498 REVISION' or .ilSTRALIAX I.EPIDOPTERA-T.lPAlilDAE, 



59. Dasychira secoris. 



Psalis secuns, Hb.. Zutr.. ii., p. 19, f. 291. 292; Moore, Lep. Ceyl.. ii., PI. 115, 

 f. 1; Arestha (intica, Wlk., List Lep. Brit. Mns., iv., p. 805; Rigema 

 fcdcatu, AVlk., op. cit., xxxii., p. 437; Bigenia facta , Wlk., op. cit., xxxii., 

 p. 438; Anticyra approximata, Wlk., op. cit., xxxii., p. 440. 



^. 40-40 mm. Head and thorax whitish-oclireous. Pal])! 3; pale-oclirfous 

 •with some dark-fuseous irroratiun on outer surface. Antennae whitish, pectina- 

 tions pale- fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior jiair 

 pale-fuscous. Forewings elongate-oval, eosta rather strongly aix-hed, apex round- 

 pointed, termen obliquely rounded; oehreous-brown-vrhitish with a very tew. 

 scattered, dark-fuseous scales; a broadly suffused, fuscous, median streak from 

 base becoming indistinct in disc; dorsal area with slight fuscous suffusion; cilia 

 pale-fuscous. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded; ochreous-whitish; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. Underside ochreous-whitish . 



The only V I have seen is one from South Africa sent me Ijy !Mr. A. .1. T. 

 .Tanse. It has the forewing's narrower than the c?, costa more strongly arched, 

 apex acutely pointed, termen more oblif|ue; the central streak more pronounced 

 and expanded on termen . 



N.Q.: Cairns; Q. : Rockhmiipton, Dunriilga, P)risbane. Also from .Java. 

 Ceylon, India, and Africa. 



Gen. 18. L a e l i a. 

 LaeHa, Stph., Syst. Cat. Brit. Ins., ii., p. 52. 



Antennae in c? well-developed with very long pectinations; in ? al>breviate<l 

 with very short pectinations. Palpi rather long, porrect; second .ioint with dense 

 long hairs beneath; terminal joint long (about i) . Thorax and abdomen witliout 

 crests. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Anterior tibiae densely hairy, 

 tarsi also hairy. Forewings with areole present, 8 and 9 stalked from areole, 7 

 connate or rarely short-stalked, 10 well separate. Hindwings with 3, 4, 5 separ- 

 ate, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated and connected witli cell at about I. 



T y p e, L. coe)iosa Hb. from Europe. A genus of some size in the Indo- 

 Malayan and African regions. It differs from Dasychira in the much longer ter- 

 minal joint of palpi, and absence of any thoracic crest. 



60. Laelia obsoleta. 



Bnmhyx obsoleta. Fab., Ent. Syst., iii. (1), p. 403; Laelia ercmaea, Mcyr.. Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S. Aust., xv., 1891, p. 193. 



c7. 30-43 mm. Head oehreous. Palpi 3; ochreous. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish; pectinations very long, fuscous. Thorax and abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Legs ochreous. Forewings triang-ular. costa straight, ajicx rounded-rectangular, 

 termen straight, scarcely oblique; ochreous-whitish, with slight fuscous tinge; 

 cilia whitish. Hindwings with termen very slightly rounded; as forewings. 

 Underside similar. 



2. 38-44 mm. I'alpi 2. Antennae sliort : pectinations very slioit (1). Ab- 

 domen with tuft and umlei-side whitish. AVing< witFmut luscous tinge; forewings 

 with costa moderately arched. 



N.Q. : Cliunlie River, Cairns, llcrbcrtim ; Q. : Dnariniia, Xainbour. T^iilsliane, 

 l\rt. T.ambounne; N.S.W.: Sydney. 



