytra very evidently stronger. This
genus has not hitherto been recorded as Australian.

Tasmania ; sent to me by Mr. A. Simson.

C. Tasmani, sp. nov. Minus brevis, postice angustatus ; nitidus ;
setis elongatis fulvis sparsim vestitus ; vix manifeste punc-
tulatus ; rufo-brunneus, elytrorum disco infuscato ; pedibus
testaceis ; elytrorum stria subsuturali postice sat profunda.

7
Long., 7, 1:

I am not able to examine the antenne of this species, of which
T have only a single specimen. It is however very distinct from
all the other Australasian Clambi known to me by the very long
and very sparse fine setz of its upper surface. In build it resem-
bles C. armadillo, but it is a trifle larger and especially broader.

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The puncturation of its upper surface is scarcely traceable,
though under a microscope each seta is seen to spring from a
small puncture.

Tasmania.

C. tierensis, sp. nov. Minus brevis, postice angustatus ; nitidus ;
supra levis ; niger, antennis (clava infuscata excepta) palpis
pedibusque testaceo-brunneis, marginibus lateralibus anguste
rufescentibus; antennarum articulis 2° quam 3" haud multo
longiori, 4” 5° que inter se sat zqualibus quam 3" manifeste
brevioribus, 6° brevi, 7° sat majori transverso, 8° quam

7"* multo majori (quam precedentes 2 conjuncti vix
longiori) sat fortiter transverso, 9° subquadrato quam 8™
vix breviori manifeste angustiori. Long., 5%, 1.

Easily distinguished from the preceding two species by its
dark coijour, non-punctulate upper surface, and absence of
pubescence.

Tasmania (The Tier, also sent by Mr. A. Simson).

PHALACRID.%.
LITOCRUS.

L. plagiatus, sp. nov. Ovalis; nitidus; supra niger, capite
antice pronoti marginibus et in elytris macula magna com-
muni rufis ; subtus cum antennis palpis pedibusque testaceo-
brunneis ; antennarum articulis 3° quam 4" dimidio longiori,
4° longiori quam latiori, 5° 4° sequali, 6° 7° que inter se
eequalibus quam 5" sat brevioribus, 8° 7° paullo Icngiori
haud transverso, 9° quam 8" multo majori leviter transverso,
10° quam 9" breviori fortiter transverso, 11° quam 9" sat
longiori ; capite pronotoque subtilissime confertim punctulato,
hoclatera versus puncturis pauflo majoribus nonnullisimpresso ;
pronoto fortiter transverso, stria laterali pone marginem
anticum intus curva et marginem anticum oblique attin-
genti; elytris seriatim (pro genere Litocro sat fortiter)
punctulatis, puncturis antice obsoletis, interstitiis crebrius
subtilissime (sed plane perspicue) punctulatis, alternis
sparsim seriatim puncturis majoribus (his puncturis serierum
zequalibus sed inter se multo magis distantibus) impressis ;
tarsis posticis sat robustis, articulo basali quam 2” circiter
duplo longiori. Long., 1} 1.; lat., {9,1

This species I confused with Z. maculatus, Blackb., when I
described that species, from which it differs in size (being con-
stantly larger), in the very evidently larger eighth joint and club
of its antenn, and in the shape of the common red spot on its
elytra (the front margin of which is triangularly concave, while
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does not seem to differ except in the larger size of the red blotch
on the elytra, which however does not differ in shape. A speci-
men from Tamworth (N.S.W.) is quite like the Victorian
example. The lateral marginal stria of the pronotum turns
obliquely inward and forward at a short distance behind the
front of the segment and runs across to the front margin, so as
to cut off the front corner of the segment by a fine line. Colour

‘being disregarded this species resembles L. major, Blackb., but

differs inter alia by its feebler puncturation which on the elytra

is obsolete on the front three-quarters of their length.

Victoria and N.S. Wales.

L. lautus, sp. nov. Ovalis; nitidus; supra piceus vel rufo-
piceus, capite antice prothoracis marginibus elytrorum
macula communi magna et elytrorum apicibus (late) rufis
vel testaceo-brunneis ; subtus cum antennis palpis_ pedi-
busque testaceo-brunneis; cetera fere ut precedentis
(LZ. plagiati) sed ex puncturis elytrorum interstitiorum
minoribus quam ZL. plagiati multo minus parvis sicut
majores (seriate) vix perspicue apparent. Long., 131, lat.,
9:2.

The markings on the elytra (which are constant in the six
specimens I have seen) are very different from those of any other
Litocrus known to me. Regarding the darker as the ground
colour of the elytra there is presented a large common well-
detined lighter area (which looked at with the head of the insect
towards the observer resembles a side view of an open umbrella)
with a narrowed prolongation on and around the suture attain-
ing the scutellum. Hence the blotch in /autus is triangularly
produced in the middle part (only) of its front, while in plagzatus
the front of the blotch is triangularly emarginate all across its
width and in maculatus triangularly produced all across its
width ; moreover in maculatus and plagiatus the actual suture
is linearly infuscate so that there is a slight appearance of what
IT have called a common blotch being two spots divided on the
suture from each other, and this is not the case in /autus. Disre-
garding colour and markings lawtus is at once separable from the
other two by the difference between the fier (confused) punc-
tures of the elytral interstices and the larger (seriate) punctures
of the alternate interstices being so slight that seriation is not
distinctly traceable in any of the interstices.

N.S. Wales ; Tamworth (Mr. Lea).

L. sparsus, sp. nov. Ovalis; nitidus; supra niger, capite antice
et pronoti marginibus rufescentibus ; subtus, cum antennis
palpis pedibusque testaceo-brunneus; antennis fere ut
L. plagiati, sed articulo ultimo quam 10° manifeste angus-
tiori et quam 9"° parum longiori; cetera fere ut L. plagiati,

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sed elytrorum puncturarum seriebus minus subtilibus et
interstitiis aliter punctulatis,—puncturis parvis sparsim
ineequaliter et (in alternis interstitiis) puncturis multo
majoribus seriatis insigniter impressis. Long., 121.; lat., 1].

Differs from the preceding two species by the absence of mark-
ings on its elytra and also by the elytral puncturation,—the
systematic rows of close punctures consisting of distinctly larger
punctures, the finer (confused) puncturation of the interstices
being very evidently less close and less fine, and the seriate punc-
tures of the alternate intestices being notably larger and more
conspicuous. Also resembles ZL. major, Blackb., in size and
colour; but that species is of wider build and less narrowed
behind, the interstices of its elytra are notably more closely and
evenly punctulate, the seriate punctures of its alternate inter-
-stices are considerably less conspicuous, and the eighth joint of
its antenne is much more elongate. JL. alternans, Blackb., is
smaller, of a different colour, with all the elytral puncturation
(except the seriate punctures of the interstices) much finer and
with the club of its antennze very much narrower.

Victoria ; Dividing Range.

L. perparvus, sp. nov. Ovalis; nitidus ; minus convexus ; niger,
pronoto picescente, palpis antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis ;
antennarum articulis 3° quam 4" dimidio longiori, 4° longiori
quam latiori, 5° 4° equali, 6°—8° inter se sat equalibus
brevibus transversis, 9° sat magno vix transverso, 10° quam
9"* paullo breviori sat transverso, 11° quam 10* 9"* que con-
juncti paullo breviori nec angustiori; capite subtiliter con-
fertim punctulato ; prothorace fortiter transverso, supra fere
ut caput punctulato sed minus crebre et puncturis multo
majoribus nonnullis intermixtis, stria laterali fere ad apicem
continua et breviter secundum marginem anticum producta ;
elytris seriatim subtiliter punctulatis (basin versus fere
leevibus), interstitiis fere levibus sed alternis puncturis dis-
tinctis inter se distantibus seriatim impressis ; tarsis pos-
ticis sat robustis, articulo basali quam 2" circiter duplo
longiori. Long., 1 1. (vix); lat., 21.

This minute Phalacrid seems to be rather an isolated Litocrus.
Tts undersurface of dark color together with its small size
separate it superficially from most of its congeners. In the
species with which it is associated by the presence of well
defined seriate puncturation on its alternate elytral interstices
the lateral stria of the pronotum does not nearly follow the out-
line of the segment but turns obliquely inward and meets the
front margin considerably within the front angle, so that the
front corner is cut off into the form of a triangle, but in this
species it nearly reaches the front margin before bending, and

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then runs along for a short distance parallel with the front

margin. It is perhaps nearest to alternans, Blackb., from which

it differs however in size and colour, also in the lateral stria of its
pronotum (as described above), also in its evidently less convexity

(viewed from the side), also in the absence of puncturation on the

elytral interstices (except the seriate puncturation of the alternate

interstices). Its antenne are like those of a/ternans,—differing
from those of major by the very much shorter eighth joint and
from those of sparsus, plagiatus, &c , by the much more elongate
ninth joint and the much less dilatation of the club as a whole.

Its small size, dark colour, and obsolete elytral puncturation

render it very distinct from the Tasmanian Jitocrus that I

believe to be brwnneus, Er.

Victoria (Dividing Range).

L. obscwricollis, sp. nov. Ovalis; sat brevis; nitidus; rufo-
testaceus, capite pronoto (hoc ad latera, illo antice, dilutiori-
bus) et in elytrorum disco postico umbris indeterminatis
nigro-piceis; antennarum aarticulis 3° quam 4"* duplo
longiori, 4°—-7° inter se sat eequalibus, 8° breviori transverso,
9° 10° que multo majoribus quam latiori sublongioribus, 11°
quam precedentes 2 conjuncti parum breviori; capite prono-
toque levibus ; hoe fortiter transverso, stria ut preecedentis
(ZL. perparvi); elytrorum sculptura vix manifesta (pone
medium paullo magis perspicua), sub microscopio subtilissime
striatis et in interstitiis sparsim subtilissime (alternis
seriatim magis perspicue) punctulatis ; tarsis posticis quam
precedentis minus robustis, articulo basali quam 2" vix
duplo longiori. Long., 1 1; lat., 5 1

In colouring extremely like Parasemus victoriensis, Blackb.,
but widely different structurally (e.g. by its much more slender
hind tarsi, the basal joint of which is much longer, and by its
metasternum much longer and narrower between the intermedi-
ate cox). From its described congeners the proportional length
of its antennal joints (especially the sixth not transverse) readily
distinguish it. It is perhaps generically distinct from Litocrus,
but the uncertainty of M. Guillebeau’s Phalacrid genera and espe-

cially the doubt mentioned by him (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894,

p. 279) as to the characters of the type of Litocrus render it

unwise for the present to form new Phalacrid genera. My own

opinion is that M. Guillebeau is wrong in his conjecture as to the
tarsal characters of Z. brunneus, Er.; he is certainly wrong if
the Tasmanian species that I take to be LZ. brunneus, Er., is
really that species ; but as it is certainly possible that my identi-
fication is incorrect I do not feel justified in definitely disputing
his conjectured characters. I have already discussed this matter
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me at present necessary to limit oneself in distributing species
among the Australian Phalacrid genera in Tr. Roy. Soc. 8.A.,
1895, pp. 205, &c. It is extremely difficult to discern the sutures
between the joints of the hind tarsi in this species.

N.S. Wales ; Mr. Lea (Clifton).

L. bacceformis, sp. nov. Ovalis; nitidus; obscure brunneus, an-
tennis palpis pedibuset subtus capite prothoraceque testaceo-
brunneis ; antennarum articulis 3° quam 4% sat longiori,
4° 5° que inter se sat equalibus haud transversis, 6°—8°
latioribus transversis, 9° multo majori sat fortiter transverso
ad basin modice angustato, 10° quam longiori duplo latiori,
11° quam 10" sublatiori, quam pracedentes 2 conjuncti haud
multo breviorl ; supra vix manifeste punctulatus, sed ely-
trorum partibus lateralibus apicalibusque (sub lente forti)
subtiliter seriatim punctulatis, in partibus dorsalibus punc-
turis nonnullis (sub lente forti) sparsissime impressis ;
tarsis posticis sat robustis, articulo basali quam 2" mani-
feste longiori. Long., + 1.; lat., 4+ 1. (vix).

This minute Phalacrid has much the appearance of a small
shining seed. From the other species almost devoid of punctura-
tion it differs notably by its colour and shape. On the dorsal
portions of the elytra a few moderately distinct scattered punc-
tures are discernible under a Coddington lens, which appear to
me to represent the seriate punctures of the interstices that are
so conspicuous in some of the other species of the genus.

N.S. Wales (from Mr, Lea, Galston).

L. noteroides, Blackb. This species together with pulchellus,
Blackb., and coloratus, Blackb., can hardly be considered
genuinely congeneric with the species that I believe to be
L. brunneus, Er., on account of inter alia the different sculpture
of their pronotum and the greater length of the basal joint of
their hind tarsi. They, however, out of all the Australian
Phalacride known to me come nearest to what M. Guillebeau
conjectures to be the typical form of Zztocrus. Although I do
not share his opinion, the matter is perhaps sufficiently uncertain
to render it unadvisable at present to confer a new generic name
on these species. I incline to regard Litocrus and Micromerus
as synonyms, but even if they are not I do not think these
species could confidently be referred to either of them,—certainly
not to Micromerus.

Micromerus amabilis, Guilleb. I have still been unable to
find among the many Phalacride from various parts of Australia
that I have examined any specimens to which I can apply this
name with any confidence. JL. tinctus, Blackb., is no doubt very
near it but differs in size. The smallest specimen that I have
seen is Long., 1 1., whereas amabilis should be Long., 14 mm.

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L. tinctus also has an infuscation on the elytra, of which there is
no mention in the description of amabzilis.

Tt seems desirable, in view of the additions that have been
made to the genus Litocrus since 1895, to furnish a revised
tabulation of the characters of the Australian species (omitting
amabilis, Guilleb.),—as follows,—

A. The lateral stria of the pronotum reaches the front margin and there
ends. Basal joint of hind tarsi about three times length of second
joint.

B. inbyéra without transverse sculpture.
C. Colour entirely testaceous ... noteroides, Blackb.
CC. Elytra dark, with well - defined light
markings... pulchellus, Blackb.
BB. Elytra with close transverse — ‘very fine
scratch-like sculpture .. coloratus, Blackb.
AA. Not combining the characters attributed to
“Ay?

B. Joint 8 of the antennez notably larger than in
the species under ‘‘ BB,” and not transverse.
C. Joint 9 of the antennz scarcely wider than
long. Puncturation of elytral interstices
strong major, blackb.
CC. Joint 9 of antenne quite strongly trans-
verse. Puncturation of elytral interstices
very fine... . plagiatus, Blackb.
BB. Joint 8 of antennz quite small, transverse.
C. Elytra with the second stria as strong as
the subsutural one, and quite different
from the others “ sis ... frigidus, Blackb.
CC. Elytra not as in frigidus.
D. Elytra without dorsal strie (though
usually with rows of punctures).
E. Alternate interstices of elytra (espe-
cially the first and seventh) with
rows of distant punctures).
F. The non-seriate puncturation of inter-
stices comparatively strong.
G. This puncturation very sparse and
irregular. Colour of elytra wholly
black se se ... sparsus, Blackb.
GG. This puncturation closer and
even. Elytra with large well-
defined pale markings ... lautus, Blackb
FF, The non-seriate puncturation on the
elytra much finer.
G. Under surface testaceous - red.
Elytra not uniformly black.
H. Joint 9 of antenne strongly
transverse, wide at base.
Form obtuse behind.. brunneus, Hr.
HH. Joint 9 of antenne less trans-
verse and much narrowed at
base. Form more narrowed
behind. —
I. Upper surface non-iridescent ;
elytra dark, with a large
common red spot .. ... maculatus, Biackb.

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II. Upper surface iridescent;
elytra unicolorous alternans, Blackb.
GG. Under surface dark ; elytra black
or dark piceous (size very
small) vi perparvus, Blackb.
EE. Rows of distant punctures absent
from (or scarcely traceable on) the
alternate interstices.
F. Elytra withjclearly traceable rows of
punctures between the interstices.
G. Pronotum dark ; elytra dark, with
well defined pale markings ... leticulus, Blackb.
GG. Upper surface entirely pale
testaceous except a little infus-
cation on the elytra .. tinctus, Blackb.
F, Elytra with practically no seriate
puncturation on the disc.
G. Highest part of outline (viewed
from the side) considerably in
front of middle of elytra. Upper
surface not even meth unicolor-
ous.
H. Elytra variably variegated with
well-defined black and yellow-
ish markings i“ consors, Blackb.
HH. Elytra sanguineous, usually
vaguely clouded with fuscous obscuricollis, Black.
GG. Highest part of outline (viewed
from the side) behind middle of
elytra. Upper surface unicolor-
ous dark brown : bacceformis, Blackb,
DD. The sculpture of the elytra includes
numerous fine strie.
E. Joint 9 of antenne very strongly trans-
verse, only moderately narrowed at
base.
F. Elytral strie and interstices scarcely
perceptibly (excessively finely)
punctulate Mg Palmerstoni, Blackb.
FF. Elytral striz and interstices very
distinctly and not excessively
finely punctulate : Koebelei, Blackb.
EE. Joint 9 of antennz much less strongly
transverse, and very much narrowed
at base... aed Ae ... Sidneyensis, Blackb.

PARASEMUS.

To this genus I refer (as indicated in Tr. Roy. Soc., 8.A., 1895,
p. 206) all the Australian Phalacri/e presenting the following
combination of characters, viz..—mesosternum appearing (unless
the prosternum be displaced from its natural position) as merely
a narrow margin of the metasternal lobe, epistoma emarginate
close to the eye (distinguishing it from the genus Phalacrus),
metasternal lobe wide and short (not passing the front of the
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second joint. I think it quite possible that the species presenting
the above characters might with advantage be divided into
several genera, but it would be better for such division to be
made hy someone having a larger collection of Phalacride from
all parts of the world than I possess. Meanwhile no difficulty is
likely to occur through my treating the genus in this manner if
students referring to my descriptions will bear in mind the sense
in which I use the name Parasemus. I do not think any of the
species I call by the name are members of any other genus yet
characterized.

P. adumbratus, sp. nov. Sat late ovalis, postice obtusus ;
nitidus ; obscure rufo-brunneus, pronoti et elytrorum disco
plus minusve infuscato; antennis sat robustis, articulis
3°—6° subcylindricis, 3° quam 4° dimidio longiori, 4° 6° que
inter se sat equalibus, 5° quam 4" nonnihil longiori, 7° non-
nihil latiori (5° longitudine sat zquali), 8° quam 7* paullo
breviori sed huiclatitudine sat equali, 9° quam 8"* multo majori
sat fortiter transverso, 10 9° sat simili sed paullo latiori,
11° turbinato quam precedentes 2 conjuncti vix breviori vix
latiori; clypeo subelongato antice sat angustato, ad apicem
subtruncato; prothorace fortiter transverso, supra subtilissime
crebre punctulato, puncturis nonnullis minus subtilibus im-
presso, stria laterali apicem haud attingenti sed intus
oblique ad marginem anticum curva; elytris seriatim sub-
tilius punctulatis (seriebus basin versus sat obsoletis), inter-
stitiis puncturis quam serierum parum minoribus minus
crebre impressis ; tarsis posticis sat robustis, articulo basali
quam 2" multo breviori; tibiis sat latis compressis. Long.,
12 1.; lat., 1 1.

Of described species P. torridus, Blackb., is that to which the
present one is nearest, but P. torridus is very much smaller,
with its hind tibiz shorter and wider, the difference in size
between the seriate and interstitial punctures of its elytra con-
siderably more marked, &c. In the present species the spine at
the apex of the metasternal episterna is very strong and sharp,
the apical joint of the maxillary palpi is scarcely shorter than the
preceding two together and is subcylindric, and the front and
intermediate tarsi are dilated. A specimen from the Dividing
Range, Victoria, scarcely differs but seems to be a little more
strongly punctured on the interstices of the elytra. In my
tabulation of the species of Parasemus (Tr. R.S., S.A., 1895, p.
214) P. adumbratus finds its place beside P. lateralis, Blackb.,
and victoriensis, Blackb., from both of which it differs inter alia
multa by the form of its clypeus.

N.S. Wales (Mr. Lea, Galston).

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P. pallidus, sp. nov. Ovalis; nitidus; rufo-testaceus, elytris
pallide brunneo-testaceis; antennis ut precedentis (adumbratz)
conformatis; capite brevi, clypeo antice rotundato; pro-
thorace ut precedentis; elytris fere ut precedentis punc-
turatis sed puncturis multo magis subtilibus, puncturarum
seriebus nisi in disco medio vix manifestis; tiblis quam
precedentis minus late compressis; tarsis posticis minus
elongatis. Long., 1 1.; lat., 21.

