BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. 137 



5. NUDARIA MACILENTA, Sp.nov. 



(J. 14 mm. Head white, face black, orbital rims white. Palpi 

 black. Antenn?e fuscous. Thorax wliite, posteriorly a dorsal 

 spot black. Abdomen ochreous-grey. Forewings with costa 

 gently rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded, white with scat- 

 tered grey scales and fuscous markings and veins grey ; a fuscous 

 line of dots at i, f , | and 4 costa, a light inconspicuous grey 

 fascia from 1st dot to submedian vein near base ; three light grey 

 linear dots subtending veins in a line from 3rd costal dot to J 

 inner margin ; a fuscous outline mark resembling an erect 

 skeleton of a bird from below median to before f inner margin ; a 

 dentate mark below median at f; a row of faint hindmarginal 

 fuscous dots : cilia white. Hindwings white ; cilia as forewings. 



Brisbane ; one specimen. 



Family PSYCHIDyE. 



Oeceticus bicolor, sp.nov. 



(J. 26 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen ferruginous-ochreous. 

 Antennae black, midrib white, pectinations naiTowing at base and 

 apex. Forewings with costa gently rounded, hindmargin rounded, 

 light ochreous-drab or mouse-colour, thinly scaled, veins darker : 

 cilia darker or more a fuscous-drab. Hindv\'ings as forewings. 



Victoria. 



An unpretentious-looking insect, the centre ferruginous-ochreous 

 being the more conspicuous because of the sombre-looking wings. 



Family BOMBYCID.E. 



BOMBYX CRENULATA, sp.nOV. 



^. 34-38, 9. 60 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen dark 

 chocolate, in 9 the thorax lighter, chocolate-fuscous. Palpi dark 

 chocolate, tipped with ferrous-fuscous, in ^ light chocolate-fuscous. 

 Antennae reddish-ochreous, midrib fuscous-red, in ^ pectinations 

 very short, serrate-like. Forewings with costa nearly straight, 

 rounded at apex, hindmargin nearly straight, finely crenulate, 

 dark chocolate with darker coloured veins ; a small black discal 



