286 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, vi., 



outwards towards /, costa, edged anteriorly with some whitish 

 scales; a dark fuscous median discal dot : a distinct line from ;"; 

 costa to § dorsum, evenly curved, edged posteriorly with silvery- 

 white scales; a similar but slightly dentate jiarallel line from 

 costa before apex to f dorsum ; a faint submarginal line; cilia 

 purple-fuscous. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded; as fore- 

 winffs, but without first line. Underside similar but less distinct. 

 N.Q.; Kuranda, near Cairns, in July; one specimen. 



Gen. 57. Iridobapta, 



Iridobapta, Warr., Nov. Zooh, 1903, p. 120. 



Frons smooth, rounded, not projecting. Tongue well-devel- 

 oped. Palpi short, curved upwards; second joint thickened with 

 appressed scales; terminal joint short. Antennae in £ (unknown)- 

 Thorax not crested, hairy beneath. Femora not hairy. Fore- 

 wings with 2 from §, 3 from near angle, 6 from upper angle, 7, 8, 

 9, 10, 11 by a common stalk from well before angle, 11 long- 

 stalked with 10, connected with 12 soon after separation. Hind- 

 wings with cell about h, otherwise normal. 



175. Iridobapta argostola. 

 upyo<TTo\os, white-robed. 



£. 32-34 mm. Head white; face ochreous-brown. Palpi och- 

 reous-brown, paler towards base. Antennae grey, towards base 

 whitish. Thorax and abdomen white, on dorsum with sparse 

 grey irroration. Legs whitish; anterior pair pale grey. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa straight, slightly arched towards base and 

 apex, apex tolerably pointed, termen bowed, oblique; white, with 

 general sparse grey irroration; a fuscous discal dot beneath costa 

 before middle; a suffused grey line from § costa to § dorsum, 

 nearly straight; a similar, but faint, subterminal line; cilia white. 

 Hindwings rather long, termen gently rounded; colour and mark- 

 ings as forewings. Underside whitish. 



N.Q.: Cairns, Atherton; three specimens. 



Gen. 58. Orsonoba. 

 Orsonoba, Wlk., Cat, Brit, Mus., xx., p.218; Hmps., Moths 

 Ind., hi., p.211. 