Entirely of testaceous colour, inclining to reddish except on
the elytra. The puncturation of the upper surface is very fine
throughout and there is but little distinctly seriate arrangement
of the punctures except on the middle part of the disc of the
elytra. In general appearance it closely resembles P. modestus,
Blackb., beside which is its place in my tabulation of the species
of Parasemus (Tr. R.Soc., S.A., 1895, p. 214). It differs how-
ever trom modestus by its hind tibiz longer and less compresso-
dilatate, and by the sculpture of its elytra, the seriate punctura-
tion in modestus being even better defined behind the middle than
on the disc and also being quite distinct on the lateral portions.

N.S. Wales.

PHALACRINUS.

P. compressus, sp. nov. Nitidus; subcircularis; antrorsum
visus valde convexus (subcompressus) ; a latere visus modice
convexus; nigropiceus, capite prothorace elytrorum lateribus
pedibusque rufescentibus ; antennarum articulo 9° longiori
quam latiori quam 10"* manifeste longiori, 11° 9° longitudine
zequali ; capite prothoraceque fere levibus ; scutello fortiter
transverso; elytris subtiliter sat equaliter striatis, striis
dorsalibus vix manifeste (lateralibus subtiliter perspicue)
punctulatis, interstitiis subtilissime vix manifeste punc-
tulatis, Long tel); lat., 1 1.

Resembles in colouring the typical form of P. notabilis, Blackb.,
but is of much more circular form. Looked at from in front the
sides are much less vertical. The apical joint of the antenne is
much shorter in comparison with the ninth joint. The lateral
strie of the elytra are very much finer and very much more
finely punctulate. Probably the colouring is variable. Viewed
from the side there is an evident appearance of the apex of the
elytra being sub-spiniform, which is caused, however, merely by
the somewhat expanded form of the extero-apical portion.

N.S.W. (Blue Mountains).

P. umbratus, sp. nov. Nitidus; modice latus; obovatus, pos-
tice minus acuminatus ; antrorsum visus valde convexus; a
latere visus modice convexus; testaceo-brunneus, elytris
plus minusve fusco-umbratis ; antennarum articulo 9° 10°

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longitudine sat squali quam 11" sat breviori; capite pro-
thoraceque levibus; scutello fortiter transverso; elytris
subtiliter sat eqaliter striatis, striis vix perspicue punc-
tulatis, interstitiis fere levibus. Long., 1 1.; lat., 21.

The scarcely visible puncturation of the lateral striz of its
elytra separates this species from all its previously described
congeners except obtwsus, Blackb., from which latter it differs
inter alia by its very much greater convexity and the ninth joint
of its antenne notably shorter as compared with the tenth. Mr.
Lea has also forwarded a Phalacrinus from W. Australia which
is extremely close to P. umbratus but apparently distinct, as the
apical joint of its antenne is considerably more elongate. It is,
however, not in fit condition for description, its elytra being
open and the wings exposed, so that its shape cannot be deter-
mined.

N.S Wales (Dalmorton, Mr. Lea).

P. comis, Blackb. Since describing this species J have met
with examples both in Victoria and Tasmania considerably
larger than the type, the largest Long., 1! 1.

P. navicularis, sp. nov. Nitidus; modice, latus ; postice fortiter
acuminatus; antrorsum visus modice convexus; a latere
visus subplanatus; testaceo-brunneus, elytris piceo-umbratis ;
antennarum articulo 9° fere transverso quam 10" vix
longiori; 10° transverso ; 11° quam 9° fere duplo longiori ;
capite prothoraceque lvibus ; scutello fortiter transverso ;
elytris subtiliter striatis, striis vix perspicue punctulatis ;
interstitiis subtilissime punctulatis. Long.,141.; lat., £1.

The elytra of the unique type of this species are almost wholly
piceous, a common somewhat diamond-shaped ill-defined testace-
ous spot being placed behind the suture, and the disc of the pro-
thorax also is infuscate. Probably however the infuscation
varies. In shape the species resembles australis, Blackb., but is

a little wider and differs anter alia by the absence of distinct

punctures in its elytral striw, and by the apical joints of its

antenne, the ninth joint in australis being evidently longer than
wide, evidently longer than the tenth (which however is scarcely
transverse), and scarcely shorter than the eleventh.

Victoria (Dividing Range).

The following table shows characters by which the described
species of Phalacrinus may be distinguished inter se :—

A. Lateral striz of elytra very much more deeply
impressed than in the other species ... ... notabilis, Blackb.

AA. Lateral striz of elytra normal.

B. Lateral striz of elytra very distinctly punctulate.

C. Form nearly circular,—obtuse behind.

D. Form (viewed from in front) extremely
convex (compressed) ... a ... compressus, Blackb.

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DD. Form (viewed from in front) but little
convex... rotundus, Black.
CC. Form much more elongate, —acuminate
behind.
D. Form (viewed from in front) very strongly
convex, Elytral interstices very SE
puuctulate ... comis, Blackh.
DD. Form (viewed from in | front) feebly con-
vex. Elytral interstices scarcely punc-
tulate eae australis, Black.
BB. Elytra without any distinctly punctulate striz.
C. Joints 9 and 10 of antennz of equal length.
D. Form strongly acuminate behind. Head
extremely wide ... nDavicularis, Blackb.
DD. Form much more obtuse behind. Head
much narrower. umbratus, Blackb.
CC. Joint 9 of antennz very evidently longer
than 10 ai obtusus, Blackb.

NITIDULIDA.
NOTOBRACHYPTERUS.

NV. lutescens, sp. nov. Ovalis; breviter pubescens ; minus nitidus ;
totus luteo-pubescens, capite prothoraceque nonnihil rufe-
scentibus; capite equali confertissime asperatim (quam
Brachypteri gravidi, [llig., multo magis crebre multo magis
rugulose) punctulato; prothorace quam elytra vix angus-
tiori, fortiter transverso, antice angustato, confertim sub-
asperatim minus fortiter (quam 4. gravidi magis confertim
magis Jeviter) punctulato; scutello sat magno (quam
B. gravidi, Ullig., et Motobrachyptert australis, Blackb.,
manifeste minore), ut pronotum punctulato; elytris quam
protborax fere ut 4 ad 3 longioribus, confertim sat leviter
vix asperatim punctulatis; propygidil margine postico
(exempli typici) leviter emarginato. Long., 11.; lat., 21.
(vix).

Among the species resembling it in size and colour this species
is recognisable by the very close strong asperate puncturation of
its head. The surface of its clypeus is without impressions; the
puncturation of its pronotum is more lightly impressed than is
usual in the genus; the hind outline of its propygidium is con-
tinuously (though lightly) emarginate all across (not angulate in
the middle as in creber, Blackb., nor sinuate as in australis,
Blackb.).

N.W. Australia; taken by Mr. E. Meyrick.

NV. crassiusculus, sp. nov. Ovalis; breviter pubescens; sat
nitidus; lurido-brunneus, capite pronoto et elytrorum
partibus scutellaribus marginalibusque variabiliter infus-
catis, antennis pedibus prosterno et pronoti marginibus
lateralibus testaceo-brunneis ; capite squali subgrosse sub-

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rugulose minus crebre (Brachyptero gravido, Illig. comparato)
punctulato; prothorace quam elytra paullo angastiori,
fortiter transverso, antice angustato, ut caput punctulato ;
scutello magno (fere ut 4. gravidi) ut caput punctulato ;
elytris quam prothorax fere ut 3 ad 2 longioribus, quam
pronotum magis leviter magis crebre (nec magis subtiliter)
punctulatis; propygidii margine postico fortiter sinuato.
Long., 1 1.; lat., 2 1.

Perhaps nearest to WV. australis, Blackb., which it resembles in
its stout robust build, differing however in its darker colouring
(especially on the under surface) and the notably coarser punc-
turation of its upper surface.

Tasmania ; also Victoria (Dividing Range).

N. (Brachypterus) testaceus, Bohem. ‘The specimen referred to
by me in a former memoir (Tr. R.S.,8.A., 1892, p. 28) as possibly
this species is that which I have now described as WV. /utescens.
Unfortunately Bohemann mentions few characters of value to
distinguish testacews from its subsequently described congeners,
but if he had had WV. pubescens before him I think he would cer-
tainly have called its pronotum “ creberrime” rather than “sat
crebre” punctulatum ; moreover the extreme remoteness inter se
of the places of capture renders it unlikely that the two species
are identical. M. Grouvelle has sent me a specimen of
NV. bifoveatus, Blackb., as testaceus ; it is from Adelaide (the
known habitat of 52foveatus) and has the two fovee on the head
extremely distinct. Bohemann describes the head of ¢estaceus
soiaewhat fully but does not mention any fovez. I suspect that
there is a Notobrachypterus of testaceous colour found near
Sydney (distinct from both bzfoveatus and lutescens) which I
have not seen.

N.? (Brachypterus) metallicus, Reitt I have not seen any
specimen to which this name can be referred.

N. pauwxillus, sp. nov. Ovalis; breviter pubescens ; sat nitidus ;
obscure brunneus, antennis pedibusque testaceis; capite
antice transversim arcuatim leviter impresso, sparsius
minus fortiter punctulato; prothorace quam elytra vix
angustiori, fortiter transverso, antice minus angustato, fere
ut caput (sed disco postice magis subtiliter magis sparsim)
punctulato; scutello minore, antice sparsius subtilius punc-
tulato, postice levi; elytris quam prothorax fere ut 3 ad 2
longioribus, sat crebre leviter nec subtiliter (quam B. gravidi,
Illig. multo magis leviter minus crebre, fere ut NW. bifoveati,
Blackb., sed magis leviter) punctulatis. Long., + 1.; lat., 21.

The comparatively small scutellum with its hinder part smooth
and the punctures of its front part sparse and somewhat fine
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and lutescens resemble it in this respect, but have their punctura™
tion throughout (including that of the scutellum) very much
finer still. In the present species the punctures of the scutellum
are scarcely so fine as in the European B. gravidus and very much
less close. This is the insect that in a former paper (Tr. R.S.,
S.A., 1892, p. 28) I called a var. of WV. nitediusculus. I now find
that besides the notable colour differences its head is less even,
and less closely punctulate, and that its general puncturation is
less strongly impressed.

W. Australia; taken by Mr. Meyrick.

The species of Notobrachypterus are now sufliciently numerous
to call for a tabular statement of their distinctive characters, as
follows :—

A. Pronotum very distinctly (in no instance very
finely) punctulate.
B. Hindmargin of propygidium strongly and
angularly produced in the middle creber, Blackb.
BB. Hindmargin of propygidium at most sinuate.
C. Upper surface black (puncturation of head
a little closer than in australis) ... nitidiusculus, Blackb.
CC. Upper surface brown or testaceous.
D. Puncturation of head fine and close
(about as in the European Lrachypterus

gravidus, Illig. hut more asperate .., australis, Llackb.
DD. Puncturation of head very much closer,
quite confluent .. lutescens, blackb.

DDD. Puncturation of head very ‘distinctly
less close than in australis.
E. Pronotum closely punctulate through-
out, continuously with scutellum.
F. Colour of body dark brown above
and beneath ; elytra more coarsely
and closely punctulate as crassiusculus, Blackb.
FF. Colour of body testaceous or rufo-
testaceous above and _ beneath;
elytra less coarsely and closely
punctulate ... bifoveatus, Blackb.
EEK. Pronotum about base and front of (? testaceus, Bohe.)
scutellum quite sparsely punctu-

late ; scutellum levigate behind... pauxillus, blackb.
AA. Pronotum very finely (scarcely distinctly)
punctulate ah sae sae ... lilliputanus, Blackb.
BRACHYPEPLUS.

This genus contains a good many species that probably appear
under two names in Masters’ Catalogue. &. Haagi, Reitter,
must, as I have already pointed out (‘I'r. R.S.,S.A., 1894, p. 203)
almost certainly be regarded as a synonym of Murrayi, Macl.
I have no doubt that B. blandus, Murr., is a mere variety
(scarcely deserving to be called even that) of B. binotatus, Murr.
It is really difficult to determine from the descriptions what the
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ean discover nothing except that blandus is a little wider than
binotatus (no doubt due to sex—the male Brachypepli are usually
narrower than the females), has a more rufous club to its
antenne, and has more rufous colouring on itsabdomen. I have
before me a large number of specimens from various parts of
Victoria (the locality cited for both species) among which I find
slight variable differences such as Murray mentions, and in-
cluding both forms, but I can see no reason whatever to separate
them specifically. 5. castanipes, Murr., the author thinks is
perhaps only the Victorian form of the Tasmanian B. planus,
Er., aud suggests that his readers may consider it a variety.
The only difference he definitely specifies is that B. castanipes
is smaller than planus. I have collected specimens ia Victoria
and Tasmania which are undoubtedly all B. planus, and there is
no distinct closely allied species among them. They vary con-
siderakly in size. The above corrections of nomenclature reduce
the number of described Australian Brachypepli to six (viz.,
auritus, Murr.; basalis, Er.; binotatus, Murr.; Macleayi, Murr.;
Murrayi, Macl.; and planus Er.). I know all these species
except Macleayi, Murr., a name that I cannot identify with any
insect. Most of the characters Murray cites in his description
would apply to several species, but the colouring of the elytra
seems to be different from that of any other Brachypeplus I have
seen (piceous, with a narrow basal margin of red). I conclude
therefore that Macleayi is not before me. B. auritus, Murr., is
so unlike the other species in general appearance and in the
structure of its head that it ought I think to be formed into a
new genus (not merely a subgenus, as Murray suggests) but for
the present it is perhaps better to let that question stand over,
more especially as I have before me several other species that
differ from B. planus, &c., in isolated structural characters on the
value of which from a generic point of view I am not prepared to
give a decided opinion, not having many Brachypepli from other
parts of the world for comparison. I will therefore on the present
occasion merely describe these new species placing them provi-
sionally in Brachypeplus and furnish a tabulation of the distinc-
tive characters of the species that must now stand as Brachypepl1.
The Australian Carpophilides known to me [ regard as all be-
longing to Brachypeplus and Carpophilus, which may be readily
distinguished inter se by the form of the labrum (among other
characters), that organ being in Carpophilus deeply emarginate
in front while in Brachypeplus it is nearly straight or slightly
rounded. It should be noted that immature examples of
Lrachypeplt are somewhat common in collections, and these are
usually of an uniform ferruginous colour.

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depressus ; parum pubescens; testaceus, elytris postice in-
fuscatis; supra confertim subtiliter (quam B. planus, Er.,
sat multo magis subtiliter) punctulatus ; capite (przesertim
in parte mediana) granulis insignibus minus crebre instructo ;
prothorace ut caput granulato, transverso, antice modice
angustato emarginato, angulis anticis acutis posticis acute
rectis, marginibus lateralibus ciliatis; elytris quam _pro-
thorax vix latioribus quarta parte longioribus, vix manifeste
striatis, inequaliter obtuse leviter costulatis; abdorninis
segmenti basali elytris tecto, ceteris apertis.

Maris segmento dorsali 5° apice truncato, 6° brevi transverso.
Long.,.32 |.:.lat., 1 1.

The large size, depressed form, and abdomen with only the
first dorsal segment covered by the elytra suggest a doubt
whether this species might not be regarded as the type of a new
genus Brachypeplus as characterised by Lacordaire has not
more than three dorsal segments exposed, but there are Aus-
tralian species (e.g., binotatus, Murr.) in which a portion of the
second segment is exposed dorsally. In the present insect the
exposed abdomen is distinctly longer than the elytra. I do not
think the abdomen is artificially drawn out, but as I have only a
single specimen I cannot be quite certain on the point. Apart.
from the characters just mentioned this species is at once dis-
tinguishable from its described Australian allies by the con-
spicuous little granules thinly dispersed over its head and
pronotum. The outline of its prothorax is scarcely different
from that of the prothorax of 5. planus, Er., but the sides are
slightly more rounded near the front.

S. Australia; Eyre’s Peninsula.

B. wattsensis, sp.nov. Sat elongatus; sat parallelus ; sat angus-
tus; minus convexus; pubescens; rufo-testaceus, capite
pronotoque (hujus lateribus exceptis) rufo-piceis, elytrorum
sutura et parte postica tertix infuscatis vel nigricantibus ;
supra minus nitidus; capite pronotoque creberrime sat
aspere (quam ZB. basalis, Hr., fere magis crebre) punctulatis ;
hoc transverso, antice haud perspicue angustato vix emar-
ginato, marginibus lateralibus ciliatis, angulis anticis obtusis
posticis rectis, lateribus sat rectis; elytris quam prothorax
vix latioribus tertia parte longioribus, fere ut b. binotati,
Murr. (subtiliter striatis, interstitiis anguste lineatim promi-
nentibus, sed his quam ZL. binotati paullo magis prominenti-
bus); abdominis segmentis basalibus 2 elytris tectis. Long.,
21.; lat., 21.

The Australian Brachypepli are so little variable in colour and
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from its Australian congeners by its entirely testaceous abdomen
in conjunction with the form of the luteous portion of its elytra
which occupies the anterior portion to somewhat behind the
middle, the suture however being widely but not very strongly
infuscate ; the hind part of the elytra for nearly a third part of
its length is nearly black. Of the species having the lateral
margins of the pronotum ciliate those most resembling wattsensis
are basalis, Er., and dinotatus, Murr.; from the former it differs
inter alia by its prothorax scarcely wider at the base than in
front and from the latter by the straightness of the sides of the
prothorax and the considerably more crowded puncturation of
the upper surface of that segment. Compared with B. Murrayi,

Macl. (identified by Mr. Lea by comparison with the type) the

pronotum is considerably more closely punctulate and less nar-

rowed in front, &., &c.

Victoria ; Watts River district.

B. Cowleyi, sp. nov. Minus elongatus; modice latus; sat
parallelus ; minus convexus ; pubescens ; subnitidus ; piceus,
elytrorum humeris luteis (horum colore retrorsum producto
sed gradatim obscurato), antennis pedibusque fulvis ;
capite crebre (fere ut B. basalis, Er.), pronoto subfortiter
minus crebre (quam JB. dasalis multo minus subtiliter multo
minus crebre), abdomine fere ut pronctum, punctulatis ;
prothorace transverso, antice sat fortiter (ut &. basalis)
angustato leviter emarginato, marginibus lateralibus ciliatis,
angulis anticis obtusis posticis subacutis retrorsum inclinatis,
iateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris quam prothorax vix latiori-
bus tertia parte longioribus, abdominis segmentum 2™ vix
omnino tegentibus, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planatis
uni-seriatim sat fortiter punctulatis. Long., 141.; lat., 21.

The colouring of the elytra is not much difterent from that of
the preceding species (4. wattsensis). In general appearance this
species resembles B. basalis, Er., and bénotatus, Murr., from both
of which it is very distinct by the stronger and sparser punctura-
tion of its pronotum and especially of the dorsal segments of its
abdomen and by the uniformly flattened interstices of its elytra.

The outline of its prothorax is similar to that of B. basalis.

Compared with BL. Murrayi, Macl., inter alia the abdomen is

very much more strongly punctulate.

Queensland (sent from Cairns by the late Mr. Cowley).

B. Koebeler, sp. nov. Sat elongatus; minus latus; parallelus ;
minus convexus; pubescens; subnitidus; piceo - niger,
humeris luteis, antennis pedibusque fulvis; capite pronotoque
subfortiter minus crebre (ut 4. Cowleyi pronotum), abdo-
minis segmento 3° ut pronotum 4° magis subtiliter, punc-
tulatis; prothorace transverso, antice sat fortiter (tu

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B. basalis, Er.) angustato leviter emarginato, marginibus
lateralibus ciliatis, angulis anticis obtusis posticis subacutis
retrorsum inclinatis, lateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris quam
prothorax haud latioribus vix tertia parte lon vioribus,
abdominis segmentum 2"™ nullo modo tegentibus, punctulato-
striatis, interstitiis planatis uni-seriatim sat fortiter punc-
tulatis. Long., 12 1.; lat., $1.

The markings of the elytra consist of a small but very con-
spicuous red patch on each shoulder. The species is somewhat
close to the preceding (5. Cowleyz) but is smaller and narrower
and notably more parallel, and is readily distinguishable also by
the very evidently less close puncturation of its head and the
much finer puncturation of the dorsal surface of the fourth seg-
ment of its abdomen. Compared with 4. Murrayi, Macl., inter
alia the pronotum and head are considerably less closely punc-
tulate.

North Queensland (given to me by Mr. Koebele).

