1078 ON QUEENSLAND AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



Brisbane ; dense scrub ; September, flying in sunshine. I 

 have much pleasure in naming this species after Dr. T. L. Ban- 

 croft, who has given me much assistance in collecting. 



MOSODA VENUSTA, n.Sp. 



^2- 18 mm. Head recldish-ochreous. Palpi dark smoky-grey. 

 Antennae smoky-grey, lighter towards extremity. Legs ochreous- 

 brown. Thorax black, dotted anteriorly with reddish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen black, anal tuft ochreous. Fore wings elongate-triangu- 

 lar, costa moderately arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded, 

 reddish-ochreous with black bands edged with deeper red ; short 

 bar on base of costa joins a spot in centre of base of wing, and 

 joins a short bar at base of inner margin ; a deep band from ^ 

 costa to f inner margin, once denticulate in centre on both 

 borders ; a second band from 4 costa to anal angle of hindmargin, 

 sometimes diffused to apex and contracted opposite middle of hind- 

 margin. Hindwings ochreous-red, darker than forewings, with a 

 broad hindmarginal black band, broadest at apex. 



Brisbane. 



INIosoDA SEJUNCTA, Feld. Brisbane ; Melbourne. 



MoSODA LINE ATA, n.sp. 



(J^. 14 mm. Head grey. Palpi brown. Antennae smoky- 

 grey. Thorax white with a black V-shaped mark on dorsum. 

 Abdomen greyish-white. Forewings triangular, costa gently 

 rounded, hindmargin nearly straight, grey-white with black-brown 

 markings; triangular dot on costa near base attenuated to base; 

 a narrow bar angulated in middle from k costa to just before J 

 inner margin ; a bar at f diffused to near apex of costa and 

 narrowing to f inner margin, sub-dentate ; an interrupted band on 

 hindmargin ; costa black and grey. Hindwings and costa grey, 

 darker grey toward margin, indistinct discal spot. 



Brisbane ; 5 specimens. Near to Mosoda servilis. 



