572 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, V., 



Mr. R. Illidge lias reared this species from larvae feeding oii 

 Duhoisia. 



11. ChLOKRES CISSINA n.sp.[/ctcra-ti'a, ivy-green.] 



^ 25 mm. Head and face green; fillet and antennae white. 

 Palpi green; in ^ \^, terminal joint 5. Thorax bluish-green. 

 Abdomen bluish -green, tuft, sides, and lower surface white. 

 Legs whitish; anterior femora, tibiae and tarsi reddish-tinged; 

 anterior coxse greenish; posterior tibiae in ^ dilated, with a tuft 

 of long hairs in a groove on inner side, terminal spurs shortened, 

 and a very short stout terminal process. Forewings triangular, 

 costa moderately arched, apex roiiud-pointed, termen slightly 

 bowed, oblique; 3 and 4 slightly separate at origin, 6 separate, 

 11 from cell; bluish-green; a whitish dot on dorsum at |^, and 

 another on submedian representing first line; a series of faint 

 whitish dots on veins at ^ representing second line; cilia whitish- 

 green. Hindwings with termen strongly bowed; 3 and 4 

 connate; as forewings but with no trace of first line. Underside 

 whitish-green. 



Q.: Killarney; in October, one specimen. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Gen. 6. Leucbsthes. 



Leucesthes Warr., Nov. Zool. 1902, p. 348; Acibdela Turn., 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1906, p. 130. 



Face smooth. Tongue well developed. Eyes larger in J' than 

 in 9. Palpi slender, short; in (J f , in 2 1; terminal joint minute 

 in both sexes. Antennae in ^ })ectinated to near apex, terminal 

 ^ simple; in 9 simple. Thorax and abdomen not crested. Pos- 

 terior tibiae with all spurs present, rather closely approximated. 

 Hindwings narrower than forewings; with a strong rounded 

 costal expansion at base; frenulum and retinaculum obsolete in 

 both sexes. Foi'ewings with 3 and 4 remote at origin, 6 out of 

 7, 8, 9, opposite or beyond 10; 11 anastomosing with 12 and 

 then with 10; 10 anastomosing or connected with 8-1-9. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 well separated at base; 5 strongly approxi- 

 mated to 6; 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated to cell as far as 