B. barronensis, sp. nov. Sat elongatus; minus latus; minus
convexus ; pubescens ; minus parallelus (abdomine a_ basi
retrorsum angustato); castaneus, elytris postice plus minusve
infuscatis; capite prothoraceque crebre minus _ subtiliter
(haud multo aliter quam B. plani, Er.), abdomine minus
fortiter multominus crebre, punctulatis ; prothorace trans-
verso, antice sat fortiter (ut B. basalis, Er.) angustato
parum emarginato, marginibus lateralibus haud ciliatis,
angulis anticis obtusis posticis fere rectis (nec acute) haud
retrorsum inclinatis, lateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris quam
prothorax (maris vix, femine paullo) Jatioribus tertia parte
longioribus, abdominis segmenti 3' partem basalem tegenti-
bus, substriatis, interstitiis planatis vix prominentibus minus
perspicue punctulatis.

Maris (?) abdominis segmento 5° ad apicem late rotundato-
truncato, segmento 6° brevissimo; femingz segmento 5° magis
elongato ad apicem minus late rotundato. Long., 141;
lat., 2 1,

Readily distinguishable from its previously described Aus-
tralian congeners by the non-ciliate lateral margins of its -pro-
notum and by the hind angles of that segment being (not sharply
but) bluntly right angles and not directed hindwards. I think
the two specimens before me are male and female but the
external sexual characters in that case are very slight (as seems
to be the case with most of the Australian Brachypepli). In
the specimen that I take to be a male the fifth dorsal segment of
the abdomen is shorter and blunter than in the other specimen
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appended segment ; the dorsal surface of the abdomen is, more-
over, distinctly more nitid than in the other specimen.’
N. Queensland (given to me by Mr. Koebele).

B. kemblensis, sp. nov. Sat elongatus; sat latus; minus con-
vexus; pubescens; sat parallelus; brunneus vel brunneo-
testaceus, capite prothorace (lateribus exceptis) et elytrorum
dimidia parte postica varie quam cetere partes plus minusve
obscurioribus; capite crebre fortiter, prothorace fortiter
minus crebre, abdomine minus crebre minus fortiter, punc-
tulatis; prothorace transverso, antice modice angustato
parum emarginato, marginibus lateralibus haud_ ciliatis,
angulis anticis obtusis yosticis rectis haud retrorsum incli-
natis, lateribus leviter arcuatis; elytris quam prothorax sub-
latioribus circiter tertia parte longioribus (femine quam
maris paullo longioribus), abdominis segmentum 2" vix
tegentibus, punctulato -striatis, interstitiis planatis vix
prominentibus minus perspicue punctulatis.

Maris abdominis segento 5° ad apicem truncato, 6° bene per-
spicuo transverso; femine segmento 5° ad apicem declivi
producto-rotundato. Long., 15 1.; lat., vo 1. (vix).

The conspicuous characters of this species are the absence of

cilia on the lateral margins of its pronotum and the strong

puncturation of that segment, which might almost be called
coarse; it is considerably more so than in any other Australian

Brachypeplus known to me (except auritus, Murr, in which it

is altogether of a different type). The pronotum has indication

of a ongitudinal median line—more distinct in some specimens

aan vn others. The colour varies a little, particularly on the
pronotum which is infuscate or not and on the abdomen and
under surface which are of different shades of testaceous or
brown.

N.S. Wales (Mount Kembla); given to me by Mr. Hamilton.
HAPTONCURA.

H. ocularis, Fairm. I have in my collection a specimen given
me by Mr. Koebele taken in N. Queensland, which agrees
perfectly with Fairemaire’s description of this Tahitian insect.
Tt is certainly identical with examples from the Hawaiian
Islands (introduced there, no doubt) of H. tetragonus, Murr (a
species from Ceylon). In Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc , 1885, p. 231,
the probability of the identity of //. tetragonus with the previously
described H. ocularis is indicated, a probability that is increased
by the occurrence in Queensland of the specimen before me.

SORONIA.

S. simulans, Blackb. I have received from Queensland a
specimen which seems to differ from the type of this species only

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in being smaller (Long, 23 1.) and of a very pale brown colour. It
is not in very good condition, and the examination of fresh
examples might show it to be a distinct species.

JETHINODES.

This genus is extremely close to Jdethina and Lasiodactylus ;
indeed I feel considerable doubt as to whether either it or
Idethina can be regarded as genuinely distinct from
Lastodactylus. It undoubtedly differs from the other two in
having the inner outline of the basal portion of the claws dis-
tinctly (though not strongly) dentate. In J/dethina this portion
is very distinct though not dentate on its inner margin (so that
the claws are not in the strict sense simple) ; in Lasiodactylus it
is all but non-existent. Jdwthina is of manifestly narrower and
more cylindric form than the other two. Beyond these differences
I know not where to find distinctive characters. In _ his
monograph of the Nitidulide Reitter attaches very great impor-
tance to the form of the claws as a generic character, and
therefore it is not possible to annex dthinodes to Lasiodactylus
without traversing Reitter’s system of classification to a very
serious extent, but it certainly appears to me open to criticism.

IDATHINA.

I. cincta, Blackb. Since I described this species I have
received through the courtesy of M. Grouvelle a specimen of
I, Deyrollei, Reitt., and find that my species differs from the
typical one, as I supposed, in the striation of the elytra which is
entire in cincta and limited to the lateral parts in Deyrollet.
There is not much difference, however, in the puncturation of the
pronotum. The twoare undoubtedly congeneric.

Remarks on this genus will be found above under thinodes.

MACROURA.

The following is a tabulation of the characters of the Aus
tralian species of this genus, so far as | know them :—
A. External margin of front tibize armed at the apex.

Bb. The armature consists of two equal acute
small teeth separated by a semicircular

somewhat wide interval _... ... deceptor, Black.
BB. The armature consists of two large unequal
‘ subcontiguous teeth ... . bicalearatus, Blackb.

BBB. The armature consists of a feeble pro-
minence which is more or less bifid at its

apex.
C. Pronotum excessively finely punctulate, the
punctures confluent and asperate ... ... brunnescens, Revtt.
CC. Pronotum notably less finely and less
closely punctulate .. , ... concolor, Macl.

AA. External margin of front tibiz unarmed ... Inermis, Blackb.

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M., brunnescens, Reitt. I have no doubt that I have correctly
identified this species, which so far as my experience goes is the
only widely distributed Australian member of the genus. I
have examples from Central Australia, W. Australia, and 8.
Australia. In one particular it does not strictly agree with the
description, which calls the “ head and prothorax ” “ confertissime
subtiliter subruguloso-punctata.” This expression applies quite
satisfactorily to the pronotum of the specimens before me, but
the head is distinctly less closely, less finely, punctulate. This
discrepancy does not affect my confidence in the identification,
inasmuch as I fiud that Reitter in his descriptions of species of
this genus did not (in any instance before me) distinguish
between the puncturation of the head and the pronotum, whereas
T can scarcely find a Macroura in which there is not a distinct
difference between those two segments in respect of puncturation.
Moreover, the difference is more marked in the males than in the
females. Furthermore, Reitter’s descriptions in this genus are
shown to be somewhat hastily drawn up by his not (in the
instances before me) referring to the armature of the extero-
apical portion of the front tibie which is a most valuable
character for distinguishing the species. [ have made this note
because brunnescens appears to be decidedly the most con-
venient species wherewith to compare other Australian members
of the genus (as being a comparatively common and a very well
marked species) and therefore it is desirable that there should be
no doubt about which is the insect that I refer to under that
name. It is easily recognised among the Macrowre known to
me by its lurid brown elytra (in contrast to the nigro-piceous
general colour of the upper surface), the extremely fine and close
sub-asperate puncturation of its pronotum and the extero-apical
corner of its front tibiz having a small bifid prominence. It is
very variable in size.

M. nigra, Reitt. In some previous remarks on this species
(T.R.S., S.A., 1891, p. 109) I gave my reasons for thinking
M. Baileyi, Blackb., distinct from it. After examination of
Macroure from various parts of Australia which were not then
before me I incline to reverse my former judgment, which was
based chiefly on Reitter’s statement that the apex of the elytra
in M. nigra is truncate. Reitter, however, regards the trunca-
tion of the elytra as a generic character, and qualifies it by the
statement (in the diagnosis of the genus) that the apex of the
elytra is rounded at the angles. His statement concerning the
elytra of M. nigra, therefore, amounts to no more than that
their form is normal and does not necessarily imply that they
are more abruptly truncate than those of their congeners.
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(in his diagnosis) that the pubesence of M. nigra is black. The
size (which I also referred to) is not a satisfactory distinction
alone, and therefore, as it seems improbable that IZ. nigra is not
among the species before me, I am of opinion that MW. Bailey? is
identical with Reitter’s species. Unfortunately, there is still
further entanglement in the synonymy of this insect, for (as
noted T.R.S , S.A., 1894, p. 204, and 1895, p. 31) I received it
from Mr. Lea subsequently to my description of Bazley: under
the name Carpophilus obssurus, Macl. (on a supposed comparison
with Macleay’s type) and too hastily adopted the correction.
Afterwards Mr. Masters sent it to me as Nitidula concolor, Macl.
This caused me to look carefully into the matter, and I found
that Masters’ identification is correct, and that Mr. Lea must
have compared it with a specimen which was not the real type of
C’. obscurus, Macl., as it does not at all agree with Macleay’s
description. The synonymy, therefore, appears to be as follows :

M. (Nitidula) concolor, Macl.
nigra, Reitter.
Baileyi, Blackb.
obscurus (Carpophilus), Blackb., T.R.S., S.A., 1894,
p- 204, nec. Macl.

M. densita, Reitt. This species is said to be common to
Ceylon and Australia. It seems to bea very small Macroura
notable especially by the extremely close puncturation of its
pronotum and the red colour of its front tibiz in contrast to the
colour of its other legs. I have seen nothing like it and suspect
that it is erroneously quoted as Australian.

M. (Nitidula) latens, Blanch. The description of this insect
is almost certainly that of a Macrowra, but is not precise enough
to identify it with any insect known to me. Any one of three or
four species may with about equal probability be that on which
Blanchard founded his description.

M. bicalcarata, sp. nov. Fem. Late ovalis; vix nitida ; fulvo-
vel cinereo-pubescens ; piceo-nigra, antennis pedibusque
rufo-brunneis, illarum articulo ultimo infuscato; capite
creberrime minus subtiliter (quam J/. brunnescentis magis
crebre minus subtiliter), pronoto crebre subtilius (a parte
antica retrorsum gradatim minus _ subtiliter), quam
M. brunnescentis minus subtiliter) punctulatis; pro
thorace fortiter transverso, antice angustato, lateribus
arcuatis, angulis posticis (superne visis) subacutis retrorsum
inclinatis, a latere visis obtusis ; elytris confertim inzequaliter
(quam Jf. brunnescentis magis perspicue minus confertim)
striatis, striis inequaliter punctulatis, interstitiis angustis
haud punctulatis ; tibiis anticis extus ad apicem dentibus
binis magnis armatis, his fere contiguis. Long., 2 1.; lat.,
1,1, 1.

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Readily distinguishable from all its congeners known o me
by the two teeth at the external apex of its front tibia. These
teeth are larger than those on the tibie of the other Macroure
known to me and are almost in contact with each other.

Queensland ; Charters Towers.

M. inermis, sp. nov. Late ovalis ; sat nitida; fulvo-pubescens ;
nigra, antennis pedibusque rufis; capite subfortiter (maris
quam feminz minus crebre), pronoto crebre subtilius (quam
precedentis, M@. bicalcarate, haud multo aliter) punctulatis ;
prothorace fortiter transverso, antice angustato, lateribus
arcuatis, angulis posticis superne visis subacutis retrorsum
inclinatis, a latere visis sat rectis; elytris sat s#equaliter
minus confertim punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis nitidis
minus angustis subrugulosis; tibiis anticis inermibus.
Long., 14—13 1; lat., %—# 1.

At once separated from its congeners known to me by its un-
armed front tibie, their extero-apical angle being simply acute
(scarcely prominent). The scratch-like strie of its elytra are
less numerous (there are about 20 of them on each elytron) than
in any other Macrowra known to me except deceptor, Blackb.,
and they are better defined and more evenly punctulate than in
any of its congeners that I have seen.

Queensland, Cairns; given to me by Mr. Koebele.

CRYPTARCHA.

C. obscurior, sp. nov. Ovata; minus convexa; sat nitida ;
pubescens ; ferruginea, pronoti disco et elytrorum sutura
antice late infuscatis, macula indeterminata infuscata
sublaterali in elytris posita ; capite pronotoque crebre sub-
fortiter punctulatis ; prothorace transverso, antice angustato,
lateribus arcuatis, margine antico emarginato ; ‘elytris sat
equaliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, sutura
(nisi juxta apicem) haud elevatis. Long., 131.; lat., J.

Probably variable in respect of colour and markings. Allied
to C. depressa, Grouv., from which it differs inter alia multa by
the entire absence of any inequality on the pronotum, by the
interstices of its elytra all absolutely flat, by the suture of its
elytra perfectly flat (except close to the apex) and by the striz
of its elytra very much more evenly impressed (¢.g., the fourth
stria not inclined obliquely towards the suture till quite near its
apex). The only irregularity in the striation consists in the
two strie next the suture on each elytron being subobsolete and
represented by little more than their punctures, the seriation of
which is somewhat disturbed and runs into a single line con-
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the apex. In the unique type the basal half of the pygidium is
covered by the elytra.
Victoria (Dividing Range).

MONOTOMID4.
MIMEMODES.

M. Koebzlei, sp. nov. Minus elongatus ; minus nitidus; parce
breviter albido-setosus; testaceo-brunneus, capite protho-
raceque rufescentibus ; capite latissimo, trans oculos valde
prominentes quam prothorax magis lato, parce subtiliter
punctulato, lateribus supra oculos alte reflexis; antennis
sat brevibus, 10-articulatis (articulo 11° vix manifesto),
clava quasi ]-articulata, articulis basali sat magno 2° globoso,
3°—9° parvis ; prothorace leviter transverso, quam elytra
sublatiori, antice quam postice latiori, subfortiter minus
crebre (parte mediana haud punctulata excepta) punctulato,
lateribus crenulatis fere rectis, angulis obtusis ; scutello sat
parvo, elongato-triangulari; elytris pygidium vix attingenti-
bus, postice rotundato-truncatis, leviter striatis, striis punc-
tulatis, interstitiis planis sat latis; tarsis 4-articulatis,
articulis 1° 2° que brevibus dilatatis, 3° minutissimo, 4° quam
ceteri conjuncti Jongiori ; unguiculis inermibus. Long., | 1.;
lat., 2 1.

This species does not seem to differ in its structural characters
from the other two species of Mimemodes (M. japonus, Reitt.,
and /aticeps, Macl.) in my collection, but it is of comparatively
broader and shorter form than either of them, with more promi-
nent eyes than japonus (the eyes of laticeps are very much less
prominent) and is very different from both by the sides of its
head very strongly reflexed (almost like crests) above the eyes.

N. Queensland ; given to me by Mr. Koebele.

TROGOSITID.
LEPERINA.

L. (Peltis) moniliata, Pasc.? Oblonga; nigro-picea, labro palpis
antennis pedibusque plus minusve rufescentibus, prothoracis
elytrorumque marginibus lateralibus (margine summo
excepto) late concinne rufis, pronoto maculis 8 elytris
singulis maculis circiter 20 (maculis squamis coccineis
coloratis) ornatis; supra subzequaliter sat fortiter sub-
rugulose punctulata; prothorace sat fortiter transverso,
antice fortiter emarginato, pone marginem anticum foveis
2 profundis impresso, lateribus leviter sequaliter arcuatis,
angulis anticis fortiter productis posticis subrectis; elytris
4—-costulatis, Long., 3—441.; lat., 1;—141.

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surface are of a very bright scarlet colour ; those on the pronotum
are a pair in the discal fovex, a corresponding pair on the basal
margin and one at each of the angles—the latter inconspicuous
because placed on the red lateral margin ; they are small and of
equal sizes. The spots on the elytra are of about the same size
as those on the pronotum and very equal in size inter se; there
are about 5 spots on the lateral margin and from 3 to 5 on each
of the inner three interstices. Disregarding colour and markings
the species differs from decorata, Er., by inter alia the very much
less strongly rounded sides of its prothorax, and from Jacera,
Pasc., by inter alia the sides of its prothorax considerably less
rounded and without the slightest sinuosity of outline. It has
no fascicles on its surface. An abraded specimen of this insect
agrees so remarkably well with Pascoe’s description of Peltis
moniliata that I can hardly doubt its being specifically identical.
It is decidedly a Leperina ; if there should be found an insect
(distinct from this) which is Poscoe’s moniliata the latter will no
doubt be found to be not a Leperina, and in that case no harm
will be done by the repetition of the name.
Victoria (Dividing Range) and Tasmania.

PELTONYXA.

P. invalida, sp. nov. Elongata ; postice leviter dilatata ; minus
convexa; vix pubescens; testaceo-ferruginea; capite pro-
thoraceque rufescentibus, alutaceis et sparsissime obso-
letissime puncturis impressis; prothorace quam _longiori
circiter duplo latiori, antice parum angustato, lateribus
leviter arcuatis minus late reflexis, angulis posticis
rotundatis; elytris minus fortiter seriatim punctulatis,
interstitiis nonnullis latera versus obsolete prominulis.
Long., 121.; lat., #1.

Near P. australis, Blackb., but easily distinguishable from it
by inter alia the less straight sides of its prothorax, and the
considerably smaller and much less deeply impressed punctures
of its elytra. Some of the interstices of the elytra near the
lateral margin are very slightly raised (in australis the alternate
interstices throughout are so) but so slightly that their elevation
is only to be seen from some points of view. P. pubescens,
Blackb., differs from both the above inter alia by its very much
more plentiful pubescence; and P. Deyrollei, Reitter, by its
considerably greater size, also by the alternate interstices of its
elytra being elevated, a character that could not be attributed
even to P. australis without the qualifying word “scarcely ’
kefore “‘ elevated,” also by its elytra being striate.

N.S. Wales (Blue Mountains).

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COLY DIID 4.
DITOMA.

A large number of species have been attributed to this genus
which have since had to be removed from it and formed into
distinct genera. The number of these is so great that without
access to a large collection of the Colydide of the world it is
impossible to deal satisfactorily with the generic apportionment
of the Australian species at present standing under the name
Ditoma. According to Lacordaire the essential characters of
Ditoma in the ‘ Tribe” Synchitides are as follows ‘“ Basal 3 joints
of tarsi equal or nearly so inter se, tibiz not spinous externally
but armed with a small apical spine, all the tarsi four-jointed,
mandibles bidentate at apex, the ventral segments all emarginate
behind, head devoid of antennal sulci, club of antenne two-
jointed, sides of prothorax narrowly margined. Of the characters
above mentioned that based on the form of the hindmargin of
the ventral segments does not appear to me to be founded on
correct observation. I have before me specimens of the European
D. crenata, Hbst. (the type of the genus) and cannot find that
its ventral segments are emarginate behind, or differ noticeably
in outline from their form in allied genera. Nor do I find that
authors subsequent to Lacordaire make any use of this character.
In spite, therefore, of the great weight of J.acordaire’s authority
1 think this character must be dropped. Applying the other
characters assigned by Lacordaire strictly I cannot find any
described Australian Colydiid which is a true Ditoma In the
absence, however, of assurance that I have before me the diag-
noses of all the described genera closely allied to Ditoma I do not
feel justified in proposing new generic names for those which do
not fall into any already named genus known to me, and there-
fore must leave them provisionally in Ditoma. As I have before
me authentic specimens (in every case but one, the type) of all
the Australian species except one that have been described as
Ditoma I may perhaps advantageously furnish some notes on
them :

D. serricollis, Pasc., is the only species of which I have not an
authentic example. Its author does not enumerate its structural
characters in detail but says that ‘‘as far as external characters
go” it is certainly a Ditoma. So many genera near Ditoma have
been established since the date (1860) of that note that it cannot
now be taken for more than a statement that the insect is a
Ditoma rather than a member of any other then known genus.
It appears to me to be probably identical with /ineatocollis,
Blackb., which some years ago M. Grouvelle (a specialist on the
Colydiide) informed me that he considered [ had done right in

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allow of its confident identification without examination of the
type but the description (so far as it goes) and locality suggest
lineatocollis. If so, I doubt whether it can stand permanently in
Ditoma on account of the very decidedly expanded and denticu-
late lateral margins of its pronotum the extreme edge of which is
not bounded (as it is in Ditoma crenata) by a raised edging. I
do not however know of any other described genus in which it
can be placed.

