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NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



By Oswald B. Lower, F.E.S. 



GEOMETKIDiE. 

 Euchloris (Iodis) hypoleucus, n.sp. 



5. 42 mill. Head reddish-fuscous, lower half of face fleshy- 

 white. Antennae pale ochreous, fillet white, thorax and abdomen 

 green, abdomen silvery-white beneath and towards anal segments 

 above. Legs pale ochreous-whitish, posterior pair whitish, palpi 

 porrected, terminal joint as long as second, pale fuscous, beneath 

 whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa arched, strongly 

 at base, apex round-pointed, hindmargin oblique, hardly straight; 

 brieht srass-green; a broad whitish costal streak from near liase 

 to apex, becoming suddenly finely attenuated from middle to 

 apex; a faint, slightly waved, whitish line, from beneath costa at 

 1^ to |- inner margin; a similar line from beneath costa at | to | 

 inner margin, slightly curved outwards; a small reddish-ferruginous 

 discal spot at ^ above middle; a fine ferruginous hindmarginal 

 line: cilia white, becoming ferruginous on terminal half. Hind- 

 wings with hindmargin slightly crenulate, more prominent in 

 middle; an elongate reddish discal spot; second line as in fore- 

 wings; hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. Underside 

 of wings shining silvery-white. 



North Queensland; one specimen (Coll. Lyell). 



Between byrsopa, Meyr., and megaloptera, Lower; differing 

 from the former by ground colour and absence of strigulation, and 

 from the latter by the absence of lines and shape of wings. 



MONOCTENIADiE. 

 MONOCTENIA POLYSPILA, n.sp. 



^. 40 mm. Head ochreous-brown, antennae ochreous, pectina- 

 tions ochreous, apical half simple. Legs whitish. Thorax pale 



