570 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, V., 



minute; [in 9 probably longer]. Antennse in ^ pectinated, 

 apices simple. Thorax and abdomen not crested; thorax slightly 

 haiiy beneath. Posterior tibise with all spurs present; in ^ 

 strongly dilated, with a groove containing a tuft of hair on inner 

 side. Hindwings witii a strong costal exj)ansion at base; 

 fieriulum and retinaculum obsolete in both sexes. Forewinss 

 with 3 and 4 widely separate at base, 6 separate, 11 from cell, 

 anastomosing first with 12 and then with 10. Hindwings with 

 3 and i widely separate at base, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 closely 

 approximated to cell near base, thence diverging; di.scocellulars 

 islightly angled on vein 5, dorsal strongly curved so as to become 

 very strongly oblique, costal edge of cell considerably exceed- 

 ing S- 



Type iV. cissochroa Turn. This genus differs from Chloeres in 



the wide separation of veins 3 and 4 of both wings. 



9. Neothela CISSOCHROA, n.sp. [Kicro-oxpooy, ivy-green.] 



^. 24 mm. Head bluish-green; fillet snow-white; face green. 

 Palpi in ^ 1|; whitish, tinged with green above. Antenna) 

 white; pectinations in ^, outer row 7, inner row 5. Thorax 

 bluish-green. Abdomen bluisli-green, apices of segments, tuft, 

 sides, and under-surface white; under-surface of fourth segment 

 in ^ occupied by a patch of long coarse whitish-ochreous hairs. 

 Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, upex round- 

 pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; bluish-green; lines veiy 

 slender, white; first at ^, obtusely toothed outwardly beneath 

 middle; second at |, finely denticulate; a slender white circle 

 above middle; cilia gi-een. Hindwings with termen bowed on 

 vein 4; colour, discal circle, postmedian line, and cilia as 

 forewings. Type (unfortunately in poor condition) in Coll. 

 Turner. 



N.Q.: Townsville, in September; one specimen, received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Gen. 5. Chloeres, n.g.[x\orjpr]s, green.] 



Face smooth. Tongue well developed. Palpi slender; in ^ 

 short or moderate, with minute terminal joint; in 9 



