612 KKVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, V., 



Type C. megaloptera in Queensland Museum ; tyi>e E. 

 hijpoleucua in Coll. Lyell. 



N.A.: Poi't Darwin, 10 — N.Q.: Cooktown; Laura; Towns- 

 ville, 12. Mr. Dodd has found the larviij in tlie nests of the 

 green tree-ant. 



78. ClIRyS0CHI4)R0MA ORTHODESMA. 



Euchloris orthodesma Low., Trans. Roy.Soc. S.Austr. 1894,p.86. 



9. 34-38 nun. Head and face bluish-green; fillet narrowly 

 white. Palpi in 9 2, terminal joint i; bluish-green. Antennae 

 brown-whitish, towards base white. Thorax and abdomen bluish- 

 green; beneath whitish. Legs whitish; anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 brownish. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, ape.x acute, 

 ternien slightly bowed, oblique; bluish-green; costal edge whitish- 

 ochreous ; an inwardly-oblique, broad, suffused, bluish-white 

 median fascia, containing a median dark green discal dot; a 

 similar fascia, slightly waved, before and parallel to termen; 

 cilia pale green. Hind wings as forewings, but second fascia 

 touching termen on dorsal side of angle. Undersurface whitish- 

 green. T3'pe in Queensland Museum. 



N.Q.: Cairns; Kuranda, 4, 5, 9. 



Gen. 24. A P D a S M 1 a , n.g.[d7ro8d(r^iios, parted from.] 



Face smooth, slightly projecting at lower edge. Tongue well 

 developed. Palpi moderately long, porrect; second joint rough- 

 haired above and beneath; terminal joint short in both sexes. 

 Antennae serrate and ciliated in both sexes; ciliations longer in ^. 

 Thorax and abdomen not crested; thorax slightly hairy beneath. 

 Posterior tibiae with middle spurs present; in ^ not dilated, but 

 with inner terminal spur absent. Hindwings with a strong- 

 rounded costal expansion at base beyond origin of frenulum; 

 frenulum in ^ present but weak, retinaculum small and close to 

 base of forewing; frenulum in 9 represented by a tuft of long 

 liairs. Forewings with 3 and 4 separate, 6 separate, 11 anasto- 

 mosing witli 12 and 10. Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate, 6 

 and 7 sejiarate, 8 closely approximated to near middle of cell, 



