( -^27 ) 



sort of angnlatetl fascia ; an oclireons deuticiilatcd line from middle of costa, obliqno 

 outwards, with two large aud acnto teeth in the middle ; followed b}- another line, 

 parallel, running to tail ; a large round black spot at base of tail, with a fine point 

 from it into tail ; a black elongate marginal spot above tail ; the fringe above it also 

 marked with black. 



Underside pure white. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. 



Expanse of wings : 28 mm. 



One c? from "Westwood, Queensland, March 1893 (Barnard C'ollectiiin). 



In the fore'wings veins 2 and 3 are long-stalked : the stalk at base curved and 

 as well as the main median vein thickened and 2)rominent above, forming a kind of 

 fovea! impression beneath on either side. 



Family KPIPLEMIDAE. 



Aoratosema gen. nov. 



Foreicingti : with costa well arched, apex acute, shortly ]iroduced ; hiudmargin 

 straight, oblique. 



Hiiuhcitxjs : triangular ; both angles blunt ; hindmargin slightly curved. 



Pali)i short, porrect ; antennae unipectinate ; tongue and frenulum present ; 

 hiudtibiae of 6 with four spurs. 



Neuration : forewings, cell two-fifths of wing: discocellnlar olilicjue; fir.st 

 median nervule at three-fourths, second close before third; vein .5 from upper two- 

 thirds of discocellnlar; 6 and 7 long-stalked ; 8, 9, 10, stalked from before end of 

 cell ; 11 from close to base ; 11 and 10 both running into and becoming coincident 

 with the costal ; 8 and 9 separating at four-fifths, at which point the costal closely 

 approximates to them and becomes obsolescent. Hindwings (cj), costal vein curved 

 away from subcostal at base ; subcostal and vein 7 forming a straight line ; at 

 one-eighth from base vein curves away from 7, much weaker and irregular ; 

 similarly the first median nervule leaves the median at one-eighth, the second and 

 third separating at one-fourth ; the 'first and second slightly bent and concave, 

 containing between them a long semitranspareut foveal space ; the folds between 

 the veins are strongly developed ; the radial coalesces at two-fifths with the folds on 

 either side of it, and with them is connected with the base of the wing, independently 

 of the discocellular, of which only the oblique upper arm, and that extremely fine, 

 can be made out. 



Type : Aoratosema mhjlacatd sp. nov. 



Decetia pallida Moore also probably belongs to this genus. 



15. Aoratosema subflavata sp. nov. 



Forewings: yellowish ochreous, slightly brownish-tinged, covered with fine 

 dark transverse striae ; a minute i)ale spot at end of cell ; an oblique straight brown 

 line, internally pale-margined, from middle of inner margin into apex, which is 

 darker brown ; below the apex is a submargiual row of brown spots between the 

 veins, preceded by slightly paler, sometimes whitish, spaces ; fringe concolorous, 

 with the tips rufous. 



Hindwinys : witli the line continued at one-third from the base ; costa straw- 

 colour, unmarked ; half-way between line aud hindmargin is an ill-defined brownish 

 clond, with three vinous spots on its outer edge above and one below. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous ; face aud j)alpi dark ferrnginons. 



