1080 ON QUEENSLAND AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



interrupted dots ; an oblique spot on costa at I from near v/hich 

 1st line curves outward to J inner margin; an irregular triangular 

 spot on costa at ^ from the centre of which 2nd line bends sharply 

 toward base of wing and then abruptly turns to ^ inner margin, 

 where it is suffused into a large spot, and receives third line from 

 a point short of costa at f ; 3rd line waved ; at |- costa is an 

 oblong spot, from which proceeds 4th line to near anal angle of 

 inner margin, and fifth line which joins 6th or hindmarginal line 

 near anal angle : cilia white, with darker spots. Hind wings 

 smoky-grey ; cilia grey. 



Brisbane; September, October; on fences. Allied to C. dictyota. 



Thallarcha phalarota, Meyr. (T. phaedropa, Meyr.). 



The latter is but the 9 oi the former, consequently the name 

 phaedropa must drop ; several pairs taken in cop. 



Brisbane ; November : Myrtleford and Melbourne, Victoria. 



Thallarcha aurantiacea, n.sp. 



^. 16 mm. Head black, face orange. Palpi orange. Antennae 

 black. Tliorax and abdomen black. Forelegs black ; femora and 

 tibiae of middle legs ochreous-yellow ; posterior legs ochreous- 

 yellow. Forewings elongate, costa rounded, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded, black, iridescent with purple ; second fourth of wing 

 transversely orange : cilia black. Hindwings orange, with a rich 

 black border round inner and hindmargin, and broadened at apex 

 of costa ; cilia black. 



Brisbane ; September ; dense scrub. 



Comarchis equidistans, n.sp. 



(J. 25 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi black. Antennae grey. 

 Thorax black, anterior edge finely ochreous and an oval oblong spot 



