49C REVIJSIOX OF AUSTRALIAN' LKIMDOPTERA-LIPARIDAE, 



Gen. IG. Olek e. 

 Olene, Hb., Ziiti-., ii., p. 19; Hmps., Moths Ind., i., p. 45'J. 



Falpi rather long, obli(juely porrect ; set-ond joint greatly thickened by dense 

 long hairs anteriorly; terminal joint minute, concealed. Thorax with a small 

 posterior crest. Abdomen with a large doi-sal crest on second segment. Pos- 

 terior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Anterior tibiae densely hairy, tarsi also 

 haii-y. Forewings with areole present, 8 and 9 stalked from areole, 7 connrtte 

 or closely approximate, 10 well separate. Hindwing-s with 3 and 4 approximated 

 at origin, 5 from shortly above angle of cell. (! and 7 stalked. 8 ajiproximated and 

 connected with cell at \ or before middle. 



Nearly allied to Dasychira, from which it differs in the pronounced abdominal 

 crest and strongly dilated palpi. T y p e, O. mendosa Hb. 



5() . Olen'e mexdosa. 

 Oletie mendosa, Hb.. Zutr., ii., p. 19, f. 293, 294; Antipha basalis, Wlk.. List Lep. 

 Brit. Mus., iv., p. 806; Moda ficsiformis, TVlk., op. cit., v.. p. 1070; 

 Rilia lanceolata, Wlk., op. cit., v., p. 1075; Dasychira hasalis, Wlk., 

 op. cit.. xxxii.. p. 362; Dasychira dirisu, Wlk., op. cit., xxxii., p. 363; 

 Dasychira distinyuevda, Wlk., op. cit., xxxii.. p. 435; Olene basivitta, 

 Wlk.. np. cit., xxxii., p. 436; Dasychira saivantn, Moore. Lep. E.I. Co., 

 p. 340; Tiirriga invasa, Wlk.. Char. Undesc. Lep.. p. 15. 



c?. 28-44 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and abdomen brownisli-grcy. Abdo- 

 men grey-whitish, crest fuscous-brown. Legs gre\--wliitish mixed, especially tai-si. 

 with brown and fuscous. Forewing-s triangular, costa rather strongly arched, 

 apex rounded, termen very slightly bowed, slightly oblii|ue; brownish-gi-ey ; mark- 

 ings fuscous; a sub-basal transverse line; a slightly dentate line from \ costa to 

 f dorsum ; renif orm partly outlined with fuscous or whitish ; a dentate line from | 

 costa, at first outwardly curved, then bent inwards to beneath reniform, and again 

 bent to end on * dorsum: an interrupted sul)marginal line; sometimes a large d.ark- 

 fuseous spot just posterior to sub-basal line; sometimes a whitish spot in the same 

 situation; sometimes whole of costal half of wing suffused with whitish; cilia 

 brownish-gi-ey, sometimes with fuscous bai-s. Hindwings with termen rounded; 

 oehreous-grey-whitish ; cilia concolorous. 



?. 50-60 mm. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa strongly arched, ajiex 

 rounded, termen sinuate, strongly oblique ; brownish, median area partly suffused 

 witli whitish; sub-basal line obsolete; a suffused fuscous streak on fold from base; 

 a short, fuscous, subcostal streak from about s, not reaching termen; sometimes a 

 small ajjical whitish suffusion. 



The sexes differ and the c? is varialjjo. but the species is always easily recog- 

 nisable. T have also several dwarfed ?. .34-40 mm., pale-ochreous, with markings 

 nearly obsolete. 



N.A. : Pt. Dai-win; N.Q.: Cooktown, Cairns, Ingham, Townsville; Q.: 

 Rockhampton, Duaringa. Brisbane. Also from Java, Ceylon, and India. 



Gen. 17. Dasychira. 



Dasychira, Stpli.. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust.. ii.. p. ,58. 



Palpi rather hmg, porrect, hairy beneath ; terminal joint short or concealed. 

 Thorax with a small posterior crest. Al)domen with dense long hairs at Ijase of 

 dorsum but no true crest. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Anterior 



