114 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW MOTH OP THE GENUS PHYLLODES, 



the allied genus Oiohidei^es have been described from information 

 obtained in Java and elsewhere ; and I may add that a detailed 

 life-history of 0. salaminia. Cram., drawn up from observations 

 made at Ash Island, in the Hunter E-iver, is contained in the 

 manuscript of the late Mr. A. W. Scott, the j)ublication of which 

 has recently been decided upon by the trustees of the Australian 

 Museum, under the joint editorship of Mrs. E. Forde and myself. 



OPHIDERID^. 

 Phyllodes Meyricki, sp.n. 



Antennae reddish-brown ; head between the eyes and the palpi 

 brownish-purple ; thorax and abdomen reddish-brown, the latter 

 faintly tinged with purple. Forewing rich reddish-brown, glossed 

 with purple, the red increasing in intensity near the hind-margin, 

 with a somewhat obscure patch of white on the costa at rather 

 less than two-thirds from the base, a similar but even less distinct 

 patch of white at the apex, and an indistinct brown line, edsjed 

 with reddish, extending obliquely from the apex towards the 

 middle of the wing, and reaching a point just before the stigma, 

 about half-way between the costal and abdominal margins ; the 

 stigma greyish-brown, very conspicuous, enclosing two rich brown 

 lines. Hindwing blue-black, inclining to brownish near the base, 

 with a large rosy-pink fascia or band-like marking extending 

 from the inner margin to beyond the middle of the wing, and 

 provided with a row of seven or eight distinct white spots on 

 the hind-margin. Underside coloured much as above, but with 

 the ground colour duller, somewhat lighter, and less rich ; the 

 forewing from the base to beyond the middle dark red-brown, 

 tinged with purple, with three white spots in the middle placed 

 obliquely across the wing one behind the other, the last or hind- 

 most being much smaller than the first and second which are 

 large and conspicuous. Expanse of wings 160 mm.; length of 

 body 53 mm. 



Mount Bellenden-Ker, near Cairns, and Daintree River, 

 Queensland. 



