b\ a. jefferis turner. -189 



40. Dura marginepuxctata. 

 I mans murginepunctata, B.-Bak., Nov. Zool., 1904. p. 410. 



i. 35-37 mm. H^ad and thorax whitish. Antennae whitish, pectinations 

 ochreons-brown. Palpi moderately long (li), porrect, with dense long hairs on 

 inferior surface; terminal joint moderate; whitish, external surface fuscous. Ab- 

 domen whitish. Legs whitish. Forewings triangular, costa rather strongly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly bowed, slightly oblique; whitish; four, 

 slender, dentate, fuscous, transverse lines; first from costa near base, not reach- 

 ing dorsum ; second from l costa to 'i doi-sum ; third from % costa, curved inwards 

 in disc and then downwards to f dorsum j fourth subterminal; costal edge fuscous 

 towards base; a faintly marked, orbicular, fuscous ring in disc before middle; 

 sometimes a dark-fuscous dot before middle of third line; dark-fuscous costal 

 dots at commencement of lines; a terminal series of blackish dots between veins; 

 cilia whitish. Hindwings suboblong, with a prominent rounded angle on vein 3; 

 whitish; sometimes with slight grey terminal suffusion, and one or two, fuscous, 

 terminal dots near angle; cilia whitish. Underside whitish. 



N.Q. : Kuranda, near Cairns, in November, December, and February; Ather- 

 ton ; four specimens. Also from New Guinea. 



41 . Dura ochrias. 



Imains ocJirIm, Turn.. Trans. Roy., Soc. S. Aust., xxx., ?90t), p. 126. 



N.Q.: Thursday Island, one 2 in Coll. Lyell, similar to <? but much larger 

 (42 mm. ) ; Caims. 



42. Ddra pratti. 



Danychirokles pratti B.-Bak., Nov. Zool., 1904, p. 406, PI. vi., f. 7. 



d. 44-46 mm. Head and thorax whitish. Antennae whitish, pectinations 

 ochreous-brown . Palpi moderately long (1:1), obliquely porrect, rough-haired 

 beneath; terminal joint moderate; whitish, external surface, except terminal joint, 

 dark-fuscous. Abdomen grey with some whitish admixture, tuft whitish. Legs 

 grey-whitish . Forewings elongate-triangular, costa strongly arched, apex rounded- 

 rectangular, termen not oblique, rounded beneath; whitish, median area some- 

 times suffused with grey; four slender, dentate, fuscous, transverse lines; first 

 near base ; second from J costa to mid-dorsum ; third very acutely dentate, from t 

 costa to I dorsum, curved outwards Ijeneath costa, then strongly inwards, then 

 downwards; fourth subterminal, with traces of a fifth line beyond and parallel; 

 a terminal series o'f fuscous dots between veins; cilia whitish. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded; fuscous; cilia whitish. LTnderside fuscous, dorsal and terminal 

 areas of forewings whitish. 



Probably D. hicolora B.-Bak. and D. hniiineostrigata B.-Bak. are conspecific. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in October and December; three specimens re- 

 ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd. Also fium New Guinea. 



43. Dura prionodesma, n.sp. 

 TrpiovoScdtio?, with saw-Uke band. 

 <?. 46 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Falpi 1^; whitish; outer surface of 

 second joint partly dark-fuscous. Antennae whitish, pectinations pale-grey. 

 Thorax grey-whitish, tegulae ochreous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-oehreous. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa straight to beyond middle, thence 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly bowed, oblique; 6 short-stalked, 7 



