BY R. J. TILLYARD. 779 



PsYCHOPSis INSOLENS McLachlan. 



McLachlan, Journ. Entomology, 1866, ii., p. 114. 



Pst/chopsis aelu-aga Froggatt, These Proceedings, 1902, xxvii , 

 p.367. 



Fsychopsis riisolens Froggatt, I.e., 1902, xxvii., p.367; Froggatt, 

 I.e., 1903, xxvii., p.454, f.6. 



Mayallanes insolens Navas, Mem R. Acad. Ci. Art., Barcelona, 

 1912, X., p.l97. Navas, Congr. Valladolid, 1916, p.l96. 



Type, in British Museum. 



Hab. — New South Wales and Queensland; not uncommon 

 It occurs only sparingly in the Sydney district, but is commoner 

 on the tablelands, particularly on the Queensland border. I 

 have good series from Killarney, also from Mount Tambourine. 

 It has been taken as far north as Herberton (F. P. Dodd). Most 

 of the specimens appear to have been taken at light. Nothing 

 is known of its life-history. 



This species is less beautiful than any of the others, but freshly 

 emerged specimens are of a very effective fawn colour, which 

 fades considerably with age. 



PsYCHOPSis MEYRiCKi McLaclilan. 



McLachlan, Ent. Mo. Mag., 1887, xxiv., p.30. 



Magallanes meyrieki Navas, Congr. Valladolid, 1915, p. 197. 



T y p e, in Coll. McLachlan. 



^a6. — Jindabyne, N.S.W., 2,800 feet. 



I have not seen this species, of which the unique series of seven 

 specimens taken by Mr. Meyrick on Jan. 20th, 1885, is in the 

 McLachlan Collection. McLachlan gave the habitat as "Kos- 

 ciusko, 2,800 feet,'' but this is evidently an error. Mr. Meyrick 

 informs me {in litt.) that the specimens were actually taken near 

 Mr. Body's Station at Jindabyne. This latter township is on 

 the main route to Mount Kosciusko, but more than thirty miles 

 from its summit; the Kosciusko Range does not begin to rise 

 from the Monaro Plateau until the junction of the Snowy and 

 Thredbo Rivers is reached, and this is some miles beyond Jinda- 

 byne. It seems desirable to point this out, since the type of 

 country in which the insect was taken dififers very greatly from 

 that found at higher elevations on the Kosciusko Range. 



