264 ON TWENTY NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



conspicuous blotch extending to costa at § ; a second sepia-fuscous 

 line on posterior border of this to | inner margin ; a hindmarginal 

 sepia line : cilia fuscous, with a median band of dark sepia- 

 fuscous. Hindwings as forewings, with inner border broadly 

 diffused with grey, and edged with f ulvous-ochreous hairs ; a 

 broad Y-shaped figure of sepia-fuscous from J and ^ costa stalked 

 opposite ^ hindmargin, stalk curved toward anal angle ; hind- 

 marginal line of sepia-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with median and 

 terminal lines of sepia-fuscous. 



Brisbane ; rare. 



CONOGETHES PUNCTIFERALIS, Gn., var. JOCATA. 



About f size of type. Spots and lines identical, but minimised. 

 With a fuscous-red suffusion over centre of forewings. 



Hamilton Scrub, near Brisbane. 



CONOGETHES NUBIFERA, Sp.nov. 



(J$. 12-16 mm. Head and antennae chronie-yellow. Palpi 

 purple-red. Thorax chrome-yellow, collar purple-red subtending 

 a square dot on dorsum, and a spot laterally of same colour, 

 epaulettes chrome-yellow, with base purple-red. Abdomen chrome- 

 yellow, with base and sides of centre segments purple-red. Fore- 

 wings : costa rounded, hindmargin gently rounded ; light chrome 

 or ochreous-yellow, with purple-red dots, lines, and suffusions, a 

 dot at base on costa, a line or broken into two or three dots near 

 base across wing ; a second line from ^ costa to ^ inner margin, 

 curved outward in middle third, in some specimens lines on folds 

 connecting these two lines, a discal dot at § near costa ; 3rd line 

 from near but not touching costa at | to ^ inner margin, parallel 

 to 2nd line, dentate in inner half ; 4th line | costa to | inner 

 margin, thicker at costa and inner margin, enclosed space more 

 or less filled with a suffusion, except on costa, and forming an 

 irregular fascia, a suffusion on centre of posterior border, and 

 three clusters of 8 or 9 dots between 4th line and hindmargin : 



