(2) 



BY R. J. TtLLYAKb. 7*71 



Hind wing about two-thirds as broad as fore wing; and with a 



distinct dark rounded spot towards apex or ternien 



PsYCHOPSis Newman. 



Hindwing only just over one-half as wide as forewing, and 



without any such spot 



PsYCHOPSELLA, n.g. (Type, Pi^i/chojjsef/a gallardi, n.g. et sp.). 



Me G APS Y CHOPS, n.g. (Plates Ixxvi., Ixxvii.). 



Characters as given above. Large insects, expanse over 

 50 mm. 



G e n o t y p e, Fsychopsis illidgei Froggatt. 



Megapsychops illidgei (Froggatt). (Plates Ixxvi., Ixxvii.). 



Psychoftsis iUidyei Froggatt, These Proceedings, 1903, xxviii., 

 p. 455, PI. xxi., figs. 7, 9. Kavas, Congreso de Yalladolid, 1916, 

 p.191, fig.2. 



There is no need to add very much to the excellent description 

 given by Froggatt. The insect is so distinct and remarkable, 

 that it cannot fail to be recognised at sight. 



Hah. — Mount Tambourine, Soutli Queensland ; 1,900 feet. 

 Exceedingly rare, only five specimens having l)een taken during 

 twenty years, all attracted to light. 



Plate Ixxvi., fig.2, is a very fine photograph of the magnificent 

 specimen in the galleries of the Queensland Museum. This 

 specimen is an exceptionally large female. Plate Ixxvi., figs.l, 3, 

 show the venation of the fore- and hindwings of the same speci- 

 men. 



Plate Ixxvii., fig. 4, shows the venation of the small male in 

 my collection. This is apparently the only known male of this 

 species. A short description of the points in which it differs 

 from the female is here given: — 



Total letugth, \3'b mni^; forefcitig, 26 mm.; hindwitig, 22 mm.; 

 expanse, 51 '5 mm. Colouration not quite as dark as in female; 

 the spots near tornus of hindwings pale and semi-transparent. 



A b d o m e n very short, only 7 '5 mm. long, narrowed at base, 

 but much swollen anally. A2:)pendages consisting of a pair of 

 superior and a pair of inferior, broadly triangular, valve-like 



