BY A. .T. TURNRR. 607 



at apex and torrius of forewing, and fuscous cilia on tooth of 

 himlwing. 



N.Q.: Cooktown; Kuranda, 3, 5, 10, 11. 



72. Metallophlora venusta. 



C?irysomphe venusta Warr., Nov. Zool. 1896, p. .365. 



(5 5- 32-38 mm. Crown yellowish-green; tillet and face purple. 

 Palpi in ^ I, terminal joint minute; in 9 2, terminal joint |; 

 purple, beneath white. Antennae ochreous-purple; ciliations in 

 ^ 1^. Thorax yellowish-green. Abdomen yellowish-green, with 

 three rounded median golden-metallic dorsal crests; tuft, sides, 

 and under-surface whitish. Legs whitish. Forewings triangular, 

 costa gently arched towards apex, termen slightly sinuate, 

 oblique; dull olive-green; an irregularly rounded basal patch of 

 paler yellowi,sh-green projecting in middle to centre of disc; 

 costal edge green-whitish with some reddish-fuscous strigulations; 

 lines thick, curved, not dentate, greenish-yellow; first at ^, 

 obscured in basal blotch; second from | costa to | dorsum; 

 terminal edge green-whitish; cilia green-whitish, towards apices 

 paler. Hindwings obtusely angled on vein 4; colour and 

 markings as forewings. Underside whitish. 



N.Q.: Cooktown; Kuranda, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12. 



73. Metallochloua militakls. 



lodis lailitaris Luc, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales, 1891, 

 p.295; Metallochlora dotata Warr., Nov. Zool. 1896, p.367; 

 MeldJlochlora Jlavifiinbria Warr., Nov. Zool. 1896, p.367; 

 Melallochlora differens Warr., Nov. Zool. 1897, i).41. 



<J9- 2"^ '""^- Crown bright green, fillet whitish-yellow, face' 

 fuscous-purple. Palpi in ^ 1|, terminal joint minute; in 9 1|, 

 terminal joint ]: fuscous-purple, beneath white. Antenn;e 

 whitish or yellowish; ciliations in ^ 2. Thorax bright green. 

 Abdomen bright green, with three or four rounded golden- 

 metallic median dorsal crests margined with fiiscous-purple; 

 tuft, sides, and undersurface whitish. Legs whitish. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, 



