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73. Parathemis irrorata nom. nov. 



Selklosemacanescana Mi}\r., I'rvc. Li mi. Soc. S.S.W. IS'.U p. 603 (««c Gnen.). 



In his description oiB. canescaria Guende says of tlie underside " smoky white, 

 witli a black macular border ; that of the forewings excised, that of the hindwings 

 interrupted, in the middle." Mr. Meyrick, in the description of the npperside of his 

 canescaria — unfortunately ho omits that of the underside — speaks of a whitish or 

 white, often conspicuous and thick, sabterminal line ; bnt the insect which agrees 

 with this description has no dark border on the underside, only a dull smoky patch 

 towards apex of both wings. In a single specimen in the Tring Museum from the 

 Barnard Collection, marked Windermere, March 1801, the underside agrees entirely 

 with Guen^e's account — except in the ground-colour being ochreous instead of white 

 —while the npperside answers in every minute particular : the fusion of the three 

 outer lines into a single oblique marking starting from below apex ; the black blotch 

 formed on inner margin by the junction of the median shade and outer line ; and 

 lastly, the obliteration of all the lines towards the apex and their substitution by two 

 geminated dark spots. In conclusion Meyrick says that his species is " readily 

 known by the strongly marked lines, sharply angulated at the costa," which is true, 

 whereas Guene'e calls the lines confused, and obsolete towards the costa. He also 

 gives New Holland with a query as its habitat. I ])ropose therefore to rename 

 canescaria Meyr. irrorata, in reference to the white irroration of that species, which 

 will also serve to distinguish it from yet another closely allied species, which does 

 not appear to have been described hitherto. Meyrick gives as localities for his 

 species Dnariuga, Queensland, and fcj. Australia. Those I have seen are all from 

 Queensland. 



74. Parathemis violescens sp. nov. 



S ■ Closely allied to P. irrorata (= ca/icscaria Meyr.), bnt darker, purple-grey, 

 without any white irroration, the subterminal being merely jiale grey, and marked 

 with a pale patch at middle ; the three lines distinct, more so even than in irrorata 

 and more slender ; the exterior line, instead of forming a long acute tooth inwardly 

 beneath costa, forms two fine jiarallel lines united by a curve cloi^e to the niediun 

 shade. On the nnderside the dark blotch at apex is still more reduced than in 

 irrorata, and is preceded on costa by the commencement of a dark line. 



The ? is somewhat larger, with the hindwings more deeply crenulate and the 

 underside quite different from the 6. Ground-colour dark smoky grey, with black 

 cell-spot and outer line, and blackish border containing a white apical spot and 

 a larger submarginal one at middle, below which it is obsolete ; hindwings with 

 traces of a dark submarginal shade, preceded by two curved lines. 



Expanse of wings : S 38 mm., ? 42 mm. 



Two 6 6, one ? from Dawson district, Queensland, September 1886 and 1892. 



Subfamily SEMIOTHISINAE. 

 ~o. Evarzia nana sp. nov. 



Forewinf/s : whitisli, speckled with olive-ochreons and fuscous ; the lines 

 marked by darker fuscous or blackish scales ; first and second lines at one-fifth and 

 two-fifths, waved and diffuse ; outer line at three-fifths, blackish, followed between 

 veins 2 and 4 by black spots ; marginal area olive-ochreous, greyer towards apex ; 

 marginal line blackish, interrupted at the veins; fringe grey, with a pale base. 



