by a. jefferis ttjrner. 279 



165. Parametrodes dispar. 



Paranietrodes dispar, Warr., Nov. Zool., 1897, p.250. 



<£$. 25-30 ram. Head brown. Palpi H; brown. Antennae 

 grey; pectinations in £ 8, apical ^V simple. Thorax brown. 

 Abdomen brown, sometimes with two or three median dorsal 

 white dots on basal segments. Legs pale ochreous; anterior pair 

 more or less fuscous anteriorly. Porewings triangular, costa 

 moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 

 reddish-brown, with sparse, fuscous, transverse singulations; 

 a variably darker costal streak, with denser strigulations ; 

 first line from \ costa to A dorsum, sometimes indicated by white 

 dots; basal area sometimes ochreous-reddish except towards costa; 

 second line usually ill-defined, from -| costa to g dorsum, angled 

 outwards in disc, sometimes marked towards costa with white or 

 whitish-ochreous spots; median area occasionally sutt'used with 

 fuscous, except in centre; sometimes a dark fuscous discal dot; 

 sometimes a reddish-ochreous subapical blotch ; cilia brown. 

 Hind wings with termen rounded; as fore wings. A very variable 

 species. 



N.Q. : Cooktown, Kuranda, near Cairns, in June ; Evelyn 

 Scrub, near Herberton, in November, December, and February 

 (F. P. Dodd). 



Gen. 52. 8 c a k d a m i a . 



Scardamia, Gn., Lep., ix., p. 89; Meyr., Proc. Linn. Hoc. N. >S. 

 Wales, 1891, p. 639. 



Pace smooth, with short, conical projection. Tongue well- 

 developed. Palpi moderate, ascending, with appressed hairs; 

 terminal joint very short. Antennae of <-£ bipectinate, towards 

 apex simple. Thorax not crested, smooth or slightly hairy 

 beneath. Abdomen with a small dorsal crest near base. Femora 

 smooth; posterior tibia' in £ not dilated. Forewings in g with 

 out fovea; 10 and 1 1 long-stalked, their stalk anastomosing or 

 connected with 12, or 11 apparently from 1 2, not connected with 

 10. Hind wings normal. 



In this instance, I imagine the separation of veins 10 and 1 1 

 has occurred in the same way as in the genus Boarmia, and not 



