1082 ON QUEENSLAND AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



COMARCHIS IRREGULARIS, n.Sp. 



^2' 20 mm. Head, face, and antennae white. Palpi very 

 short, black. Collar black. Thorax black. Abdomen reddish- 

 ochreous. Forelegs blackish-brown, underside reddish-ochreous ; 

 posterior legs reddish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded, creamy white, 

 with fuscous-brown lines and fasciae. Costal line fuscous-brown, 

 broad at base and touching inner margin near base, and attenuated 

 to ^ costal — a line from point of this costal line at J costa, 

 irregularly dentate to J inner margin ; a 2nd line from same 

 point on costa, irregularly dentate, to h inner margin, enclosed 

 space between these two lines reddish-ochreous and more or less 

 suffused with rich fuscous-brown ; a 3rd line from | costa rounded 

 to just before anal angle of inner margin, space between this and 

 hindmargin fuscous-brown — except spot at J hindmargin creamy 

 white ; the 2nd and 3rd lines are joined by a short line just 

 below centre of wing ; discal spot on first line near costa, or 

 sometimes absorbed in 1st line : cilia brown and white. Hind- 

 wings reddish-ochreous, with diffusion of smoky-black at apex, 

 narrowly attenuated to just before J hindmargin; cilia light 

 ochreous. 



Brisbane ; rare. Allied to as2:>ectateUa, but is larger, and fascise 

 lie obliquely inwards, and are differently arranged. 



COMARCHIS OBLIQUATA, n.Sp. 



(J9. 14mm. Head, and dorsum of thorax ochreous; face, 

 palpi, antennae, sides of thorax, abdomen ochreous-fuscous. Legs 

 brownish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa rounded, hind- 

 margin obliquely rounded, inner margin sinuate, whitish-ochreous ; 

 markings fuscous, a narrow costal line from base to §, extended 

 at base interruptedly or continuously to inner margin ; a line just 

 below costa at I, enclosing a suffused grey to costa and obliquely 

 to posterior end of costal line ; 1st line from | costa obliquely to J 



