120 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA, 



Zagira polycesta, n.-sp. 



(J. 26 mm. Head purple-reddish, mixed with whitish, face 

 whitish. Palpi ochreous- whitish, base of second joint externally 

 reddish; second joint rather loosely scaled towards apex, terminal 

 joint short, obtuse. Antennae ochreous-whitish ; in male with 

 short ciliations (h) and longer bristles (IJ). Thorax purple-grey, 

 anterior third whitish. Abdomen purple-grey, mixed with 

 whitish. Legs whitish ; anterior pair fuscous. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa straight, apex acute, termen crenate, 

 rounded, oblique ; purple-grey, suffused with pale brownish- 

 ochreous; a broad whitish streak along costa nearly to apex; two 

 or three fuscous dots on costal edge in terminal part of streak; 

 lines slender, white, not crossing streak; first transverse, slightly 

 angled at i, followed by a white, dark-edged discal dot nearer 

 costa than dorsum; a small fuscous suffusion above centre of disc; 

 second line dentate from beneath costa at #, first outwardl}' then 

 inwardly curved to dorsum at |; beyond it is a whitish blotch 

 before tornus; a similar subterminal line parallel to termen; a 

 series of dark fuscous terminal dots: cilia whitish, mixed with 

 purple-grey. Hindwings with termen crenate, rounded; colour 

 and markings as forewings, but basal line and dot absent. 



Brisbane, Q.; one specimen taken by Mr. R. Illidge. 



A X I R a T a, n.g. 



Face flat. Palpi recurved, ascending, not reaching or exceeding 

 vertex. Tongue well developed. AntenniB in male minutely 

 ciliated. Thorax and abdomen without crests. Forewings with 

 2 from |, 3 from angle, G from well below upper angle of cell, 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, no areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 

 stalked, o from middle of discocellulars, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Besides the tj^pe described below this genus contains Acontht 

 tripartita, Butl., which is closely allied though with larger palpi. 



Sir George Hampson referred these species to Hyela, Steph., 

 but I do not think this can be maintained. 



