by a. j. turner. 647 



121. Rhuma subaurata. 



Rhuma subaurata Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mu.s. xxi. p. 484. 



jT^^. 32-40 mm. Crown fuscou.s-grey; face whitish or wliitish- 

 ochreoiis witli two fuscous dots below middle. Palpi in $ \\, 

 terminal joint very short; in 9 1^, terminal joint \; fuscous, 

 apex whitish. Antennae fuscous, inner surface towards base 

 whitish; ciliations in ^\. Thorax fuscous-grey; apices of tegula; 

 and bases of patagia white. Abdomen fuscous-grey; beneath 

 pale ochreous. Legs fuscous; anterior tibife and tarsi annulated 

 with white; posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, 

 oblique; fuscous-grey; raedinn area white; markings dark fuscous; 

 a quadrangular spot beneath costa near base; three similar costal 

 spots in white area; antemedian line at ^, represented by a 

 curved series of three or four large dot.s; an oval white-centered 

 discal spot beneath inidcosta; postraedian line represented by a 

 series of large dots on veins, from f costa, angled in di^c, thence 

 sinuate to mid-^dorsum in ^, to | dorsum in $; a fine interrupted 

 crenulate subterrainal line, pieceded by a darker shade; veins in 

 outer part of disc suflFused with ochreous; an interrupted terminal 

 line; cilia fuscous-grey, obscurely barred with whitish. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded; colour and markings as forewings, 

 but without fii st line, median area not white, dorsal cilia usually 

 ochreous. Underside deep ochreous with dark fuscous circular 

 discal spots and broad subterminal bands on both wings. 



Q.: Brisbane 11. 



Gen. 39. H E L I o M y s T I s . 



Heliomystie Meyf., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1887, p.900. 



Face shortly hairy. Tongue well developed. Palpi moderate, 

 porrect, basal and second joints densely hairy beneath, second 

 joint hairy on upper surface, terminal joint moderate. Antennge 

 in (J pectinated nearly to apex. Thorax with a dense posterior 

 crest; beneath densely hairy. Abdomen with strong median 

 dorsal crests. Posterior tibiae with all spurs present; in ^ dilated, 



