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102 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA, 



grey, towards base ochreous-whitish; cilia whitish-grey, on dorsum 

 whitish ochreous. 



Brisbane, Q. ; two specimens, and I huve since seen others 

 which show considerable variation. 



ACANTHOLIPES TOXICA, n.sp. 



$. 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax reddish-brown. Antennae 

 pale brownish, obscurely annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 rey ; towards base mixed with brown. Legs whitish-brown, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous; posterior pair whitish, with dark 

 fuscous spurs; anterior tarsi dark fuscous, annulated with whitish. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa scarcely arched, apex acute, 

 termen concave beneath apex, strongly outwardly bowed between 

 \'eins 3 and 4; reddish-brown, with a few fuscous scales; several 

 dark fuscous and whitish dots on costal edge; a minute white dot 

 margined with dark fuscous in disc before middle; reniform white: 

 cilia reddish-brown, apices whitish. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded; dark gre}^; cilia pale reddish-brown, apices whitish. 



Brisbane, Q.; one specimen. 



Dahlia capnobela, n.sp. 



9. 27-29 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-brown. 

 Face and palpi dark fuscous. Antennas whitish-ochreous, obscurely 

 annulated with fuscous. Legs dark fuscous; posterior pair whitish- 

 ochreous, mixed with fuscous. Forewings rather broadly triangular, 

 costa slightly arched at base, thence straight, apex rounded, termen 

 rounded, slightly oblique; ochreous-brown; a fine angulated dark 

 fuscous line from costa at i to dorsum at ^, with an obtuse outward 

 projection belowmiddle, a dark-fuscous discal dot, sometimes white- 

 centred just over projection; a white dot with fine dark-fuscous 

 edge near centre of disc; a fine acutel}^ dentate dark-fuscous line 

 from costa at | to dorsum at |; an angulated fuscous shade 

 followed by a pale line at 4; a series of blackish terminal dots: 

 cilia ochreous-brown. Hindwings with termen rounded; colour 

 and markings as forewings, but basal line wanting, onl}" one 

 discal dot, and that not white-centred. 



Brisbane, Q.; two specimens. 



