138 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRAL AN LEPIDOPTERA, 



spot at f near median, scarcely tiaceable or absent in 9, a darker 

 fine hindmarginal line in J", ochreous between crenulations in ^ : 

 cilia alternately chocolate and ochreous. Hind wings dark choco- 

 late, very hairy over inner margin ; cilia chocolate. 



The 9 i^ general appearance is a lighter chocolate or more a 

 chocolate-fuscous. The moth especially reminds one of the small 

 Lappet moth of England. 



Eltham, Melbourne ; one specimen without the black discal 

 spot, taken by the late Mr. David Kershaw: Brisbane; three 

 s})ecimens at light. 



Family LIPARID^. 



Darala serranotata, sp.nov. 



9. 63-67 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen light ferrous- 

 ochreous. Antennae smoky-black, ferrous-ochreous at base. Legs 

 black, densely padded with chocolate-ochreous hairs. Forewings 

 triangular, widely dilate, costa nearly straight, apical third 

 rounded, hindmargin gently rounded, light chocolate-ochreous, 

 semi-hyaline, veins darker chocolate, costal band and base of wings 

 ferrous-ochreous ; an ochreous-white discal spot beneath costal 

 band at f, an ochreous-white serrate fascia at J parallel with 

 hindmargin ; hindmargin beyond this covered with darker chocolate 

 scales, not hyaline : cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings as forewings 

 with serrate fascia continuous with that of forewings ; cilia as 

 forewings. 



Barnard Island ; one specimen reared by Mr. Barnard : near 

 Cairns ; one specimen in Brisbane Museum. 



Group G E M E T R I N .E, Family GEOMETRID^. 



lODIS FASCINANS, Sp.nOV. 



(J. 35 mm. Head glaucous-green, face bordered with white. 

 Palpi fuscous spotted and tipped with white. Antennre fuscous. 

 Thorax glaucous-green, irrorated with white hairs, and with a 

 dorsal diamond-shaped white patch posteriorly, containiug four 

 green dots ; undersurface white, with a fringe of long white hairs. 

 Abdomen white, irrorated with green, each segment bordered 



