BY A. JEFFERIS TURNKR. 89 



Sarrothripinae. 

 Blesina metachrysa, n.sp. 



(J. 40 mm. Head and palpi white, irrorated with dark fuscous. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, with a few whitish scales; in male slightly- 

 serrate, shortly ciliated (J). Thorax fuscous, irrorated with 

 whitish and ochreous-brown scales; central area paler. Abdomen 

 deep ochreous-yellow ; terminal segment fuscous; tuft whitish- 

 grey; dorsal crests whitish, irrorated with ochreous-brown and 

 whitish. Legs white, irrorated with fuscous. Forewings oblong, 

 costa arched at base, then straight, apex rectangular, termen 

 slightly rounded, hardly oblique; dark grey, with whitish and 

 ochreous-brown irroration, and black lines ; a small tuft of 

 ochreous-yellow hairs on base of inner margin ; an inwardly 

 oblique, acutely dentate line from costa at 1; a broad, nearly 

 straight streak, interrupted in disc from costa at ^ to tornus; 

 this gives off in disc a fine irregularly dentate line to inner 

 margin beyond middle; a fine irregularly dentate line from mid- 

 costa, curved first outwardly then inwardly to inner margin at f ; 

 a finely dentate subterminal line, interrupted by the oblique 

 streak; terminal part of disc densely irrorated with whitish; a 

 fine fuscous crenulate terminal line : cilia white, mixed with dark 

 fuscous towards base, and with a dark fuscous median line. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded, crenulate; deep ochreous-yellow; 

 a broad dark fuscous terminal band, narrowing to a point at 

 tornus; cilia white opposite veins 2 to 4, above this dark fuscous, 

 beneath deep ochreous-yellow. 



Townsville, Q.; in February; two specimens received from Mr. 

 F. P. Dodd. 



OCHTHOPHORA, n.g. 



Face flat, with a fringe of projecting scales on forehead. Palpi 

 rather large, ascending; terminal joint nearly as long as second, 

 stout, obtuse. Antennae in male serrate. Tongue rudimentary. 

 Thorax with a large undivided posterior crest. Abdomen smooth. 

 Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with vein 2 

 from f ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 connected by a bar with 8, 9 beyond 



