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409. A. amiebcfa Low. 

 (Dichefia ariuebo'n Low., Trans. llo\-. 8oc. S. Austr. 1896, 161). 



^9. 14- IS mm. Forewings with costal blotch extending from 

 before middle to |; ocellus narrow, brownish, crossed by several 

 blackish dashes, and enclosed by two broad subtriangular leaden- 

 metallic streaks. Posterior tibise in ^ clothed above with dense 

 expansible tuft of long grey liairs. 



Solomon Is.: Choiseul, J'>ougainville (Meek)— New Guinea : 

 Sudest 1. (Meek)— Q.: Brisbane (Lower); in Deceml)er. Differs 

 from allied similar species of the Ieucaspis-gvouY> by the tuft of 

 posterior tibiaj in ^. 



410. A. ehvodes Low. 



{Acanthothyspoda ekeodes Low., Trans. Roy. See. S. Austr. 1908, 

 320). 



^. 15 mm. Head and thorax dull greenish somewhat marked 

 with tlark fuscous. Palpi subascending. Abdomen blackish- 

 grey, clothed laterally throughout with very long blackish-grey 

 hairs. Posterior tibise clothed internally with dense brush of 

 dark grey scales, basal joint of tarsi shortly rough-scaled above. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtu.se, termen almost straight, rather oblique; dull bluish-green; 

 costa strigulated with dark fuscous; basal patch indicated by 

 dark fuscous strigulation, outer edge angulated in middle; an 

 oblique series of dark fuscous strigulse beyond this; central fascia 

 moderate, oblique, dark fuscous; a rounded-quadrate dark fuscous 

 blotch before termen, connected with middle of termen; three 

 small dark fuscous spots on costa posteriorly, and one at apex; 

 froTH last costal spot before apex a striga runs to termen above 

 middle. Hindwings with dorsum dilated and clothed with dense 

 hairs; dark fuscous, towards dorsum suffused with deep fulvous- 

 orange; cilia pale fulvous-fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line. 



Q.: Cairns (Dodd). Redescribed from the type; in Lower's 

 description the characteristic hindwings are omitted, ami the 

 description of the legs is erroneous. 



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