D. lineatocollis, Blackb. It is not improbable that this name
will have to sink as a synonym of serrico/lis, Pasc. (discussed
above).

D. costata, Macl., and torrida, Blackb. These must be trans-
ferred to the geaus Phormesa.

D. nulchra, Blackb., obscura, Blackb., and nivicola, Blackb.,
appear to be congeneric with the New Zealand species D. sellata,
Shp., attributed by its author doubtfully to Ditoma. Dr.
Sharp, however, thought it might be congeneric with species for
which Broun had, without giving a diagnosis of the generic
characters, proposed the name Adblabus. I have examined the
descriptions of the species in question and think Dr. Sharp’s
conjecture probably correct, and am disposed to refer my three
species named above to Ablabus. They differ from Ditoma in
having the lateral margins of their head and pronotum strongly
expanded and indented, by the presence of antennal sulci, and by
their much more strongly granulate eyes. They are very near
Sparactus, but the sides of their head and pronotum are much
more strongly dilated and indented, and the club of their
antennze has only two joints. From Phormesa they differ by
the indented margins of their head and pronotum, their non-
carinate elytra, the longer sulci for the reception of their
antenne, and their much smaller eyes. M. Grouvelle has
suggested doubtfully Endophiwus for them, but the apex of their
tibize undoubtedly has a small spine, which is inconsistent with
Endophleus.

D. perforata, Blackb. This species cannot stand permanently
in Ditoma, owing inter alia to the form of the antennal club,
the first joint of which is very much larger than the other—the
latter being little more than rudimentary. M. Grouvelle has
suggested to me that the insect might be placed in Synchita,
which also has the apical joint of its antenne rudimentary.
(According to Lacordaire the 11th joint is altogether wanting,
but to me it seemsin S. juglandis, Fab.—the type of the genus
I believe — to be distinctly visible, though very small).
D. perforata would, I think, be as aberrant in Synchita as in
Ditoma, owing to the sides of its prothorax being strongly
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prominent, It differs much also in facies from Synchita (at least
from §. juylandis) being much narrower and more elongate,
with longer and more slender antennz, the club of which is
notably smaller and especially less globular.*

D. hilaris, Blackb., though very different from Jlineatocollis,
Blackb. (vide supra) as a species, does not seem to differ from it

‘in respect of any character likely to be generic.

D. parva, Biackb. This species cannot stand in Ditoma, nor
can it be placed in any other hitherto described genus known to
me. It differs from Dztoma by the eleventh joint of its antennae,
much narrower (and a little shorter) than the tenth, by the
oresence of well defined antennal sulci which are so long as to
curve outward behind the eyes, by the head furnished with lobe-
like processes behind the eyes which project laterally beyond the
outline of the eyes, and by its pronotum having a comparatively
wide and distinctly serrate flattened lateral border.

SPARACTUS.

I believe this genus to be identical with J//estus. Its type is
Ditoma interrupta, Er., the correctness of my identification with
which of a small Colydid (common in Tasmania and Southern
Australia) is not, I think, open to the slightest uncertainty. In
the subsequent diagnosis of the genus Sparactus (formed for this
insect), the tibiz are not mentioned, but in Erichson’s tabulation
of Colydiid genera the place given is »mong those having unarmed
tibie. This is a mistake as its tibie have a very short apical
spine,—which however might very easily be overlooked as from
most points of view it is hidden. In all other respects the
Colydid mentioned above agrees perfectly with the generic diag-
nosis and with the description of the species. It also agrees with
the diagnosis of Lllestus, with Pascoe’s figure of Jllestus (Journ.
Ent. I1., pl. iii., fig. 4), and with Reitter’s description of Jilestus
Grouvelle: (M. T. Minch. Ent. Ver. 1877, p. 133). The only
apparent discrepancy in the descriptions of D. interrupta and
I. Grouvellet is in the statement that the inner elytral costa of
D. interrupta is interrupted whereas in his description of
Grouveller Reitter implies that the second costa only is inter-
rupted. In a subsequent note, however, Grouvelle speaks of only
the second costa being ‘distinctly several times” (deutlich
mehrmals) interrupted. In the specimens before me _ neither
costa is quite entire (as the external one is) but the middle one
is much more distinctly interrupted than the inner one.

* Since writing the note on D. perforata I have ascertained that the
Malayan genus Bupala, Pasc., presents the characters I have specified as
exhibited by that insect, to which genus, therefore, I think I may safely
attribute it.

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S. costatus, Blackb. I believe this spécies to be identical with
Illestus productus, Reitt., which will therefore stand as follows

Sparactus (Illestus) productus, Reitt.
S. costatus, Blackb.

PHORMESA.

P. (Ditoma) torrida, Blackb. This species is not a true
Ditoma (vide supra).

P. thoracica, sp. nov. Minus depressa; sat opaca; ferruginea,
capite pronoti disco et elytrorum maculis numerosis (his
fascias 4 indeterminatas formantibus) obscure fuscis ; pro-
thorace sat fortiter transverso, postice quam antice fere.
duplo latiori, supra crebre fortius granulato - ruguloso,
utrinque bicostato, costis exterioribus integris (interioribus
prope marginem anticum introrsum subito versis et hic inter
se fere conjunctis, postice introrsum sic ut laquea singula
formant versis), lateribus irregulariter crenulatis sat arcuatis,
angulis anticis fortiter productis sat acutis posticis retrorsum
inclinatis anguste obtusis ; elytris singulis 5-carinatis, inter-
stitiis crasse biseriatim punctulatis. Long., 2?—2#1.; lat.,
o—liv |.

In general appearance much like P. torrida, Blackb., from
which it differs chiefly by the costz of its pronotum and elytra
less sharply defined, its protborax very much more strongiy
narrowed in front and the hind angles of that segment obtuse
(they are very sharply acute in torrida). Several species of
Phormesa more or less resembling this one have been described
from the Malay Archipelago, &c., but the descriptions of them
are too slight to allow of confident identitication,—not one of
those known to me referring (e.g.) to the angles of the pro-
thorax.

Tropical Australia (Port Darwin).

P. Grouveller, sp. nov. Sat depressa; sat opaca; picea, capite
antice prothoracis lateribus antennis pedibusque ferrugineis ;
prothorace sat fortiter transverso, antrorsum leviter angus-
tato, supra confertim minus fortiter punctulato-ruguloso,
utrinque bicostato, costis ut precedentis (P. thoracice),
lateribus leviter sparsim crenulatis fere rectis, angulis
anticis modice productis sat acutis posticis acute rectis v1x
retrorsum inclinatis ; elytris singulis 5-carinatis, interstitiis
biseriatim granulatis. Long., 12 1.; lat., 54 1.

Differs from the previously described Australian species of
Phormesa by the uniform colour of its elytra and by the scuip-
ture of the intervals between the elytral cost consisting of
rows of small granules. Its prothorax is very much less nar-
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strongly transverse than that of P. costata, Macl. The sides of
its prothorax are quite straight in the hinder part while in
P. torrida they are quite strongly convergent hindward in the
extreme basal portion of their length.

Australia (I am not sure of the exact habitat).

BUPALA.

Pascoe calls the antenne of this genus ten-jointed, representing
them as in this respect similar to those of Synchita. The species
that I refer to this genus have antenne similar in number of
joints to those of Synchita, but I cannot call the antennz of
either ten-jointed without qualifying the expression by saying
that the llth joint is distinctly visible under a strong lens.
Lacordaire qualifies the expression by the remark (in referring to
Synchita) that the tenth joint has a small pubescent apical
portion, which is, I think, undoubtedly the rudimentary eleventh
joint. In the specimens before me it is a trifle more distinct than
in Synchita. In Pascoe’s figure of Bupala itis not represented,
but I cannot think it is really absent in the insect. Pascoe
defines the genus very briefly, and passes over the important
character of the lateral structure of the prothorax with the
remark—“ prothorax haud marginatus.” His figure, however,
represents the prothorax as serrate laterally (which it is in the
specimens before me). I suppose the “haud marginatus” refers
to the absence of a retlexed edging. The Australian insects that
I attribute to this genus present the character mentioned by
Pascoe of hind cox somewhat widely separated inter se, but
with the intercoxal process of triangular form. I may add that
M. Grouvelle some years ago expressed the opinion that my
Ditoma perforata would be better placed in Synchita. If, how-
ever, Bupala be accepted as distinct from Synchita these Aus-
tralian forms belong to it rather than to the old genus. It is to
be noted that the tenth joint of their antenne is less globular
than it is represented in Pascoe’s figure, but this no doubt is a
mere specific character.

BL. Bovil, sp. nov. Elongata; sat angusta; minus nitida ;
nigro-picea, capite antice prothorace antice elytrorum
humeris corpore subtus antennis pedibusque plus minusve
rufescentibus ; capite pronotoque crebre sat crasse granulato-
rugulosis ; hoc quam latiori sublongiori, retrorsum nonnihil
angustato, supra equali, lateribus sat rectis dentibus
parvis acutis circiter 10 armatis, elytris striatis, interstitiis
sat planis sat crasse rugulosis seriatim albido-setulosis.
Long., 1¢.1-2alat., 51.

There seems to be no reason for separating this species
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Ditoma perforata. In both the upper surface is devoid of coste
and other protuberances, the eleventh joint of the antennze
rudimentary, the sides of the prothorax denticulate, the head
without antennal sulci. It differs from perforata by its con-
siderably smaller size, its more cylindric form (elytra scarcely
wider than prothorax), the rugulosity of its elytra interstices,
We.
Northern Territory (Port Darwin) ; taken by Dr. Bovill.

B. dentata, sp. nov. Sat elongata; sat angusta; minus nitida ;
nigro-picea, antennis pedibus scutello et corpore subtus
rufescentibus; capite pronotoque crebre minus grosse
granulato-punctulatis ; hoc leviter transverso, ante medium
subito dilatato, antice quam ad basin multo latiori, supra
zequali, lateribus acute serrulatis ; elytris striatis, striis sat
grosse punctulatis (puncturis in interstitiis fere confluenti-
bus): Long. 12 15 lat.,.5 2

At once distingishable from B. perforata, Blackb., and Bovilli,

Blackb., by the somewhat sudden widening of its prothorax in

front of the middle, which causes the front margin to be very

much wider than the base In this species the lateral margin of ©
the head is minutely angular behind the eye, standing out (under

a strong lens) as a very small tooth, and more conspicuous on the

under surface.

S. Australia (near Adelaide).

EBA.

E. cerylonoides, Pasc.? An example from Port Darwin seems
to agree very well with the diagnosis of this Malayan genus, nor
can I find any notable distinctive character to suggest its being
other than the typical species, which was described Journ. Ent.
II, p. 129. It is an interesting addition to the Australian
fauna. It bears much casual resemblance to the genus Cerylon.

MERYX.

I cannot satisfy myself that Mf. rugosa, Latr., areolata, Pasc.,
and illota, Pasc., are anything but one and the same species. The
only definite character that Pascoe cites to distinguish his two
species relates to the length and width of the prothorax. TI be-
lieve the difference in the shape of the prothorax to be sexual ;
at any rate I thave before me two examples cf WM. equalis,
Blackb., which were taken in company and which differ inter se
fully as much in the comparative width of their prothorax as
any two examples before me of the older species (which come
from various localities in Victoria and Tasmania). This differ-
ence is certainly very considerable and might justifiably be
regarded as specific if only a few specimens were available.

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Latraille’s description of Jf. rugosa is very short but Pascoe says
that he has seen an example of it and considers it probably
identical with his ¢//ota (Journ. Ent. I., p. 302).

TENEBRIONIDS.
CHALCOPTERUS.

C. Arthuri, sp. nov. Elongato-ovalis; sat nitidus, pronoto magis
opaco ; niger, elytris violaceo-aureo-vel viridi-iridescentibus ;
capite minus crebre punctulato, fronte media longitudinaliter
levi, oculorum interspatio antennarum articuli basalis long1-
tudini latitudine sat quali; sulcis ocularibus aullis ;
antennis quam corporis dimidium vix brevioribus ; prothor-
ace quam longiori fere duplo (postice quam antice ut 4 ad 5)
latiori, leviter sat crebre (quam caput multo magis obsolete)
punctulato, antice subsinuatim fortiter emarginato, a basi
antrorsum (superne viso) subarcuatim angustato, basi obso-
lete sinuata, angulis anticis acutis sat productis posticis fere
rectis ; elytris haud striatis, fortiter minus crebre (fere ut
C. variabilis, Blessig., ut a me definitus, vide P.L.S., N.S. W.,
1893, p. 58) seriatim punctulatis, interstitiis crebre sat
fortiter (quam C. variabilis multo magis fortiter) punctu-
latis ; prosterno medio leviter obtuse carinato ; tarsis nigro-
setosis, posticorum articulo basali quam ceteri conjuncti vix
breviori. Long, 5 1.; lat., 23 1. :

In my tabulation of the genus Chaleopterus this species falls
beside C. intermedius, Blackb. (P.LS., N.S.W., 1893, p. 61), from
which it differs inter alia multa by the very much larger seriate
punctures of its elytra.

Queensland ; from Mr, Lea (Brisbane), &c.

LONGICORNES,
SYMPHYLETES.

S. compos, sp. nov. Modice elongatus; piceus, pube pallide
grisea sat zqualiter (areis nonnullis glabris exceptis) vesti-
tus, supra hance basin griseam notulis numerosis fulvo-
pubescentibus et nonnullis niveo-pubescentibus superpositis
(illis in facie maculatim, inter antennas lineatim, in pro-
thorace transversim 4-lineatim, in elytris maculatim, in
metasterno maculatim, in abdomine transversim lineatim, in
pedibus maculatim et in tarsis subtus dispositis ; his in pro-
thoracis lateribus, in elytrorum lateribus circum humeri
partem inferiorem et paullo pone mediam partem, in meta-
sterni episternis, in femorum parte superiori, et in anten-
narum articulorum 2'—10' parte basali, sitis); capite haud
convexo-elevato, linea longitudinali impresso, clypeo antice
angustato et rotundato ; oculis modicis, ut S. nodosi, Newm.,

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granulatis et convexis sed paullo majoribus; antennis ely-
trorum apicem (maris paullo, feminze vix) superantibus,
subtus densissime longius ciliatis; prothorace brevi trans-
verso cylindrico haud tuberculato; elytris in parte antica
granulis nonnullis parvis instructis (his minus perspicuis),
ad apicem sat recte truncatis.

Maris segmento ventrali 2° utrinque area dense brunneo-pilosa
instructo ; hujus margine interiori a segmenti margine
anteriori medio ad segmenti marginem posteriorem curvato
et hunc (prope marginem lateralem) vix attingenti. Long.,
o¢—64 1; lat., 2—23 1.

In the above description I have not specified the position of

the glabrous areas on the upper surface because it is impossible
to say whether the two examples before me are absolutely free

from artificial abrasion, although both have the appearance of.

being in very fresh condition. A large round humeral area is
certainly naturally glabrous, and I suspect it alone is so, the
other small glabrous patches being probably due to slight abra-
sion, The species is near §. al6ocinctus, Guér., from which it
differs inter alia in not having a continuous white stripe (but
only the edging of the external ha'f of the glabrous humeral
patch and a spot behind the middle) along the external margin

of its elytra. From a Symphyletes which Mr. Gahan confirms :—

me in regarding as albucinctus it also differs by its very much
shorter and more strongly transverse prothorax, by its head
being scarcely concave between the antenne, &c. In the male
example before me the anterior femora do not bear a spine.

N. Queensland (Hughenden); given to me by Mr. French.

RHYTIPHORA.

R. maculosella, sp. nov. Fem. Elongata; minus robusta ;
nigro-picea pube fulva et nivea ornata (hac maculas binas in
elytrorum lateribus, illa in capite maculas numerosas parvas
et lineas inter antennas circumque oculos in prothorace
lineas transversas quatuor in elytris maculas numerosas
parvas, formanti), mesosterno utrinque vitta fulva ornato,
metasterno ad latera niveo-pubescenti in medio fulvo-
maculato, abdomine cinereo et fulvo-variegato, femoribus
anticis 4 cinereo-pubescentibus posticis fulvo-variegatis,
tibiis obscure fulvo-ornatis ; capite sparsim subtilius punc-
tulato, supra sat fortiter elevato-convexo, linea longitudinali
impresso, clypeo antice truncato; oculis modicis vix fortiter
granulatis (quam R&R. latifasciate, Pasc., paullo minoribus
paullo minus fortiter granulatis), lobo inferiori haud latiori
quam longiori; antennis quam corpus vix longioribus, pube
cinerea irregulariter variegatis, subtus pilis sat elongatis

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dense fimbriatis, articulo 3° quam 1” sesqui longiori; pro-
thorace cylindrico, quam longiori vix latiori, ut caput punc-
tulato, nec supra nec ad latera tuberculato; elytris ad
apicem truncatis, antice granulis sat numerosis inordinatim
instructis, postice puncturis (his prope medium sat grossis
hine retrorsum gradatim magis subtilibus) impressis.

This species is in general so like Symphyletes albocinctus,
Guér., that it seems unsatisfactory not to place it near that
insect, but it has the head strongly elevated above the base of
the antennze,—a character which Pascoe regarded as the essential
one separating Rhytiphora from Symphyletes and which is the
only character known to me by which they can be separated.
The portions of the upper surface not bearing fulvous or white
spots are glabrous and shining. The snowy-white pubescence of
the elytra forms a spot on the lateral margin (behind the glab-
rous shoulder) which is continuous with similar pubescence on
the side of the metasternum ; it also forms a spot on the lateral
margin a little behind the middle. Between the two white spots
are two or three spots of fulvous pubescence which are variably
more or less connected with each other. The disposition of the
fulvous markings on other parts of the elytra and on the head
and pronotum is much the same as in 8. albocinctus.

Queensland.

R. uniformis, Blackb. I have before me two specimens from
N. Queensland (sent by Mr. French) which I cannot distinguish
from the type of wniformis except in their somewhat different
colouring,—due I have no doubt to their being very fresh speci-
mens. They bear sprinkled over the pale ashy pubescence of the
upper surface (which suggested the specific name) numerous
blotches of pale orange-coloured pubescence. This forms longi-
tudinal lines between the antenne, transverse lines on the pro-
notum, small spots of irregular shape all over the elytra, spots
on the sterna and legs and fringes on the hindmargin of the
ventral segments. The glabrous spaces on the type (mentioned
as probably due to abrasion) are present in these fresh examples,
and therefore are no doubt natural.

ABSTRACT. OF SPROCEEDING

OF THE

Koval Society of South Australia,

For 1901-2.

~ A NN a NS NO

OrpinaRyY Meretinc, NovemBer 5, 1901.

Wa ter Howcury, F.G.S. (Vice-President) in the chair.

The President apologised for non-attendance.

BaxtLor.—Isaac Herbert Boas, B.Sc., and H. Gill Williams,
L.D.S.. as Fellows.

W H. Seiway, referring to the late Professor Ralph Tate’s
natural history collections, asked if anything had been done |
that these might be preserved to the State. The CHair-
MAN said that so far nothing had been done, but that he was
now 1n a position to deal with the matter.

EXHIBITS.—STIRLING SMEATON, B.A., a piece of sandstone,
showing leaf impression, apparently Eucalyptus, from Island
Lake, on the route to Tarcoola, and opal specimen from L.
Hart. These were lent by J. W. Jones, Conservator of
Water, for exhibition. Wariter Howcnin, F.G.S., showed
specimens of Cambrian glacial clay and striated stones found
in the Pekina Ranges, west of Orroroo, by Chas. F. John-
cock, of Willowie. These are very characteristic of the for-
mation as it occurs in other places.

W. H. Setway exhibited specimens of rare orchids, Ptero-
stylis cucullata from the National Park, and P. rufa from the
Gorge.

Papers.—‘Descriptions of New Species of Corals from the
Australian Tertiaries,’ Part iv.. by Joun Dennant, F.G.S.
“Notes on the Loranthacee of the Willochra Valley,” by
Cras. F. Jouncocx. “Geological Section of the Mount Lofty
Kange,” by C. L, WarywetcHt. “On Eucalyptus Behriana,”
by J. H. Maren, F.L.S., Government Botanist, N.S.W.

OrpiInaRY Meetine, Aprin 8, 1902.

