■i'S nKVISION" OF AUSTRALIAN I.KPIDOPTERA-LIPARIDAK, 



1. Wings white 2. 



Wings more or less ochreous or orange 5. 



2. Dorsal edge of forewings with long, spathulate, 



ochreous scales 3. 



Dorsal edge of forewings without ochreous scales .. 4. 



3 Dorsum of abdomen partly blackish eiil/nsaiia. 



Dorsum of abdomen not blackish parado.ra. 



4. Dorsum of abdomen, except base, blackish iiielaiiosoiua. 



Dorsum of abdomen ochreous. bases of segments 



fuscous alicua. 



Dorsum of abdomen whitish galactopii. 



5. Forewings suffused with dark-fuscous iiielaiiibap/ies. 



Forewings not suffused with dark-fuscous 6. 



6. Forewings without transverse lines 7. 



Forewings with pale transverse lines S. 



7. Forewings often with pale terminal fascia, termen 



slightly oblique fiwhrialn. 



Forewings without pale terminal fascia, termen 



strongly oblique xntlioptera. 



S. Forewings very pale ochreous, lines indistinct .. .. acatluirta. 



Forewings dark-ochreous or orange 9. 



9. Forewings with pale spots on termen Irispila. 



Forewings without pale spots lutea. 



3. PORTHESIA EUTHYSAXA. 



Porthesia euthnimui Turn., Trans. Roy. See. S. Aust., xxvi- ]ii(l2. p. 175. 



The sexes are similar. 



Q. : Mount Tambourine; N.S.W. : Ebor. 



5. Porthesia paradoxa. 



Cliioiiophu.-<ina paradoxa Butl., Trans. Ent. See., 1886, p. 385; Porthexia patuihra 

 Turn., Trans. Roy. Soe., S. Aust.. 1902, p. 176. 

 There is nothing paradoxical about this species. I have examined Butler's 

 type; it has the ordinary structure of the ffenus. 



Q. : Rockhampton, Brisbane, Mt)nnt Tambourine, Coolangatta; N.S.W. : 

 Sydney. Bnlli. 



5. Porthesia melaxcsoma. 



Porthesia melaiiosoma Butl.. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5), ix.. p. 87; I'lirthcda 

 mi.iid Butl., loc. fit.. 11. 88. 



c? $. .34-40 unn. Hea<l. thorax, and antennae white. P:ilpi and pci-tus 

 blackisii. Abdomen blackish; dorsum of two ba.sal segments white; apices of seg- 

 ments on underside white; tuft in c? white, sometimes ochreous-tinged. in V 

 ochreous. Legs white; anterior and middle paii-s partly fuscous; in c?, anterior 

 tibiae and part of two basal tar.sal .joints ochreous. Wings white: in c?. costa of 

 forewings on underside suffused with fuscous. 



Vic: Beaconsfield. Moe, Gisbcmie, Forrest; Tas. : Launceston. 



f>. Porthesia alieva. 



Portheaia alieiw. But!.. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1886, p. 386. 



<?. Head and thorax white. Palpi whitish-ochreous. upper surface near 

 ba«e fuscous. Abdomen jiale-oclueous; bases of segments fuscous on dorsum; 

 beneath wholly ochreous. Wings white; underside of hindwings jiartly ochreous- 

 tinged . , 



