254 ON TWENTY NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



costa to I hindmargiii, 11th, 12th, and 13th lines before hind- 

 margin, 11th and 13th more or less indistinct and interrupted: 

 cilia white, base grey-green. Hindwings as forewings, angled in 

 middle of hindmargin, with eight transverse lines ; a discal spot 

 at f, beyond this 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grouped, the 3rd and 4th 

 more or less diffused and more denticulate, 5th line interrupted 

 and less distinct, 6th, 7th, and 8th lines at equal distaiices to 

 hindmargin, very denticulate ; cilia as forewings. 



Brisbane; one specimen. 



Appears to come nearest to A. rirarcha, Meyr. 



Group NOCTURE, Family HELIOTHID^. 



Chariclea sanguinata, sp.nov. 



(J 5. 24-30 mm. Head fuscous, tinted with deep red. Palpi 

 ochreous-fuscous. Antennse fuscous-red. Thorax ochreous-fus- 

 cous, deeply tinted with carmine. Abdomen fuscous tinted with 

 red. Forewings elongate, gently dilate, costa rounded, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded, light ochreous, wdth deep lines of 

 carmine to blood-red; a carmine costal band, more diffused toward 

 apex, and prolonged as a band round hindmargin to anal angle ; 

 a broad band of carmine from base near inner margin through 

 entire length of wing to i hindmargin : cilia carmine, tipped with 

 lighter pink. Hindwings pale greyish-white ; cilia white. 



Brisbane ; very rare. 



Easily known by the carmine or blood-colour bands along costa 

 and through middle of wing. 



Family ORTHOSIID^. 



LUPERINA DITATA, sp.nOV. 



(J9. 30-40 mm. Head light fuscous-grey. Palpi ashy-grey. 

 Antennse ochreous-fuscous. Thorax fuscous, finely mottled with 

 white and black, white posteriorly. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, 

 segments fringed with lighter fuscous and bordered laterally by 



