604 revision of australian lepidoptera, v., 



67. Hemithea insularia. 



Hemithea insularia Gu., Lep. ix. p. 385; lodis wuka Pag., J.B. 

 Nass. Ver. xxxix. p.l53(1886); Nemoria iosoma Meyr., Trans. Ent. 

 Sec. 1889, p.495; Hemithea pictifimbria Wan-., Nov. Zool. 1896, 

 p.290. 



Autennal ciliatious in ^ |t. Palpi in (^ 1|, terminal joint ^; 

 in 9 2^, terminal joint |. 



N.Q : Kui-anda, 9, 1*1; Townsville, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12. Also 

 from New Guinea and Borneo. 



68. Hemithea pellucidula. 



Nemoria pellucidula Turn., Tran.s. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1896, 

 p.l29. 



Antennal ciliations in ^ 1. Palpi in ^ \\, terminal joint \; 

 in 5 2, terminal joint |. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, 5, 9, 10. 



69. Hemithea pisina. 

 Nemoria pisina Warr., Nov. Zool. 1899, p 26. 



Palpi in 9 2, terminal joint \. 



I identified this specie.s by comparison with the type. Unfor- 

 tunately the Australian example is a female in poor condition, 

 with the legs broken off. Structurally it agrees with the defini- 

 tion of the genus, so far as axn be ascertained. 



N.A. : Port Darwin, 3 (Coll. Lyell). Also from Tenimber 



Islands. 



Gen. 20. Metallochlora. 



iMetaliuchlora Warr., Nov. Zool. 1896, p. 290. 



Face smooth. Tongue well developed. Palpi in ^ moderate 

 or rather short, in 9 moderate or rather long; basal joint hairy, 

 second joint smooth-scaled; terminal joint in ^ abbreviated. 

 Antennae in (J ciliated, in 9 siiaple. Thorax not crested, slightly 

 or moderately liairy beneath. Abdomen usually with three to 

 five rounded metallic meilian dorsal crests. Posterior tibise in 1^ 

 dilated, with a short terminal process; all .spurs present. Hind- 