Professor E. H. Renniz, D.Sc. (President) in the chair.
Exuisits.—Watter Howcury, F.G.S., brought under the

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notice of the meeting an obsidianite exhibited by A. Ferguson,
from Western Australia, some distance north of Coolgardie.
Mr. Howchin observed that these stones, at one time thought to
be of volcanic origin, are now more generally considered to
be meteoric. They are found in many parts of Australia
where no volcanic action has yet been discovered. Mr. How-
CHIN also showed specimens of calcium phosphate recently
discovered on Yarroo Station, Yorke Peninsula. It is found
between reefs of Cambrian limestone in what appear to be
waterworn hollows, and occurs in lenticular masses among tritu-
rated shale. Fossil trilobites of Cambrian age are found beneath
the phosphates. Mr. Howcuin mentioned that he had traced
the Cambrian rocks which underlie the phosphatic beds almost
uninterruptedly from Ardrossan to Kulpara. Epwin AsHBY
exhibited specimens of bird skins from Western Australia
(Cliniacteris superciliosus) (Cracticus nigrigularis), the black-
throated butcher bird being the first specimen from Western
Australia; Pterodocys phasianella, ground forked-tail graucu-
lus; Petreca rosea, rose-breasted Robin found in the ranges of
Victoria; Acanthiza reguloides, two specimens showing the
hight typical form of New South Wales and the dark form
of this State, and several others of same genus. STIRLING
SMEATON, B.A., showed specimens of brown coal from Lake
Phillipson bore of much the same character as that from Leigh’s
Creek. Mr. Smeaton drew attention to the peculiar interest of
this discovery as probably indicating the south and west hmits
of the artesian basin, and as showing the probable existence of
old lake beds in this neighborhood. Mr. SmerarTon, as one of
the delegates to the Australasian Association for the Advance-
ment of Science meeting at Hobart in January, 1902, reported
that the next meeting of the Association would be at Dune-
din, New Zealand, in 1904. He also mentioned that the
time of year for the meeting in Adelaide in 1906 had not
been determined. J. G. O. Teppsr, F.L.S., exhibited speci-
mens of two grain beetles, Valandra granarie and Silvanus
surimamensis, and a bottle of grain which these insects had
completely destroyed. Mr. Treprrer also mentioned that a
parasitic wasp of the family Proctotrypid@, about +, inch long,
was found associated with the beetles in the bottle of grain.
Paprers.—‘The Cretaceous Fossils of South Australia and
the Northern Territory,’ by Rosr. ErHeripce, Curator of the
Australian Museum, Sydney. W. Howcnin, F.G.S., in intro-
ducing the paper, mentioned that it would be printed in
quarto similar to the Callabonna/'Memoirs. A vote of thanks to
the author, Mr. Etheridge, was passed. “Further Descriptions

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of the Australian Coleoptera,’ by Rev. 'THos. BuackBurRn,
B.A. A vote of thanks to Mr. Blackburn for his paper
was passed. J. G. O. \TEPPER read a short paper on a
curious instance of luminosity in Ants (/ridomyrmez) ob-
served by Mr. A. A. Styxes, of the Public Library.

OrpINARY Meretine, May 6, 1902.

Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc. (President), in the chair.

Baxtitot.—Walter George Woolnough, B.Sc., F.G.S., as a
Fellow.

Exuivits.—HeErvert Basepow exhibited the follewing
shells in illustration of his paper: dAnapa cuneata (Lam.),
Tellina deltovdalis (am.), Chione levigata (Sby.), Risella
nelanostoma (Gmelin), Hemimactra ovalina (Lam.), Mactra
polita (Chem). A. C. Zietz, F.L.S., exhibited a number
of Bower birds—the satin Bower bird (Ptilonorhynchus vio-
/aceus), in its satin blue coat, with a hen and young male bird,
each greyish-green in color. A spotted Bower bird (Chlamy-
dodera maculata), with bright lilac feathers on neck. A
tooth-billed Bower bird (Scenopeus dentirostris), and Regent
bird (Sericulus melinus). E. AsHusy exhibited three speci-
mens of the sub-family Mimantopodine--a white-headed
Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), a young banded Stilt (Clado-
rhynchus leucocephalus), the chestnut band not showing, and
a red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novehollandia).

Paprers.—‘A Brief Note on the Occurrence of a Raised
Beach on Hindmarsh Island, South Australia,” by HErsert
Basepow. The position of the beach the subject of this
paper is situated on the main track on ‘Hindmarsh Island,
about five miles from the Goolwa Ferry, near the mill, and
consists of an imbedded, softish, calcareous sandstone capped
by a thin layer of travertine and loose black soil, and is prac-
tically level. The sandstone, though extremely rich in mol-
luscan remains in good preservation, yet lacks much variety
of species. The most abundant are those laid on the table
and mentioned above, and are species now inhabiting the
neighboring seas. In places the sandstone gives way to a
barren, rather fine-grained, sandrock, weathering conspicuously
along the borders of the Island into shallow caves, with
stalactitic protuberances hanging from their roofs, produced
by the water carrying and depositing carbonate of lime round
the roots of the present vegetation, which obviously form
ready watercourses. This lime hardening round the roots
forms a cement that resists the disintegrating action of the
atmosphere better than the surrounding rock, and thus the

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pendant masses are produced. The consolidation of this crust
of calcium carbonate may ultimately kill the roots that they
enclose. In many cases complete molecular substitution has
taken place between the organic portions of the root and
the calcium carbonate, whilst retaining the organic struc-
ture. The occurrence of a raised beach on Hindmarsh
Island is another proof of the retreat of the sea in recent
times, either by the gradual rising of the land as a whole,
or, what seems the more likely, by the formation of marginal
lakes now so common a feature on our south-east shores. The
sandrock mentioned above is water-bearing at depths of six
feet and upwards, the supply apparently being drawn directly
from the River Murray. Mr. W. Howcuin, F.G.S., men-
tioned that raised beaches are found at various points near
the coast from Eucla to the Coorong. Salt Creek, which
flows into the Coorong, has cut its way through a thick mass
of seashells, forming cliffs six or eight feet high of shell matter.
Mr. Howcuin also stated that stalactitic action is common to
most raised beaches, and may be seen at the Reedbeds, Brigh-
ton, Port Victor, and other places. He also stated that the
elevation of the land near Adelaide is about 12 ft., whilst it
has risen as much ag 80 ft. in the South-East. Mr. Sam.
Drxon stated that raised beaches are to be found along the
south coast in the neighborhood of Esperance Bay and as far
as Mount Barren. Mr. Epwin Asupy, referring to the shells
shown by Mr. Basedow, pointed out that they were estuarine
in character, but that on Hindmarsh Island, opposite Goolwa,
a true marine shell is found, namely Donaz epidermia. This
mollusc is found on Middleton beach, and is known as a
cockle.

Paper.—'Further Notes on the Botany of the Willochra
Valley,” by Cuas. F. JoHNcock.

A vote of thanks was passed to those exhibiting specimens
and to Mr. Johncock for his interesting paper.

OrpinaRY MEETING, JUNE 3, 1902.

Water Howcuin, F.G.S. (Vice-President) in the chair.

Battot.—R. H. LaB. Cummins, of St. Peter’s College, as a
Fellow.

Paprr.—‘‘Descriptions of New Species of Fossil Mollusca
from Miocene Limestones near Edithburg, South Australia,”
by Hzrpert Basepow. Mr. Basedow mentioned that the
specimens described in his paper had been referred by him
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iilmess and death this had not been done. “A Revision of
Australian Hesperiade,’ by Epwarp Meyrick, B.A., F.ZS.,
and OswaLp Lower, F.E.S., Lond. This paper was intro-
duced by Mr. J. G. O. Treprsr, F.L.S., who exhibited some
specimens of this family of butterflies, which are commonly
known as ‘Skippers,’ because of their short, jerky flight. A.
H.C. Zietz, F.L.S., exhibited eggs of the Northern Territory
Bower bird, very rare, and of the Ewings Fruit Pigeon. He also
exhibited the skin of a large Rufus Owl, probably a New
Guinea species, and a skin of the Rainbow Pitta, and a very
uncommon egg, that of the Drongo Shrike. Mr. R. Fiem-
inc exhibited a fine specimen of fresh water sponge, which
Mr. Zietz stated was a species of Spongilla. Mr. Zietz
exhibited a very interesting collection of bird skins and eggs
collected by Mr. C. E. May in the neighborhood of Port
Darwin, and presented by him to the Museum. Mr. J.G. O.
TEPPER, F.L.S., exhibited a piece of limestone from Manna-
hill forwarded by Mounted-Constable Waterhouse, of Crystal
Brook, who supposed the markings on it to have been done
by aborigines. Mr. TEPPER explained that these were due
to the action of certain alge and lchens. The Secretary
was instructed to write to Mr. Waterhouse and ask him to
protect any native etchings he might any time know of from
being disfigured. Wauter Howcuin, F.G.S., through the
kindness of Mr. Zietz, Assistant Director of the Museum, exhi-
bited some of the bone breccias from The Brothers Islands,
Coffins Bay. Mr. Howcuin described the conditions under
which the deposits were probably formed, and mentioned that
the determination of the fossil bones was not complete, but
bones of large extinct kangaroos and emus, together with the
cranium of a seal, the jaws of a wallaby, and bones of small
marsupials, indeterminable, were known to occur. At the time
of the deposition of these bones The Brothers Islands must have
formed part of the mainland. Mr. Howcuin also showed
a lump of limestone from Port Lincoln forwarded by Mr.
E. R. Bartlett, containing a bone determined by Professor
Stirling to be the femur of a wombat. The matrix consisted
of two classes of rock, the lower a granular foraminiferal lime-
stone of uncertain age, and the other an upper crust of super-
ficial travertine, in which the sub-fossil, with other smaller
bones, was contained. Mr. Sam. Dixon’s notice of motion
of incorporation of this Society was read by the acting sec-
retary, Mr. Epwin Asupsy.

A vote of thanks was passed to those exhibiting specimens
and giving papers.

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OrpDINARY MEETING, JuLy 1, 1902.

Professor E. H. Renniz, D.Sc. (President) in the chair. |

Batitot.—-A. G. Edquist and James Drinkwater Iliffe, B.Sc.,
‘were elected Fellows.

Nomrnation.—G. Jeffreys as a Fellow.

Exuisits—W. Howcuin, F.G.S., exhibited a sample
of rock containing characteristic Miocene fossils obtained
from the sinking of a well at Messrs. Sandford & Co.'s, Gren-
fell-street, at a depth of about 60 ft. Mr. Howcuin stated
that the same rock was met with in the well of the new
Exchange Buildings. These occurring south of the outcrop
at Government House Quarry are of some interest. <A. H. C.
“Zietz, F.L.S., exhibited a young flounder, and remarked that
whilst very young this fish is almost symmetrical, and swims
with only a little inclination sideways, but gradually the twist
in mouth, eyes, and body takes place as it becomes older.
Stirtineg Smeaton, M.A., exhibited a Kangaroo Mouse (Ante-
chinus) from the South-East, and galls of, Casuarina
(Frenchia casuarine). J.G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., laid a specimen
of vanadium ore on the table, and exhibited a scale (Cylin
drococcus casuarwme).

The consideration of the notice of motion of incorporation
of this Society was adjourned until next meeting.

OrpinaRY Metetine, Aucust 5, 1902.

Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc. (President) in the chair.

Batiot.—G. Jeffreys, Lecturer on Woolsorting, School of
Mines, as a Fellow.

Exuisits—J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., a stem or root of
curious growth; also a vine shoot attacked by scale (Leca-
nium depressum *%), which retained its green color although
withering away. Mr. Tepper also exhibited a rare moth
from Queensland, which had been presented to the Museum
by Mr. Oswald Lower. <A. H. C. Zimrz, F.LS., a partly
dried specimen of Flying Fox (Pteropus), found about 100
miles east of Leigh’s Creek. HEpwi1n Asupy, a skin of Gos
hawk (Astur approzimans), and mentioned that the brown
markings are across the body in adult birds, but longitudinal
on that of the young. Mr. Asuey also exhibited a skin of
the Whistling Eagle (Haliaétus sphenurus) from Blackwood,
and the head of an Ibis. W. Howcnrn, F.G.S., some gas
troliths from the River Murray, presented to him by Mr.
‘Gill, the Under-Treasurer.

Mr. Samvuet Dixon then proposed—(a) “That in the opinion

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of this Society the time has come when it is desirable that
funds should be provided with the object of assisting, co-
operating with, and rewarding research in applied science or
natural history which have a direct bearing upon the economic
development of the State and the production of wealth from
its natural resources, and also for encouraging research
amongst all classes of the community. (6) That in further-
ance thereof this Society be incorporated. (c) That an appeal
be made to the public for funds to carry out the object aimed
at. (d) That the Council be a committee, with power to add
to their number, to formulate a scheme to attain the objects
stated in clause a. Mr. Dixon said it was incumbent en the
Fellows of the Royal Society to do their utmost to promote
science and to place their institution on a stronger and sounder
basis. They should cultivate lines of study which the large
number of students at present coming forward from the Uni-
versity might be hkely to take up. The Society should
be provided with funds that would enable it to aid those
who were pursuing promising investigations, but could not:
well afford the cost entailed in their experiments, and ought
also to have an amount invested sufficient to yield interest
for the purchase of medals to reward and encourage research.
Every effort should be made to encourage the development of
the brains of the community in other directions than that
of money-getting. | With the funds mentioned they would,
of course, require a scheme for their proper management and
allotment. He had no fear, although the Government were
going in for retrenchment largely, that the grant from the
State would be diminished, for it was generally recognised
that only by the cultivation of the spirit of scientific research
could communities prosper at the present day. Mr. Asusy
seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously. Mr.
Cuas. F. JoHncock wrote apologising for his absence, and
expressing full approval of the motion for incorporation as it
stands on the notice paper.

A letter was read from the Secretary of the Linnean Society
of New South Wales calling the attention of the Society to
the fact that the Queensland Government intended to retrench
Mr. F. M. Bailey, the Government Botanist, which would pre-
vent him finishing his work on “The Queensland Flora,” and
invited this Society to unite with other scientific bodies in
petitioning the Premier of Queensland to allow Mr. Bailey
to complete his work. The following resolution was then
proposed by Mr. Tepper, seconded by Mr. Dixon, and carried
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of the Queensland Government to retire Mr. Bailey from the
position of State Botanist. It would respectfully urge that
if this cannot be avoided, it may at least be delayed until the
completion of Mr. Bailey’s valuable work.’ The Secretary
was instructed to forward the above resolution to the Premier
of Queensland, and to inform the Secretary of the Linnean
Society of New South Wales what had been done.

Paper.—‘“Aboriginal Rock Painting on South Para,” by
Professor E. C. Strruine, F.R.S.

ORDINARY MEETING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1902.

Water Howcuin, F.G.S. (Vice-President) in the chair.

The SEcrEeTAKY read a letter from the Chief Secretary’s
Office, Brisbane, Q., acknowledging receipt of letter of August
7, 1902, conveying motion passed by this Society urging that
the services of Mr. F. M. Bailey, Colonial Botanist of Queens-
land, be retained until the completion of his work on the
“Queensland Flora,” to inform the Society that Mr. Bailey’s
services would be retained until the end of the present year to
enable him to complete the work in question.

Exurpits.—Dr. Morean exhibited a number of bird skins
from the Gawler Ranges. Amongst these were Collyrweincla
rufiventris, Mucreca assemilis, Smicroruis brevirostris, Malu-
rus callainus, M. assemilis, Amytis textilis, Acanthiza tennur-
rostris, A. pyrrhopygva, A. uropygialis, Phyrrholaemus brun-
neus, Cinclosoma castaneonotum, Calamanthus canvpestris,
Kopsaltria georgiana, Pachycephala gilberti, Clumacteris super-
eiliosa, U. rufa, Glycyphila albifrons, Ptilotis ornata, Parda-
lotus ornatus. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., shoot of Canna, in
which the scale (Dactylopius) had caused decay from top down-
wards. This scale, very active for thig class of insect, is
about one-eighth inch long, not very numerous, and conceals
itself in the sheath of the plant, from which it is not easily
removed. <A. H. C. Zierz, F.L.S., a skin of flame-breasted
Robin (Petreeca phenicea). It is numerous in the Bassian sub-
region, and is found near the foot of the Adelaide hills on
newly ploughed land. Mr. Zirrz also showed the skin of the
fantailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) and of double-
banded Dottrel (Aegialitis bicincta). The former bird is
found in the gullies near Adelaide, but seems to leave during
the breeding season. The latter was shot near Balaklava,
South Australia. Was in nuptial dress, but breeds in New
Zealand.

PaPeR.—‘Some New Australian Geometrina, &c.,” by
OswaLD Lower, F. Ent. S., London.

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Specia, MEETING, OcrosEr 7, 1902.

Professor E. H. Renniz, D.Sc. (President) in the chair.
The proposed rules* for the Royal Society of South Australia
(Incorporated) having been read over, the following notice
of motion was drawn out and signed: “We, the undersigned,
Fellows of the Royal Society of South Australia, hereby give
notice that the rules hereto attached be the rules of the Royal
Society of South Australia (Incorporated).
(Signed) Sam. Dixon.
Epwin ASHBY.
WALTER Rutt.
A. ZIETZ.
[* For copy of Rules see page 345.] A. M. Morean.

ANNUAL MEETING, OcToBER 21, 1902.

Professor E. H. Rennie, D.Sc. (President) in the chair.

Exuisits.—W. H. Selway, a cephalopod in embryo stage.

The annual report and balance-sheet were read and adopted.

ELECTION oF CounciL.—President, Professor E. H. Rennie,
D.Sc., &c.; Vice-Presidents, Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A., and
Walter Howchin, F.G.S.; Hon. Treasurer, Walter Rutt,
C.E.; Hon. Secretary, George G. Mayo, C.E.

MEMBERS oF Councit.—W. L. Cleland, M.B., Professor E-
C. Stirling, C.M.G., F.R.S., &., Samuel Dixon, W. B. Poole,
Edwin Ashby, W. H. Selway.

New Ru.es.—The rules of the Royal Society of South Aus-
tralia (Incorporated) were read by the Secretary and passed,
subject to correction of Rule No. 5 and alteration of Rule No.
42,in which two Auditors were substituted for one Auditor.

Nomination.—Wilham John Vandenbergh. J.P., Solicitor
and Barrister, as a Fellow.

Paprers.—‘Descriptions of New Corals of the Tertiaries of
Australia (Part V.),” by Joun Dennant, F.G.S. ‘Further
Notes on the Australian Coleoptera,’ by Rev. THos. Buacxk-
BURN, B.A. “List of Fish of the Lower Murray,” by A. H.
C. Zrerz, F.LS.,°-C.McZSs Ge: “List of the Described
Genera and Species of the Australian and Polynesian Phas-
mide with Introductory Remarks,’ by J. G. O. Teppsr, F.L:S.

PRESIDENTS AppREsS.—‘‘Some Modern Developments of
Chemistry.” A vote of thanks to the President for his
interesting and instructive address was passed.

Apologies were received from the Hon. Treasurer and Audi-
tor, and a letter from Mr. F. M. Bailey, expressing his deep-
felt thanks to the Society for the kind sympathy they had
shown him in his scientific work.

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ANNUAL REPORT.

OcToBER 21, 1902.

The Council has to report that the leading feature of the
year’s work has been entomological, the principal contributors
being the Rev. Thos. Blackburn, B.A.; Dr. Jefferis Turner,
of Brisbane; Oswald Lower, F.E.S., Lond., of Broken Hill ;
and E. T. Meyrick, B.A,. now in England.

Vol. xxvi., Part I., of the Transactions was published in June
last. Being a small number, it has only been issued to
Fellows and members. When Part II. of this volume is
ready for publication it will be bound up with Part I., and
distributed to the various scientific bodies which receive the
Transactions.

A valuable work on the “Cretaceous Fossils of South Aus-
tralia and the Northern Territory,” by Robt. Etheridge, of
the Museum, Sydney, will shortly be published as one of the
series of Memoirs.

The Malacological Section is now engaged in systematically
revising the nomenclature of the South Australian mollusca
belonging to the class Pelecypoda.

Two committees have been appointed—one to enquire into
the whole question of the hbrary and its arrangement; the
other committee to examine and report upon the distribution of
the Proceedings and Transactions.

With a view of extending the sphere of usefulness of the
Society and increasing its value to the community, steps are
being taken to form it into a corporate body and to establish
a Research and Endowment Fund. By these means the
Royal Society will be enabled to hold property for the purpose
of encouraging scientific work among all classes of the com-
munity, and so assist in developing the resources of the
State.

The Council emphatically endorses the sentiment of Mr.
Samuel Dixon when proposing the motion for incorporation
when he said that “it is now generally recognised that only
by the cultivation of the spirit of scientific research can com-
munities prosper at the present day.”

