106 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA, 



7 to near bifurcation. Hindwings with vein 5 well developed, 

 ai^proximated to 4 at base. 



AXIOCTETA OENOPLEX, n.sp. 



9. 28 mm. Head purplish-gre3^ Palpi purplish-grey, with a 

 few dark fuscous scales. Antennae grey. Thorax reddish-brown, 

 anteriorly purplish-grey. Abdomen vinous-purple, beneath 

 ochreous-whitish. Legs purple-grey, irrorated with dark fuscous; 

 posterior pair ochreous-whitish above. Forewings triangular, 

 costa slightly arched, apex acute, falcate, termen excavated beneath 

 apex, acutely angled on vein 4; reddish-brown, towards termen 

 suffused with ochreous-grey; a pair of faint fuscous dots arranged 

 transversely before middle of disc; a subterminal row of similnr 

 dots: cilia purple-fuscous, apices white. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded; vinous-purple, towards base and costa ochreous-whitish; 

 a subterminal row of fuscous dots; cilia purple-whitish. 



Brisbane, Q.; in April, one specimen. 



A L A P A D N A, n.g. 



Face with projecting scales. Palpi long (4-5), porrect; second 

 joint very long, expanded above by long rough scales; terminal joint 

 slender, short, obtuse. Tongue present. Antennae in male 

 ciliated. Thorax smooth. Abdomen with a small dorsal crest. 

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

 from |, 3 from before angle, 6 from well before upper angle of 

 cell, 7 from upper angle, 8, 9 stalked, 10 absent. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 long-stalked, 5 well developed, approximated to 3, 

 4 at base. 



Alapadna pauropis, n.sp. 



(J9- 15-17 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-grey, with a few 

 fuscous scales. Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax ochreous- 

 brownish, with a dark fuscous posterior spot. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous; crest dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, mixed with 

 ochreous-whitish; posterior pair mostly ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen rounded, oblique ; ochreous-brown, markings 



