BY E. MEYRICK. 813 



rectangularly angulated in middle, forming a strong rounded- 

 triangular projection ; coloui', lines, and cilia as in forewings. 

 Deloraine, Tasmania ; one specimen in November. 



21. Asth. thalassias, n.sp. 



(J^. 22-24 mm. Head light green, face ochreous-brown, 

 antennal fillet white. Palpi whitish, above fuscous. Antennse 

 white, beneath ochreous-yellowish, ciliations in ^ \. Thorax light 

 green. Abdomen light green, sprinkled with white, in ^ with a 

 pale ferruginous spot on claspers. Anterior legs ochreous-yellowish, 

 tibise and tarsi fuscous-tinged, middle and posterior legs white. 

 Forewings triangular, hindmargin bowed, oblique ; light bluish- 

 green, with numerous faint waved blue-whitish transverse lines ; 

 costal edge yellow-ochreous ; a dark green discal dot ; three 

 lines of ground colour beyond middle appear to form a separate 

 band : cilia green-whitish. Hindwings with hindmargin i-ounded, 

 waved, somewhat bent in middle ; colour, lines, and cilia as in 

 forewings. 



Rockhampton, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; in 

 October and November, five specimens. This species, which is 

 sometimes confused with "pulchraria, is proved to be distinct by 

 the shorter antennal ciliations of the ^. It is always without the 

 fuscous suffusion of the crown of the head and costa of forewings, 

 is distinctly brighter-coloured, and the cilia are perceptibly greenish- 

 tinged. 



22. Asth, indcliraria, Dbld. 



(Acidalia pulchraria, Dbld., Dieff". N.Z. ii, 28G ; Asthena 

 ondinata, Gn. IX, 438, pi. xix, 4, Butl. Cat. N.Z.L. pi. in, 20, 

 Feld. pi. cxxviii, 17 ; CMorochroma flurilineata, Walk. 563 ; 

 Asthena pulchraria, Meyr., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1883, 69.) 



(J2- 21-26 mm. Head fuscous (or rarely white 1), face dark 

 ochreous-fuscous, antennal fillet white. Palpi whitish, above dark 

 fuscous. Antennae whitish, spotted with fuscous, ciliations in ^ ^. 

 Thorax pale green, anterior margin suff"used with fuscous (or rarely 

 white?). Abdomen whitish, towards base pale greenish. Anterior 