During the past year six Fellows have been added to our
numbers, whilst three have resigned and two have died. The
membership now is 11 Hon. Fellows, 65 Fellows, 7 Corre-
sponding Members, and 2 Associates.

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DONATIONS. TO THE LEBRARY
For Year 1901-2.
—
TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, AND REPORTS.
Presented by the respective Editors, Societies, and Governments,

AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.

Berlin—Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fiir Erdkunde, Band
XXXVI., Nos. 2-6.

—— — Die Deutsche Siidpolar Expedition, 1901.

—— Verhandlungen der, &c., Band XXVIII. Nos. 4, 5, 6,
and 10 inclusive.

—— Sitzungsberichte der K. Preuss. Akademie der Wissen-
schaften zu Berlin, Nos. 1 to 23 and 39-53, 1902.

— Abhand. der K. Preuss. Meteorologischen Instituts,
Band I., Nos. 6-8.

— Ergeb. der Beobacht. an der Stationem, IT. und III.,
Ordung im Jahres, 1897-1900, Heft 2, 3. Bericht
uber die Thatigkeit des Koniglich Preuss. Meteorol.
Instituts.

— Regenkarte der Provinzen Brandenburg und Pommern,
1901; Regenkarte der Provinzen Sachsen und der
Thuringischen Staaten, 1902.

— “Zeitschrift fiir Ethnologie, Thirty-third Annual Report,
Heft 5 and 6, 1901; Thirty-fourth do. do., Heft 1,
1902.

—— Nachrichten iiber deutsche Alterthunsfunde, Heft 1
and) 21899'--do., 2, 1900; doi.6, 1901); dos, 1, 1902:

Fribourg—Berichte der Naturforschenden Gessellschaft zu

Fribourg, Band XI., Heft 3; Band XII., Heft,
April, 1902.

Giessen— Bericht der Oberhessischen Gessellschaft fiir Natur und
Heilkunde, Thirty third, 1899-1902.

‘(G6ttingen—Nachrichten von der K. Gessellschaft der Wissen-

schaften und der Georg- August. Universitat
Math. Phys. Klasse, 1901, Heft 2 and 3; 1902,
Heft 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Ziele und Aufgaben der Akademien im 20
Jahrhundert von Zittel, 1900.

Geschaftliche Mitteilungen, Heft 2, 1901; do. do.,
Heft 4, 1902.

Halle—Leopoldina, Heft 35, Jahrgang, 1899 ; do., Heft 36, do.,-
1900.

Nova Acta der K. Leop. Carol. Deuts. Cheu Akad. der-
Naturforscher, Band LXXIV., Nr. -2,-3; do,.
DROOL Nr es A:

Heidelberg—Berichte tuber Land und Forstwirth schaft in

deutscn ostafrika, ler Band, Heft 1, 2

Kiel—Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen vereins fir

Schleswig-Holstein, Band XII., ler Heft. .

Munich—Sitzungber. der Math. Phys. Classe der K.B. Akad
der Wissenschaften zu Miinchen, heft 3, 4, 1901
do., heft 1, 2, 1902.

Abhandluugen do. do., Band XXI., heft 2.

Nurnberg—Festschrift Naturhistorischen Gessellschaft, 1801-

1901 (Secular Feier).

Vienna—Expedition 8.M. Schiff “Pola” in das Rothe Meer
Beschreibender Theil, Sept., 1897 — Marz, 1898 ;.
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, X. - XIII.

—— Verhandlungen der K.K. poologiseles Reichanstalt,
Nog: 11-16,,1901; dorde:; Nos. 1, 2;+5,6, 1) Saboe ae
Jahrgang, No. 1, 1901.

— Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien,
Auzeiger Math.-Naturwissensch., Classe XX XVIII.,.

Wr. 5.2% 3:

—— Jahrgang, 1901, Nr. 4-8, 19, 21-26; do. 1902, Nr.
10-14.

——. K.K. Gradmessungs Bureau Astronomische Arbeiten,.
Band XII.

—— Astronomische Arbeiten des K.K. Gradsmessungs.
Bureau Protokolle, 1889-1892.
Meee een Siciniy of Nat. Hist. Year- Book, 1900-1901.
Wirzburg—Sitzungsberichte der Physik- Medicin, Gesellschaft,
L90 LS Need -7:

AUSTRALIA AND NEw ZEALAND.

Adelaide—Government Geologist: Handbook of Mining, with
| Maps, August, 1901.
Tarcoola and the N.-Western District, 1902.
—-— Woods and Forest Department: Annual Progress
Report, 1900-1901.
Observatory : Meteor. Observations, 1898.
Education Department: System of Education im
South Australia.
School of Mines and Industries and Technolog.
Museum: Annual Report, 1901.

3039

Adelaide—Public Library: Reports of Board of Governors,
wie ; 1898.9 and 1900-1901.
Auckland—The Auckland Institute: Report of Institute and

ee Museum.
Brisbane—Queensland Flora, pt. 4: Hygrophyllaceze to EHlcag-
nacee.
Royal Society of Queensland: Proceedings, vol.
evens pt. 1.

Geological Survey of Queensland: “Artesian Water
Supply in the State of Queensland,” by R. L.
diaek, aoluls.T)., (GS: Bulletin, Nos. 13 - 17.
Annual Progress Reports, 1900 and 1901. Coal
Beds of Waterpark Creek and Burrum Coal Field,
1902.
—— North Queensland Ethnography: Bulletin, No. 4.
Melbourne—Public Library, &c.: Victorian Year-Book (digest),
1895-8.

—_——-— Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers: Pro-
ceedings Annual Meeting at Melbourne, Jan.,
1902 ; do., special do. at Bendigo, Mar., 1902.
Transactions, vol. VIII, pt. 1.

ee Victorian Naturalist, vol.: XTX.7 Nos, 1-G-inclu-
sive, with list of members, &c.; vol. XVIILI.,
Nos? eS, 9, 10; andar:

Royal Society of Victoria: Proceedings, vol. XIV.,
Bunesdo., XV., peal

——-———~— Department of Mines and Water: Annual Report

of the Secretary, 1901; Special Reports, the
Walhalla Goldfield and Underground Survey
Bendigo Goldfield.

—_—-—— Department of Agriculture: The Journal of Agri-
culture, vol. I., pts. 1 to 9.

Australasian Association for the Advancement of
Science, vol. VIII , 1900.

Perth —Government Geologist: Annual Progress Report, 1900.
Survey Bulletin, No. 6.

Department of Mines: Report, 1901. Mining Statistics,
1899.

Department of Lands and Surveys: Land Selector’s
Guide to the Crown Lands, 1901, Western Australia
and its Resources, 1902.

Sydney—Australasian Anthropological Journal, vol. III., No.8;
vole UV, No. 10; vok Wa sNows.

Observatory : Results of Rain, River, and Evaporation
Observations, 1899, and Current Papers, Nos. 159,
160, and 161.

336

Sydney—Australian Museum: Records, vol. [V., Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7.
Nests and Kegs of Birds, &c, pt. II., pp. 37-120.
Memoir No. IV. “Thetis” Trawling Expedition,
parts 4 and 5.
— — Department of Agriculture: Botanic Gardens’ Report,
1901; Bulletin, No. 4, Feb., 1891.
—— Agricultural Gazette, vol. VI., pts. 1-12; vol. VII,
pts. 1-5, 7, 9-11; vol. VEIL, pts, 4, 6, 7, S)20-as
vol. XI., pt. 2; vol. XIT, pts. 10, 11, 12; vol. XIII,
pts. 2, 3, and 5-9, and Index.
—— Royal Society of N.S. Wales, vol. XXXV., 1902.
—— Linnean Society: Proceedings, vol. XXVI, Nos. 102,
104; vol. XXVII., Nos. 105-6 Presidential Ad-
dress, May 20th, 1902.
— Department of Mines and Agriculture: Annual Re-
ports of the Department of Mines, 1900 and 1901.
Mineral Resources, Nos 9 and 10. Handbook of
Mining and Geol. Mus., 1902. Records of the Geol.
Survey of N.S.W,, vol. VII., pt.:2.
—w Technological Museum: “Research on the Eucalypts,”
by R. T. Baker and H. G. Smith.
—— Sea Fisheries: The Statutes of N.S. Wales, session
1900.
——— Botanie Gardens: Report to Legislative Assembly,
1902.
Parramatta—“ Customs of Australian Natives,” by R. H.
Mathews, L.S.; 18 Brochures.
Wellington, N.Z.—New Zealand Institute: Trans. and Proc.,
vols. XX XIII. and XXXIV.
—______—____—— Lands Survey and Mines Department:
Annual Report, XXXIV., Col. Labo-
ratory.

BELGIUM.

Brussels—Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belge, tome
45, 1901.
Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique, tome
XXXI., fase. ‘1, 2; tomes XXXIT XK
XXXV.
CANADA.

Montreal—Canadian Record of Science, vol. VIII., Nos. 6 and 7

Ottawa— Geological Survey of Canada: Gen. Index to Reports
of Progress, 1863-84. Annual Report, vol. XL,
1898, with Maps.

Catalogue of Canadian Birds, pt. 1.

— Catalogue of Marine Invertebrates of E. Canada.

337

Ottawa—Contributions to Canadian Paleontology, vol. II., pt. 2;
vol. IV., pt. 2
—— Canadian Fossil Insects.

FRANCE.

Caen— Bulletin de Ja Société Linnéene de Normandie, ser. V..,.
vol, LV 51900:
Lille—Université de Lille: Tableaux des Cours et Conférences,.
1902-3.
Nantes—Bulletin de la Societé des Sciences Naturelles de
Ouest de la France, second series, tome I., No. 1,.
2, 3, 4; Tremestris, do., tome X., No. 4, Trim. 1900.
— Table des Matieres de la Premiére ser , tome I.-X.
Paris-—Bulletin de la Feuille des Jeunes Naturaliste, No. 373-
377 and 379-383.
— Bulletin de la Société Entomologique, Nos. 13-21, 1901;
do., Nos. 1, 2, and 4-14.

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

Cambridge—Philosophical Society Proceedings, vol. XI., pts. 1

to 6 inclus.

—_—-—_—— Fauna Hawaiiensis, Hymenoptera parasitica, vol. I.,.

t.43:
— Aeneid: d&c., vol. II., pt. 5.
Dublin—Royal Dublin Society : Scientific Proceedings, vol. IX.
(N.S.), pts. 3 and 4; Scientific Transactions, vol.
VTE (S22), 8, 9, 10) Pitas:
Royal Irish Academy ; Transactions, vol. XXXI., pts.
12, 13, 14; vol. XXXII, Sect. A, pts. 1, 2. Pro-
ceedings, vol. VI., (Ser. 3), No. 3.
London—Royal Microscopical Society, Journal, pts. 5, 6, 1901;
pts. 1 to 4, 1902.

—-— Royal Society: Proceedings, vol. LXIX., Nos. 454,
455, 457-458 ; vol. LX X., Nos. 459-465. Year Book,
1902. Report of Evolution Oommittee, No. 1,
Heredity. Report Malarial Committee, seventh
series.
——— Linnean Society, Proceedings 113th Session; List of
Members.

—— Royal Colonial Institute: Library Catalogue, Supp. 1,
1901. Proceedings, vol. XXXII. and XXXIITI.

—— Entomological Society, Transactions for 1901.

—— British Museum: Catalogue, vol. III. and _ plates.
Hand list G. and S. Birds, vol. ITI.

—— — The Royal Geographical Society: the Geographical
Journal, vol. XIX., No. 1.

Leeds—Journal of Conchology, vol. X., Nos. 5-8 inclus.

338

Manchester—Manchester Literary and Phil. Soc., Memoirs and
Proceedings, vol. XLVI., pts. 1-6 inclus.
— Manchester Field Naturalist and Archeologist’s
Soc., Report and Proceedings Year 1901.
— Manchester Geological Society, Transactions, vol.
XXVI., pt. 19; XXVITI., pts. 8-13 inclus.

HOLLAND.

Amsterdam—Natitrkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie,
Deel LX1I.

INDIA.

Calcutta—Indian Museum, Annual Report, 1900-1901.
Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship, Investigator,
Indian Triaxonia.
Madras—Government Museum, Anthropology Bulletin, vol. IV.,
No: 2, 1901:
{ran

Florence—Societa Entomologica Italiana, Bulletino Trimestre
II., 32nd Year.
Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Atti Processi
Verbali, vol. XII., 4 Marz, 1900.
Milan—Societa Italiana di Scienza Naturali e del Museo Civico
di Storia Naturale in Milan Atti, &c., vol. XL., fase.
4, Fogii 20-27; vol. XLI., fase. 1, Fogli 1-7; fasc. 2,
fogli 8-18.
Palermo—Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Econom., vol. XXIII.
Pisa—Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Processi
Verbali, vol. XII., XIII.; Memoirie, vol. XVIII.

JAPAN.

Ky6to—Imperial University Calendar, 1901-2.

Tokio—Seismological Society, Publications No. 8 and 9 of
Earthquake Investigation Committee.

—— Oollege of Science, Imperial University Journal, vol.
XII, pt. 4; vol, XV5. pt..o ; vol. XVI ptexiiee
art. 6; vol. XVII., pts. 1, 2, 3, art. 7-9.

___ Asiatic Society, Transactions, vol. XXIX’, pts. 1, 2; vol.
RMX pt. 2.

MEXxIco.

Mexico—Sociedad Scientifica, Memorias y Revista, vol. XIII,
ng 1; | 2):03,5/45.qvol.) DEVS ns,). 4-12 30a
nsy. 1/2, os

—___—_ Instituto Geologico de Mexico, Boletin No. 14, pt. 1;
No. 15, pt. 2.

__—_ Revista Cientifica, tomo V., Nos. 1-3.

339

NoRWAY AND SWEDEN.

‘Bergens—Bergens Museums, Aarbog, 1901, iste hefte.
‘Christiana—Den Norske Nordhaus Expedition, 1876-8, No.
XXVIII., Zoologi Mollusca IIT.
‘Stockholm—Geologiska Foreningens Forhandlingar Tjugotredje
Bandet, 1901.
— Entomologisk Tidskrift, arg 2?, haft 1, 2, 3, 4,
LIOk
— Kong]. Vitterhets Historie och Antiquitets Akade-
miens, Manadsblad Tjugonionde argangen, 1900.
‘Stavanger—Museum, Aarshefte, 1901.
‘Trondhjem —Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs,
Skrifter, 1900.

Rwvsslia.

Moscow—Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de
Moscow, Année 1901, Nos. 1 and 2; Année 1902,
Nos. 1 and 2.

St. Petersburg—Société Imperiale Mineralogique, Verhand-

lungen, 39 Band, 2nd serie.

—_—-—-—— Bulletins du Comité Geologique, tome XIX.,
(10; XX., “1-6, 1901. . Memoirs, “tome
XVIIT., Nos 1 and 2.

Bibliotheque Geologique de la Russie, 1897.

-Odessa—L/’université Imperiale, Anomalies Magnetiques, &c.

SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Honolulu—The Bernice Panahi Bishop Museum, Directors’
Report for 1900, vol. I., No. 3; Occasional Papers,
vol. I., No. 4; Memoirs, vol. I., No. 4.

———— Fauna Hawaiiensis, vol. III., pt. 1, Diptera.

SWITZERLAND.

Basle—Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Verhandlungen, Band
XITT., heft 2.
‘Genéve—Société de Physique et de Histoire Naturelle Compte-
rendu des Seances, vol. X VI., 1899.

Lausanne—Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences
Naturelles, tome XXX VII., No. 141; XX XVIII,
No. 143. Index Bibliographique, 1896.

———— Université de Lausanne, Index Bibliographique de
la faculté des Sciences, 1896.

SouTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

Monte Video—Museo Nacional, Anales to. 3 and 4, entrega
| 21, 22.

340

Monte Video—Sociedad Meteorologica Uruguaya Resumen, &c. ;
anno VII., Nos. 1-4; VIII., Nos 1-4.
Buenos Ayres—Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba,
Boletin, tomo XVI., entrega 4a.
Rio de Janeiro—Observatoria, Boletin, Mensal 1900-1901 ;.
Annuario, anno XVIT., 1901.
Lima—Sociedad Geografica di Lima Boletin, tomo VII.-X., pts.
Ded, 48
SoutH AFRICA.
Cape Town—South African Philosophical Society, Transactions,
vol. XI., pt. 4.
__—_-__—— South African Museum, Annals, vol. IT., pts. 3-9
inclus.
Geodetic Survey of 8S. Africa, vol. II.
Pietermaritzburg—Geol. Survey of Natal and Zululand, First
Report.

UNITED STATES oF AMERICA.

Baltimore—John Hopkins University: Studies, Historical and
Political Science, series XIX., Nos. 6-12; XX.,
No. 1. Circulars, vol. XXI., Nos 154-159.
American Chemical Journal, vol. XXV., No. 6;
XXV-1., Nos. 1-O-memey fl, Nos. 1) 2
Boston—Boston Society of Nat. Hist., Proceedings, vol. XXIX.,
Nos. 15-18 > XXX, Nos 2.
———— American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Proceedings,
vol. XXX VIL, Nos 12195 xX XX VI-, aNiesezue
Cambridge—Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard
College, Bulletins, vol. XXXVIITI.; XXXIX.,
Nos. 1, 2,3; XL. No. 2. Geological Series, vol.
V., Nos. 5 and 6.
— Harvard University Library Report, 1898 ; ditto of
Library Syndicate, 1901.
Cincinnati—Society of Nat. Hist. Journal, vol. XX., Nos. 1, 2.
Champaign—Illinois State Laboratory of Nat. Hist., Bulletin,
Vol. oeart.
Columbus—Ohio State University: Thirtieth Annual Report
Board of Trustees ; Thirty-first ditto to 30th June,.
LICL:
Chicago— Field Columbian Museum: Anthropological Series,
vol. I1., No. 5; vol: 101, Nos. 1, 2. Aoolosteale
Series, vol. II., No.2; vol. III., Nos. 4, 5. Geo-
logical Series, vol. I., Nos. 9,10. Report, vol. I1.,
Nok.
_——. Academy of Science, Bulletin, vol. II., Nos. 3, 4
Nat. Hist., pt. 1.

341

Indianapolis—Indiana Academy of Science, Proceedings, 1900.
Lawrence—Kansas University, Bulletins, vol. I., Nos. 1-4, 8;
vol IT, Nos 1,6, 7328.
Massachusetts—Tufts College Studies, No. 7.
New York—New York Academy of Sciences: Memoirs, vol. II.,
pt. 39 1901. -Annals, vol. XIII., pts: 2,3; vol.
XIV., pt. 2. Paleontological Notes, Memoirs,
VOU LLs,; Plus:
— Public Library: Astor, Lennox, and Tilden
Foundation, Bulletin, vol. V., Nos. 10, 11; vol.
VI., Nos. 1-9.

Philadelphia—Academy of Natural Sciences, Proceedings, vol.
DIL spts: 253, 1901)

—— University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory,
vol: TTZoNo, 2:

—__————. Zoological Society, Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth
Annual Reports.

—___———— American Philosophical Society: Proceedings,
vol. XL., Nos. 165-6-7; vol. XLI., No. 168.
Transactions, vol. XX. (New Series), pt. 2.

St. Louis—Academy of Science, Transactions, vol. X., Nos. 9

HOS vol; XT., Nos:/1-5:
Topeka—Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions of the
Thirty-second and Thirty-third Annual Meetings.

Washington—National Academy of Sciences, Memoirs, vol.
VIII. Proceedings, vol. III., pp. 371-600, and
Contents and Index; vol. IV., pp. 1-454;
plates [LX.-XIT.

————-— United States Geological Survey, Twenty-first
Annual Report, pts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 6 con-
tinued.

— Department of Agriculture, North American
Fauna, Nos. 20 and 21.

——————_ Smithsonian Institution: Annual Reports of the
Board of Regents to 30th June, 1897; to 30th
June, 1899; to 30th June, 1900. Eighteenth
Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology.

— Proceedings of the United States Nat. Hist.
Museum, vol. XXII.; Bulletin, No. 50, pt. 1;
Annual Report.

— Board of Geographical Names: Special Report
(Phillipine Islands), Document No. 400 Senate
Papers.

342

LIST OF FELLOWS, MEMBERS, &c.

NovEMBER, 1902.

Those marked (F) were present at the first m2zeting when the Society was
founded. Those marked (L) are Life Fellows. Those marked with

an asterisk have contributed papers published in the Society’s
Transactions.

Any changes in the addresses should be notified to the Secretary.

