by a. j. turner. 585 



34. Ohlorocoma assimilis. 



lodis assimilis Luc, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 1888, 

 p. 1265; lodis commoda Luc, op. cit. 1892, p. 252. 



(J. 30-34 mm. Crown posteriorly bluish-green, anteriorly- 

 crimson; fillet whitish; face deep crimson. Palpi crimson,, 

 beneath whitish. Antennae whitish, stalk and inner pectinations 

 crimson-tinged; pectinations 4-5. Thorax and abdomen bluish- 

 green, with a median dorsal vvhitish-ochreous streak from mid- 

 thorax: shoulders narrowly crimson; underside whitish. Legs 

 crimson; posterior pair whitish. Forewings triangular, costa 

 nearly straight except near- apex, apex pointed, termen nearly 

 straight, oblique; bluish-green; an ochreous costal streak 

 becoming crimson at base; lines usuallj' obsolete; postmedian 

 line sometimes present, straight, from -I costa towards apex; 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, at apex crimson. Hindwings with 

 termen bowed; colour and cilia as forewings. Underside pale 

 green. 



/. commoda Luc, is the form with postmedian line developed, 



Q.: Brisbane, 7 — W.A.: Waroona, 5 (Berthoud). 



35.tCHLOROCOMA MONOCYMA, 



lodis monocyma Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales,1887,p.883. 

 -W.A.: Carnarvon, 10. 



36.tCHLOROCOMA HALOCHLORA. 



lodis halochlora Meyr., Proc Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 1887,p.878. 

 Perhaps this should be referred to the genus Euloxia. 

 S.A.: Quorn, 10. 



37. Chlorocoma externa. 



Chlorochroma externa AVlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxii. p 564; lodis 

 externa Meyr , Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1887, p. 885. 



In my specimens the red line on crown is reduced to a trace. 



There is a close superficial resemblance between this species and 



JPrasinocyma semicrocea Wlk., which may be at once distio::.^ 



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