BY E. MEYRICK. 421 



A small genus, especially characteristic of the Indo-Malayan 

 and African regions. Imago with fore wings elongate, narrow, 

 long-pointed, costa somewhat sinuate; the species are often con- 

 spicuously ornamented with red or yellow. 



236. E. chri/sias, Meyr. 



(Casforura cJiri/sias, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1886, 

 1047; Eretinocera chri/sias, Wals., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1889, 

 35, pi. VI, 19.) 



^Q. 12-13 mm. Head and thorax deep shining bronze. Palpi 

 'dark fuscous, towards base ochreous-yellowish. Antennte purple- 

 blackish. Abdomen orange, with a purple-blackish band before 

 middle, extending over two segments, anal tuft dark fuscous. 

 Legs dark purple-fuscous, posterior tibiae with orange basal band. 

 Forewings purple-blackish; four roundish orange or pale yellowish 

 spots, first on dorsum at J, second in disc before middle, third 

 before tornus, fourth on costa at | : cilia dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous, suffused with deep yellow towards basal half 

 of termen, or sometimes wholly throughout; cilia dark fuscous, 

 from base to beyond middle of termen ochreous-yellow except 

 towards tips. 



Duaringa and Maryborough, Queensland, from February to 

 April; four specimens received from Mr. G. Barnard. 



33. TiNAGMA, Zell. 



Antennje f, in ^ simple. Labial palpi rather long, recurved, 

 second joint towards apex and terminal joint clothed in front 

 with rather long rough projecting scales, terminal joint shorter 

 than second, acute. Posterior tibi?e smooth-scaled. Forewings : 

 lb furcate, 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 9 out of 7 near 

 base. Hindwings |, lanceolate, cilia 3; 2 absent, 4 absent, trans- 

 verse vein absent between 3 and 5, 7 absent. 



Besides the following, I am only acquainted with a very few 



species from South Europe, but probably the genus is represented 



in the intermediate regions. The Australian species differs in 



some points of neuration from the European, but the general 



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