Date of
Election

1893.
1897.

1888.
1876.
1890.

1893.
1855.
1892.

1898.
1876.

1894.

1881.
1881.
188).
1893.
1886.
1883.
1893.

1874.
1895.
1902.
1893.
1887.
1901.
1386.

1883.
1882.

HONORARY FELLOWS.

*CossmAN, M., Rue de Maubeuge, 95, Paris.
*Davip, T. W. Epcreworta, B.A., F.B.S., F.G.S., Prof. Geology
Sydney University.
*DENNANT, JOHN, F.G.S., F.C.S., Iaspector of Schools, Camberwell,
Victoria.
Evuery, R. L. J., F.B.S., F.R.A.S., Gov. Astron., the Observa-
tory, Melbourne, Victoria.
* ETHERIDGE, ROBERT, D.rector of the Australian Museum of N.S.
Wales, Sydney.
GREGORIO, MARQUIS DE, Palermo, Sicily.
Hutt, H. M., Hobart, Tasmania.
* Maven, J. H., F.L.S., F.C.S., Director Botanic Gardens, Sydney,
N.S. Wales.
*Meyerick, E. T., B.A., Elmswood, Marlborough, Wilts, England.
Russetu, H. C., BA., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Gov. Astron., Sydney,
N.S. Wales.
*Witson, J. T., M.D., Prof. of Anatomy, Sydney University.

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.

Baier, F. M., F.L.S., Colonial Botanist, Brisbane, Queensland.
*CLoup, T. C, F.C.S., Manager Wallaroo Smelting Works, S.A.
*FoELSCHE, PAvuL, Inspector of Police, Palmerston, N.T.
*McKILLop, Rev. Davip, Daly River ‘Mission, N. Kin Australia.

Nico.ay. Rev. C. G., Fremantle, W.A.

*STIRLING, JAMES, Gov. Geologist, Victoria.

* STRETTON, W.G., Palmerston, N.T., Australia.

FELLOWS.

Anaas, J. H., Adelaide, S.A.

*Asupy, Epwin, Adelaide, S.A.

Baker, W. H., Parkside, S.A.

*BEDNALL, W. T., Adelaide, S.A.

*BLACKBURN, Kev. THomas, B.A., Woodville, S.A.

Boas, Isaac HERBERT, B.Sc., the University, Adelaide, S.A.
*Brace, W. H., M.A., Prof. of Mathematics, University of Ade-

laide, S.A.

*Brown, H. Y. L., F.G.S., Gov. Geologist, S.A.

Browne, L. G., Adelaide, S.A.

1899.
1898.
1893.
1879.

1895.

1876.
1895.
1902.
1887.
1896.
1893.
1890.
1902.
1899.
1886.
1889.
1880.
1896.

1896

1896.
1891.
1883.
1901.

1893.
1900.
1902.

1902.

13899.
1898.
1884.

1856.
1897.
1888.
1874.
1897.
1884.
1859.
1883.
1886.
1892.
1885.

1869.
1891.
1893.
1857.
1900.

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Browne, T. L., Adelaide, 8. A.

Browne, J. Harris, Adelaide, S.A.

Brummitt, RoBert, M.R.C.S. Gilberton.

CLELAND, W. L., M.B., Ch.M., J.P., Colonial Surgeon, Resident
Medical Officer Parkside Lunatic Asylum, Lecturer in
Materia Medica, University of Adelaide, S.A.

CLELAND, JOHNB., M.D., Ch.B., Pathologist Prince Alfred’s Hos-
pital, Sydney, N.S.W.

(L) Cook, EBENEZER, Commissioner of Audit, Adelaide, S.A.
Cook®, Joun H., Adelaide, S.A.
Cummins, R. H. LaB., St. Peter’s College, Adelaide, S.A.
*DIxon, SAMUEL, Adelaide, S.A.

Drummon?, J. H. G., M.D., Pangarinda, Semaphore, S.A.
Dupiry, Urian, White Rock S.M., Drake, N.S. W.
*Kast, J. J., F.G.S., Perth, W.A.

Epauist, A. G., Hindmarsh, S.A.

FERGUSSON, ANDREW, Agricultural School, Adelaide, S.A.

FLEMING, Davin, Adelaide, S.A.

Frasgr, J. C., Adelaide, S.A.

*GoyDER, GEORGE, F.C.S., Analyst and Assayer, Adelaide, S.A.

GREENWAY, THomaAs J., Chillagoe, Queensland.

Hawker, E. W., F.G.S , Adelaide.

*Hiacin, A. J., Assistant Lecturer on Chemistry, the University,
Adelaide, S.A.

*Houitze, Mavricz, F.U.S8., Director Botanic Gardens, Adelaide,
S.A.

*HowcHin, Water, F.G.S., Lecturer on Geology and Palon-
tology, the University, Adelaide, S.A.

HasuaM, J. A., B.Sc., Registrar of the School of Mines and Indus-
tries, Adelaide, S.A.

JAMES, THomMAS, M.R.C.S., Moonta, S.A.

*Jouncock, CHas. F., Morphett Vale, S.A.

ILiFFE, JAMES DRINKWATER, B.Sc., Prince Alfred College, Ade-
laide, S.A.

JEFFREYS, G., Lecturer on Wool Sorting, School of Mines, Ade-
laide, S.A.

KLEEMAN, RICHARD, Adelaide, S.A.

*Kocw, Max, Adelaide, S.A.

Lenpon, A. A., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.S., Lecturer on Forensic
Medicine and on Chemical Medicine, the University, and
Honorary Physician Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, S.A.

*Luoyp, J. 8., Adelaide, S.A.
Lea, A. M., Gov. Entomologist, Hobart, Tasmania.
*LowER, OswaLp, F. Ent. 8S. Lond., Broken Hill, N.S. W.
Mayo, GEORGE G., C.E., Adelaide, S.A.
*Moraan, A. M., M.B., Ch.B., Adelaide, S.A.
MuntTon, H. S., Adelaide, S.A.
(L) Murray, Davip, Adelaide, S.A.
Puiuuires, W. H., Adelaide, S.A.
PoeLE, W. B., Adelaide, S.A.
*PRIESTLEY, P. H., Parkside, S.A.
*RENNIE, Epwarp H., M.A., D.Sc. London, F.C.S., Profeasor of
Chemistry University of Adelaide, S.A.
*Rutt, WautsErR, Chief Assistant Engineer, Adelaide, S.A.
SeLway, W. H., Adelaide, S.A.
Simson, Augustus, Launceston, Tasmania.
*SMEATON, THos. D., Blakiston, S.A.
SMEATON, STrrRuina, B.A., C.E., Adelaide, S.A.

1871.
1881.

1886.

1897.
1894.
1889.
1878.

1902:

1883.

1878.
1859.

1901.
1902.

1886.

1901.
1901.

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SmitH, RoBert Barr, Adelaide, S.A.

*STIRLING, Epwarp C., C.M.G., M.A., M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.S.,
Professor of Physiology University of Adelaide; Director
South Australian Museum, Adelaide, S.A.

*TrppER, J.G.O., F.L.S., Entomologist South Austraiian Museum
Adelaide, S.A.

*Torr, W.G., LL.D., M.A., B.C.L., Way College, Adelaide, S.A.

*TURNER, A. JEFFERIS, M.D., Brisbane, Q.

VaRpON, Hon. JosEepH, M.L.C., J.P., Adelaide, S.A.

*VeERCO, JOSEPH C., M.D., F.R.C.S., Lecturer on the Principles and
Practice of Medicine and Therapeutics University of Ade-
laide, S.A.

VANDENBERGH, W. J., Barrister and Solicitor, J.P., Adelaide,
S.A

WAINWRIGHT, E. H., B.Sc. London, St. Peter’s College, Adelaide,
S.A

Ware, W. L., J.P., Adelaide, S.A.
Way, Rr. Hon. Str Samurt James, Bart., D.C.L., Chief Justice
and Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia, Adelaide, S.A.
Wituiams, H. Gitt, L.D.S., Adelaide, S.A.
WootnotcH, WALTER GEORGE, B.Sc., F.G.S., Lecturer on Miner-
alogy and Petrology the University, Adelaide, S.A.
*ZieTz, A. H. C., F.L.S., C.M.Z.8., Assistant Director South
Australian Museum, Adelaide, S.A.

ASSOCIATES.

*BasgDow, HERBERT, Adelaide, S.A.
CoLutson, EpitH, B.Sc., Adelaide, S.A.

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bo Ia

OF THE

Roval Society of South Australia

(INCORPORATED).

NAME.

1. The title of the Society is the “Royal Society of South
Australia (Incorporated).”
OBJECTS.

2. The objects of the Society are the promotion and diffusion
of science by meetings for the reading and discussion of papers
and other methods.

CONSTITUTION.

3. The Society shall be constituted of the persons whose
names have been duly enrolled as members, and who have not
ceased to be members.

4. His Excellency the Governor of South Australia for the
time being shail be requested to be the Patron of the Society.

5. Members shall be classed as Fellows, Honorary Members,
Corresponding Members and Associates.

MANAGEMENT.

6. The general management of the affairs of the Society,
together with the custody of its property, shall be vested in a
Council of eleven Fellows, comprising a President, two Vice-
Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and six other Feilows to
be elected as hereinafter provided.

7. The exercise of any power vested in the Council may be
controlled by the Society in general meeting.

8. Four members of the Council shall form a quorum, and
may transact any business which the Council is authorised to
transact.

9. In addition to any other powers hereby conferred upon
them the Council shall—

Convene all meetings of the Society and determine what
papers are to be read, and generally what business
is to be transacted at such meetings:

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Determine as to the publication in whole or in part of
any paper so read:

‘Elect a member of Council to represent the Society on
the Board of Governors of the South Australian
Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South
Australia :

Receive the revenues and other moneys of the Society,
and apply the same in furtherance of its objects,
or as may be specially directed by the Society :

Provide for the safe custody of the seal, the original
papers, and all other property of the Society:

Enter into and execute all contracts and engagements of
the Society:

Prepare the annual report and balance-sheet:

Regulate the meetings of the Council as a majority
thereof shall determine.

MEMBERS.

10. Members may be elected as hereinafter provided.

11. Fellows and Associates shall pay such subscriptions as
may be prescribed.

12. Persons distinguished for their attainments in science
may be elected as Honorary Members.

13. Persons who ordinarily reside more than ten miles
from Adelaide, and who, by furnishing papers, or otherwise,
have, in the opinion of the Council, promoted the objects
of the Society, may be elected Corresponding Members.

14. Honorary Members and Corresponding Members shall
not be liable for subscriptions.

15. Young men of not more than twenty-one years of age
and ladies may be Associates.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

16. Every candidate for membership must be nominated
in the prescribed form by two Fellows.

17. The nomination paper shall be lodged with the Secre-
tary with the prescribed subscription (if any), and shall be
submitted to the Council and the Society at their first follow-
ing meetings, and the election shall be held at the next sub-
sequent meeting not being a special meeting of the Society.

18. No person shall be eligible for election as an Honorary
or Corresponding Member unless recommended by the Council.

19. Elections shall be by ballot, one negative in six exclud-
ing.

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20. A candidate who has been so excluded shall not be
eligible to be again nominated within one year of such exclu-
sion.

21. An Associate shall be entitled to be enrolled as a Fellow
upon signing an application in due form and paying the pre-
scribed subscription.

22. Every ‘person admitted shall have immediate notice
thereof transmitted to him by the Secretary, accompanied by
a copy of the rules, and shall be enrolled as a member.

CESSION OF /MEMBERSHIP.

23. A member may resign his membership at any time by
notice in writing to the Secretary, and shall thereupon cease
to be a member.

24. If any Fellow or Associate whose subscription shall be
more than twelve months in arrear shall fail to pay the same
after application in writing by the Secretary therefor, the
Council may cancel his membership, and he shall thereupon
cease to be a member.

RESTORATION.

25. The Council may upon such terms as it shall think fit
re-enrol as a member any person who shall have ceased to be
a member.

ELECTION OF COUNCIL.

26. At each annual meeting the President and all other
officers (except the Secretary) and two of the Fellows on the
Council shall retire from office, and their places shall be filled
by election, which if any Fellow shall so require shall be by
ballot.

27. The Fellows to retire shall be those who have been
longest in office since last election, or, in case of equal tenure
of office, shall be decided by lot. .

28. The Secretary shall hold office during the pleasure of
the Society.

29. Retiring officers and Fellows shall be eligible for re
election.

30. If a member of the Council shall without leave or some
reason which the Council shall consider sufficient absent him-
self from three consecutive meetings of the Council he shall
be deemed to have vacated his office.

31. Every casual vacancy in the Council shall be filled up at
the next meeting of the Society by election by ballot.

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SEAL AND SEALHOLDER.

32. The Common Seal shall have the name of the Society
inscribed upon it, and shall be held by the Secretary, who
shall for the purposes of the Act be deemed to be the Seal-
holder.

The Council shall have power to use the seal tn the execu-
tion of any powers hereby vested in them or otherwise in
relation to the affairs or business of the Society. The seal
shall never be used except by the authority of the Council.
At least two members of the Council and the Secretary shall
sign every instrument to which the seal is affixed.

MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY.

33. A meeting of the Society, to be called the Annual Meet-
ing, shall be held in the month of October in every year upon
a day and at a place to be appointed by the Council.

34. At the annual meeting the Council shall submit a
report and duly audited balance-sheet, and the meeting shall
elect the officers and members of Council for the ensuing year
and transact any other business of which due notice has been
given.

35. The Council may convene an ordinary meeting of the
Society at any time.

36. The Council may at any time, and shall upon the re
quisition in writing of seven Fellows, specifying the purpose
for which the meeting is required, convene a special meeting of
the Society. The special business for which the meeting has
been convened, and none other, shall be transacted at such
meeting.

37. A Fellow may introduce two visitors at any meeting,
other than a special meeting, upon entering their names in the
visitors book. Visitors shall not speak unless invited to do
so by the Chairman.

38. Honorary and Corresponding Members and Associates
shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting or take part in
the business of the Society.

39. Seven Fellows shall be a quorum. If at any meeting
a quorum is not present within thirty minutes after the hour
of meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to a day and
time to be appointed by those present, not being earlier than
seven days. At the adjourned meeting the Fellows then pre-
sent may proceed to business although a quorum may not be
present.

40. Three day’s notice at least shall be given of every meet-

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ing or adjourned meeting and of the principal items vu: busi-
ness to be transacted thereat.

41. Notice shall be given to the members resident in South
Australia by circular or in such other manner as may be
prescribed.

AUDITOR.

42. Two Fellows not being members of the Council shall be
chosen at some meeting of the Society prior to the annual
meeting in each year to audit the accounts and _ balance-
sheet for the then current year.

By-LAws.

43. The Council may make, repeal, alter, and vary by-laws
for regulating the—

Subscriptions to be paid and the officers to whom they
are to be paid:

Forms to be used:

Procedure at meetings :

Requisites of papers to be read at meetings:

Notice to be given of meetings:

Encouragement to be given by the Society by means of
medals, prizes, or otherwise to the promotion of
science :

Determine the duties of the Treasurer, Secretary, and

other officers :

And generally for the better carrying out the objects and
purposes of the Society.

44. No by-law or repeal, alteration, or variation of any by-
law shall have any validity unless approved by a majority of
the Fellows present at a meeting of the Society of which due
notice has been given.

45. The Society may by a majority of at least two-thirds
of the Fellows present at an annual meeting or at any special
meeting duly convened for the purpose make any rule or re
peal, alter, or vary any existing rule.

46. In the construction of the rules of the Society, unless
the subject or context requires a different meaning :

‘Prescribed’ means prescribed by by-law:

Words denoting the singular number only shall be deemed
to include the plural and vice versa. Words denot-
ing the masculine gender shall be deemed to include
the feminine.

47. All rules and by-laws of the Society heretofore in force
are hereby repealed.

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APPENDICES:

FIELD NATURALISTS’ SECTION

OF THE

Koval Society of South Australia

NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT' OF THE
COMMITTEE,

For THE YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1902.

Evening Meetings—During the year ten evening meetings
have been held, at which papers or lectures have been read
as follows :—

1901.
Oct. 15—‘Snakes,” Jas. Aitken. ;

Oct. 31—‘“Australian Birds and Their Habits,’ D. Le Souef.
(Special meeting in connection with Australian Ornithological
Union.)

Noy. 19—Natural History Observations: ‘“Papirius” and “A,

Frosty Morning,’ T. D. Smeaton. “Results of
Three Days’ Excursion to Mount Barker,’ W.
H. Selway, J. W. Mellor, S. Smeaton, B.A.
Dec. 20—Conversazione at Hardwicke College.
1902.
April 15—“Easter Field Club Encampment at Port Noar-
lunga,” E. Ashby.
May 20—‘Australasian Science Association Excursion to West
Coast of Tasmania,’ Edith Collison, B.Sc.
June 17—(Paper postponed through inclement weather.)
July 15—Review of papers read at Hobart Science Meetings,
S. Smeaton, B.A.
August 19—‘Starfish,’” R. H. La B. Cummins, B.Sc.
September 16—Chairman’s address: “Evolution of Plants,”
S. Smeaton, B.A.

There has been no definite course of study at these meet-
ings (as in the past two years), but much interesting and

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useful information has been imparted. The lecture by Mr.
D. Le Scuef on “Australian Birds’ is worthy of special refer-
ence, as it was given at a representative gathering of various
scientific societies in Adelaide to inaugurate the meetings of
the Australasian Ornithologists’ Union.

The members were indebted to the Misses Tilly for an en-
joyable conversazione at Hardwicke College, when, besides
enjoying a pleasant social function, opportunity was taken to
explain the objects of the Section. In addition to botany,
which always occupies a prominent position both at indoor
and outdoor gatherings, such subjects as “Starfish,” “Snakes,’”
and other topics incidental to the wide scope embraced by the
operations of the Section have been dealt with.

Exhibits continue to form an important item at the evening
meetings. Amongst them were a collection of beautiful
Humming Birds, shown by Mr. A. Zietz, F.L.S., and several
interesting exhibits by Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S. At one
meeting the unusual occurrence of showing an orchid new for
South Australia was recorded, viz., Caleya major, which was
found by Mr. A. J. Wilson, at: Mylor, identified by Mr. J. G. O.
Tepper, F.L.8., and painted by Miss C. A. Selway. Other
rare orchids are dealt with under the reference to “Excur-
sions.” 2

Excursions.—Thirteen excursions have been held during the
year, as under :—

1301, Locality.

Oct. 12—Gelden Grove.

Nov. 9-11—(Three days) Mount Barker, &c.

Nov. 23—Mount Lofty and Norton’s Summit.

Dec. 21—Dredging, Port River.

1902.

April 26—Dredging , Port River.

May 17—River Sturt, from Darlington.

June 26-—Mr. H. Sewell’s Nurseries at Payneham.

July 19—Athelstone and Black Hill.

Aug. 16—Highbury.

Aug. 23—Mliocene Beds at rear of Police Barracks; also the

Zoological and Botanical Gardens.

Sep. 1—Foothills north of Teatree Gully; also Golden Grove
Scrubs.

Sep. 13—Happy Valley.

Sep. 27—Upper Sturt to National Park.

The most noteworthy of these excursions was the three days’
visit to Mount Barker and neighborhood. Owing to its

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occurring rather late in the season, not much was done as
regards our native flora, but ornithological objects were fairly
well represented. As a holiday outing and social function,
however, it was especially successful, thanks largely to the hos-
pitality of residents, particularly Mr. and Mrs. R. Barr Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Smeaton, and others. Perhaps the
most satisfactory excursion, botanically regarded, was that to
Golden Grove on October 12, 1901, when thirteen different
species of orchids were collected. Among the fresh localities
visited during the year may be mentioned the trip to Norton’s
Summit via Mount Lofty, the foothills north of Teatree Gully,
and portions of Highbury and Black Hill scrubs. Though
botany has occupied the chief attention, there have been two
excursions of a geological character, two dredging trips, as
well as a visit to Mr. Sewell’s nurseries.

Whilst there has been no absolutely new discovery to record,
some flowers have been recorded for the first time at these
excursions, including the orchids Pterostylis cucullata, from
National Park, and P. rufa from the Torrens Gorge. In
addition to names already mentioned, the Section is indebted
to Mrs. and the Misses Tomkinson, of Mount Lofty, and to
Mr. and Mrs. H. Sewell, of Payneham, for hospitality extended
to the members.

The attendance at both the evening meetings and excursions
has been well maintained.

Native Fauna and Flora Protection—A separate report is
presented from this Committee, which shows that the National
Park still occupies a prominent place in its deliberations.

Death of Professor R. Tate, F.GAS., &e—The committee
have to record with deep regret the death, on September 20,
1901, of Professor Ralph Tate, F.G.S., &c., who was one of the
founders of the Section, and who in its earlier years rendered
invaluable aid in the promotion of its objects by his scientific
attainments and by his enthusiasm for the outdoor study of
Nature.

Library.—Members are reminded that there are now at
their disposal a number of useful books dealing with subjects,
in which it may be presumed they are interested.

Financial.—The receipts from subscriptions amount to £15
2/6, and the disbursements to £10/14/6, while the Section has
returned to the Royal Society £5/2/6 more than has been
received from it. It should be remembered, however, that
there has been no conversazione held or Proceedings printed
for the last two or three years.

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Membership.—tThere has not been a great accession of new
members during the year, but some of those elected will pro-
bably prove useful acquisitions to the Section. The nuraber
of members on the roll is 70.

S. Smeaton, Chairman.
W. H. Setway, Hon. Sec.
Adelaide, 16th September, 1902.

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE. NATIVE
FAUNA AND FLORA. PROTECTION COMMITTEE
OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ SECTION OF
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1902.

During the past year the committee has not been engaged
in any work of great importance.

The appearance in the “S.A. Register” off September 21, 1901,
of a contributed article on the National Park, under the
initials “R. O. C.,” in which the writer, while professing to tell
“how the reserve was secured,’ completely ignored the fact
that this was done almost exclusively through the arduous
exertions of our late Secretary, Mr. A. F. Robin and other
members of this committee in obtaining the Act vesting this
block of about 1,800 acres in trustees, called for the publication
of a true history of the matter. The Secretary, therefore,
compiled from various records a short statement of facts, show-
ing that to our late Secretary was due most of the credit which
had been iavished by “R. O. C.” on another gentleman. This
was published in “The Register” of October 7, 1901, a number
of copies were struck off for distribution among those specially
interested in the subject, and one was sent to each Com-
missioner of the National Park.

Before leaving this subject the committee place on record
their regret that their original scheme with respect to the
various bodies represented on the board was departed from.
The intention was‘that each body should nominate a represen-
tative to be appointed by the Government, but when the
Act passed, it provided for the heads of certain bodies to
become ex-officio Commissioners, and the result cannot be re
garded as satisfactory.

It is a matter for congratulation that the movement begun
here for the preservation of the native fauna and flora has
induced the taking of steps in this direction by each State of
the Commonwealth, and that in at least two of them further

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legislation is contemplated. So much remains to be done in
some of the States that the committee hopes that so thoroughly
patriotic a work as the preservation of our Australiax forests
and their peculiar flora, together with our unique but fast
disappearing fauna, will be taken up enthusiastically by
some such body as the Australian Natives’ Association, and
uniform legislation be secured throughout the Commonwealth
before it is too late.
Samu. Dixon, Chairman.
M. Symonps Cxiark, Hon. Sec.
Adelaide, 16th September, 1902.

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MALACOLOGICAL SECTION

OF THE

Moval Society of South Australia

The meetings of this Section have been regularly held
throughout the year. The officers have been the same as the
previous year, viz., Dr. Verco, Chairman, and Edwin Ashby,
Hon. Secretary. The Section has lost two of its most zealous
workers during the year through death, namely, Professor
Ralph Tate, F.G.S., and D. J. Adcock, Esq.

The work of revising the list of South Australian shells has
been vigorously prosecuted. The classification known as
Zittel’s has been adopted by the Section, and the work of re-
vision is being carried out on these lines. Thirty-five genera
belonging to the class Pelecypoda have been dealt with during
the year, including a large number of species. A great many
novelties have been shown, the larger portion of thei being
the results of Dr. J. C. Verco’s dredging trips.

Epwin Assy, Hon. Secretary.
September 30, 1902.

wo
Or
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GENERAL INDEX.

[Generic and specific names printed in italics are described as new.

Aboriginal Rock Paintings, 208.
Acnissa pyrrhias, 180.

Acolasta pachnias, 155 ; scolia, 155.
Ethinodes, 307.

Agriophara horridula, 200.
Amphicrossa hemadelpha, 233.
Andraca adoxima, 184.

Anepius raucus, 30; hoebelei, 30.
Anisobathra actinias, 221.

Annual Report, 357.

Anthela aspilota, 182; neurospasta, 182;
phenicias, 182.
Apaustus flavovittata, 100; lascivia, 100;

papyria, 98; sunias, 101.

Apodecta monodisca, 189.

Archean Rocks of Southern Yorke Peninsula,
274.

Ardozuga tetraluchna, 244.

Aristeis hepialella, 138.

_Atheropla chorias, 140; sciovantha, 242.

Badamia exclamationis, 120.

Barronica, 17.

Basedow, H., Descriptions of New Miocene
Mollusca, 130; Raised Beach on Hindmarsh
Island, 324.

Binsitta effractella, 164.

Birds, exhibits of, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329.

Birthama discotupa, 190 ; plagioscia, 190.

Blackburn, Rev, T., Further Notes on Aus-
pen Coleoptera (XXX.), 16, (XXXL)

Blastobasis homadelpha, 171; leucotoxa, 171;
nephelias, 170; sarcophaga, 169; farda, 170.

Bledius cowlevi, 22; pontilis, 22.

Bombyx oxygramma, 213.

Bone Breccia from the Brothers Islands, 326,

Borkhausenia sphaleropis, 168.

celts neomorpha, 195; pentachroa,
195.

Brachypeplus barronensis, 305; cowlevi, 304;
kemblensis. 306; koebelei, 3043; ollifi, 302;
wattsensis, 303.

Brachypterus, see Notobrachypterus, 300.

Bupala bovilli, 317 ; dentata, 318.

Cacexcia ophiodesma, 251.

Cambrian Glacial Till, Pekina, 322.

Cambrian Limestone, Kulpara, 323.

Campanile triseriale, 130,

Capua acrodesma, 234; epiloma, 235; pen-
tazona, 234,

Caradrina a/moscopa, 228; callichroa, 225;
lichenophora, 224; melanops, 226; ochro-
leuca, 223; pelosticta, 224.

Cardita dennanti, 132.

Cardium mediosulcatum, 131,

Casyapa critomedia, 40.

Ceratophysetis spherosticha, 164.

Ceratotrochus evilis, 261; halli, 262.

Cerycostola pyrobola, 163.

Chalcopterus arthurt, 319.

Cilea amabilis, 19. ’

Clambus simsoni, 288 ; tasmani, 288 ; licrensis,
289.

Clathe azthracica, 1863; pyrsocoma, 185.

Clerarcha poliochyta, 198.

Coeranica antichroma, 137.

Cesyra colonea, 139; discincta, 140; ker-
shawi, 138; microstictis, 139; mimopa, 139,

Coleoptera, New Species Described, 16, 288.

Comarchis epigupsa, 212.

Comoscotopa leucopelta, 240.

Conocyathus scrobiculatus, 260

Corals, New Species from Australian Ter-
tiaries, 1, 255.

Council, Election of, 330.

Crexa hualoessa, 184; punctigera, 185.

Cryptarcha obseurior, 310.

Cryptophaga hvalinopa, 237; isoneura, 236.

Cryptophasa byssinopis, 205; eucephala, 193 ;
eugenix, 205; hyalinopa, 204; panleuca,
205 ; psilocrossa, 203; sacerdos, 204.

Cyathosmilia v2lata, 263.

Darala callixantha, 214; heliopa, 214.

Dasucomota pyurrhaa, 220,

Deltocyathus subviola, 4.

Dennant, J., New Corals from
Tertiaries, 1, 255.

Desmophyllum johannense, 3.

Diastictis pyczochroa, 230; retinodes, 229.

Dichelia diphtheroides, 252 ; placoxantha, 236 ;
scotinopa, 235.

Dipterina gnophodryas, 254.

Ditoma: various Species Reviewed, 313.

Dixon, S., Motion to Encourage Scientific
Research, 327.

Doddiana eallizona, 188.

Doleromima ceramora, 160; ewmnorpha, 159;
humerana, 158 ; tripunctella, 159,

Donations to the Library, 333.

Doratiphora amphibrota, 216; aspidophora,
218; brachyopa, 216; chrysochroa, 189;
euchrysa, 215; eumela, 218; hemistaura,
215; liosarca, 217; nephrochrysa, 218;
ordinata, 219; perivera, 216; quadri-
guttata, 215; sphenosema, 217; stenora,
189; vulnerans, 215,

Dudgeona actinias, 202.

Eba cerylonoides, 318.

Edible Fish of the Lower Murray, 265.

Edithburg, Miocene Mollusca from, 130,

Elassoptila microxutha, 206.

Emmiltis achroa, 229.

Entometa cycioloma, 186.

Eocene of Southern Yorke Peninsula, 272.

Australian

308

Eois oenopus, 249;
stenozoa, 248.

Eomystis triselena, 240.

Epicoma asbolina, 183; zelotes, 183.

Erynnis angustula, 109 ; ezsina, 118; fulgida,
116; fuliginosa, 115; macleayi, 112;
mathias, 117; olivescens, 114; palmarum,
110; sperthias, 113; ulama, 115.

Eucalyptus behriana, 10; hemiphloia, 11;
incrassata var dumosa, 14; largifiorens,
14; odorata, 14; populifolia, 12.

Euchloris paraphylla, 229.

Eulechria hymenwa, 149; ischnodes, 150;
leptomera, 241; lewcopis, 241; meselectra,
148; niccea, 147; oftalea, 151; phenissa,
147; phoryntis, 150; piodes, 148, scotiodes,
151; zemiodes, 149,

Euphiltra chrysorrhoda, 145.

Euproctis amfphideta, 177; arrogans, 179;
chionitis, 177 ; chrysophea, 1783; euryzona,
213; habrostolz, 179; holorutha, 178;
niphobola, 179; scotochyta, 178.

Exometeca nycteris, 97.

Fellows, &c,, List of, 342.

Field Naturalists’ Sectian, 350.

Fish, Ed ble, of the Lower Murray, 265.

Geological Features of Southern
Peninsula, 268.

Geometrina, New Australian, 248.

Glacial Clay of Southern Yorke Peninsula, 273.

Glacial Till, Cambrian, Pekina, 322.

Glycimeris subradians, 132.

Glyptoma sculstum, 26; sordidum, 26.

Greenway, T. C., and H.T. Phillipps, Notes
on Geological Features of Southern Yorke
Peninsula, 268.

Guestia adelphodes, 244.

Haptoncura ocularis, 306.

Hasora bilunata, 122; chromus, 125; dis-
color, 123; doleschalii, 126; hurania, 124 ;
lucescens, 122; lugubris, 124,

Heliocausta dorsivittella, 146.

Hepialus ombraloma, 212.

Hesperiade, Revision of Australian, 38.

Hesferoptila arida, 137.

Hindmarsh Island, Raised Beach on, 324,

Holcotrochus scriptus, 1,

Homalium morrisi, 28 ; tasmanicum, 27.

Hoplitica hepatitis, 147.

Hydriomena actinipha, 248.

Hypercallia trichroa, 141.

Idzthina cincta, 307.

Illidgea ethalodes, 199.

Incorporation of the Society, 328, 330,

Iphierga melichrusa, 246 ; pycnozou, 246,

Island Lake, Fossil Plants from, 322,

Johncock, Chas. F., the Loranthacez, &c., of
the Willochra Valley, 7, 31.

Laelia ostracina, 181.

Lathrobium australicum, 20.

Leperina moniliata, 311,

Lepidoptera, New Australian, 133, 175, 212.

Lepidotarsa argyropsis, 145,

Leptarthra aulacodes, 253.

Leptobelistis asemanta, 198.

Leptomeris tetraslicha, 250,

Leptosaces fytinea, 157; sehistopa, 156.

Lethocephala callidesma, 219 ; eremospila, 219.

Leucocraspedium elegantulum, 18; Jugens,
18, 288; validum, 17,

Lichenaula allocrossa, 196 ; candescens, 196;
castanea, 197 ; comparella, 196.

Linosticha autogragha, 152; themerodes, 152.

Lispinus sulcipennis, 27,

polygramma, 249;

Yorke

Litoerus bacceformis, 293; lautus, 290;
noteroides, 293 ; obscuricollis, 292; perpar-
vus, 291 ; plagiatus, 289; sparsus, 290,

Lophosticha psorallodes, 232,

Loranthacee of Willochra Valley, 7,

Lower, O. B., Revision of Australian Hes-
periade, 38; New Australian Lepidoptera,
212; New Australian Geometrina, 248,

Lymantria aurora, 181.

Macheritis naias, 134 ; pelinopa, 133.

Macrobathra epimela, 168; galenwa, 167;
homocosma, 167; cxanthoplaca, 167.

Macroura bicalcarata, 309; brunnescens, 308;
densita. 309; inermis, 310; latens, 309;
nigra, 308.

Maiden, J. H., on Eucalyptus behriana, 10.

Malacological Section, 356.

Meretrix sphericula, 131.

Meryx, various species reviewed, 318.

Mesodina zluropis, 46; halyzia, 47.

Metallarcha goudii, 234.

Meyrick, E., Australian Hesperiade, 38;
Lepidoptera, 133.

Micromerus amabilis, 293.

Mimemodes koebelei, 311.

Mimobrachyoma eusema, 243.

Miocene, Fossiliferous Beds of, under Ade-
laide, 327.

Miocene of Southern Yorke Peninsula, 271.

Mixodetis calyptra, 172; ochrocoma, 172.

Mollusca, New Species from Miocene, 130.

Momopola cosmocalla, 220.

Monoschalis mimetica, 200.

Native Faunaand Flora Protection Commit-
tee, 353.

Nearcha anemodes, 227,

Netrocoryne repanda, 43,

Notobrachypterus crassiusculus, 299; lutescens,
299; pauzillus, 300; testaceus, 300.

Notocrypta felisthamelii, 119.

Obsidianite from Western Australia, 323,

Ocinara lewine, 184.

Octasphales chorderes, 161.

Ocystola wthopis, 1363; chrysopis, 135; holo-
zantha, 136; microphanes, 243; misthota,
135 ; polemistis, 134; tephrodes, 243,

Oecophoridz, Australian, 133,

Oenochroa homora, 152.

Oenone xenopis, 227.

Ocophronistus australicus, 21,

Onychodes rhodoscopa, 228,

Oxytelidarum, 20.

Oxytelus jlavior, 24; parum punctatus, 25;
wattsensis, 23,

Parasa aimedes, 192; corallina, 192; lozo-
gramma, 193.

Parasemus adumbratus, 296; pallidus, 297.

Parasmilia hermani, 5.

Paratheta philoscia, 174; spodostrota. 173;
syrtica, 174.

Paurocoma molybdina, 230.

Pedois anthracias, 246 ; neurosticha, 158.

Peltonyxa invalida, 312,

Peltosaris triplaca, 141,

Periallactis monostropha, 173.

Peritorneuta circulatella, 162; rhodophanes,
162; thyellia, 162.

Pheosaces, 157.

Phalacrinus comis, 298; compressus, 297;
navicularis, 298 ; umbratus, 297.

Phasmidz, List of Australian and Polynesian,
278.

Phillipps, H,T, See Greenway and Phillipps,
268.

309

Philobota argyraspis, 142; trimeris, 241,

Phlceopola efethistis, 154. #

Pheenicops beata,41; denitza, 42; porphy-
ropis, 43.

Phormesa grouvedlei, 316;
torrida, 316,

Phosphate rock from Yarroo, Y,P., 323.

Pilostibes embroneta, 203.

Platytrochus airensis, 256; curvatus, 258 ;
hastatus, 257; vacuus, 259.

Plant Impressions from Island Lake, 322.

Plectophila discalis, 197.

Pleistocene of Southern Yorke Peninsula,
Pils

Pleurota Zomogragha, 245.

Polylobus, 16.

Porthesia euthysana, 175; fimbriata, 176;
galactopis, 176; panabra, 176, lutea, 177.

Procometis diplocentra, 200 ; stenarga, 199,

Promelopus heliosema, 222; madacopis, 221;
rhodocentra, 222.

Proteininorum, 29.

Psaltriodes thriambis, 138.

Psecadia anthracopsis 165; heptasema, 166 ;

»? hilarella, 166; postica, 165.

Pylarge erebospila, 250,

Pyrgroptila zeZotzs. 142,

Raised Beach, Hindmarsh Island, 324,

Research, Motion to Raise Funds for En-
couraging Scientific. 328.

Rhytiphora maculosella, 320); uniformis,
321

thoracica, 316;

Rock Paintings, Aboriginal, 208.

Rules of Incorporation, 330, 345.

Saropla paracyla, 245.

Smyriodes aghronesa, 250.

Soronia simulans, 306,

Sparactus, various species reviewed, 315.

Sphyrelata melanoleuca, 155,

Stirling, Dr E. C., Aboriginal Rock Paint-
ings, 208.

Susica dochmosema, 191; miltocosma, 191,

Symphyletes compos, 319,

Sumphyta nyctopis, 187 ; psaropis, 187.

Tachinus novitius, 19,

Tagiades janetta, 45,

Talis macroura, 233,

Telesto andersoni, 66; atralba, 71; bathro-
phora, 82; chaostola, 65; chrysotricha, 59 ;
compacta, 77; croceus, 79 ; crypsargyra, 58
crypsigramma, 81; cyclospila, 63; dirphia,
60; dispar, 67; dominula. 61; donnysa,
64; doubledayi, 72; drachmophora, 61;
flammeata, 69; idothea, 68; ismene, 73;
Zeucostigma, 73; mastersi, 55: monticole,
62; munionga, 56; ornata, 53; perornata,
52; perronii, 75; picta, 57; senta, 78;
sexguttata, 74; tymbophora, 70: xantho-
mera, 80,

Telicota augias, 105; bambusz, 107 ; marnas,
103; ohara, 104,

Tepper, J. G, O., Australian and Polynesian
Phasmide, 278.

Tertiary Corals, Descriptions of New, 1,

Tetraph'aps garoa, 191,

Thalainodes adlochroa, 252; paronycha, 231;
letraclada, 231,

Thosea Zenthima. 206,

Timandra madacofis, 228.

Tortricopsis cadlichroa, 144; eusarca, 144;
pyroptis, 143.

Tortrix| anemarcha, 236;
paurozona, 252,

Trachyntis epipona, 154; tetraspora, 241;
thrupticopa, 153.

Trapezites argenteo-ornata, 91; croites, S&;
gracilis, 93 ; heteromacula, 84 ; iacchus, 87;
lutea, 90; maheta, 89; Aaraphes, 93;
petalia, 85; phigalia, 94; sphenosema, 92;
symmomus, 86; tasmanicus, 96,

Trichloma asbolophora, 239,

Turner, A,J., New Australian Lepidoptera
175.

Uzucha hypoxantha 199,

Willochra Valley, Botany of, 7, 31,

Xantholinus olliffi, 20.

Xanthorrhoe rhodacris, 226,

Xyleutes nephocosma, 201; zophoplecta, 20?.

Xylorycta amphileuca, 238; basileia, 194;
parthenistis, 237; rhizophaga, 194; stereo-
desma, 237 ; tetrazona, 238,

Yorke Peninsula Geological! Features of, 268,

Zietz, A. H,C,, Edible Fish of Lower Murray,
265.

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PART II. (Issued December, 1902).

PAGE
Meyrick, EpwaArpD, and OswaLp B. Lower: Revision of the Aus-
tralian Hesperiadz aa = is es Bint
Basrpow, H.: Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the
Miocene Limestone near Edithburg (Plate 2)... ase ... 130
MEYRICK, EDWARD: Pee of New pence of Lepidops
(Aicophoride)
TURNER, Dr. A. J.: New Australian ee a apa gel
Stiruinc, Dr. E. C.: Aboriginal Rock a ga on the South roe
Barossa Ranges (Plates 3 and 4)... 208
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Dennant, J.: Descriptions of New Species of Corals from the

Australian Tertiaries, Part V. (Plates 5 and 6) se ot 255 t
Zintz, A. H. C.: List of the Edible Fish of the Lower Murray ... 265
Greenway, T. C., axp H. T. Puruureps: Notes on the Geological

Features of Southern Yorke Peninsula (Plate 7) pees ... 268
Tepper, J. G. O.: List of the Described Genera aud tents of the

Australian and Polynesian Phasmide 278
Biackpurn, Rev. T.: New Genera and ci of Australian

Coleoptera (XXXI.) sh ss at, Re _ wr ee
ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS py us ide ee SECs yo 3
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