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oblique, angled near costa and continued to dorsum at 4; two 

 minute black dots placed transversely just beyond angle of this 

 line; a tine angulated fuscous line followed by a whitish line from 

 § costa to f dorsum; a similar sul)terminal line preceded by a 

 whitish line; an interrupted fuscous terminal line : cilia ochreous- 

 grey. Hindwings with termen rounded, deeply excavated at 

 tornus; colour as fore wings, but whitish-gre}'- towards costa; 

 markings as forewings, but median line not angulated, discal dot 

 single, posterior lines partly obsolete; cilia as forewings, but on 

 excavation purple-red. with apices whifcish-ochreous. at each angle 

 of excavation apices dark fuscous. 



Var. A. Forewings with posterior area pinkish-ochreous, median 

 line broadl}^ dark fuscous, discal dots conspicuous, posterior lines 

 obsolete. Hindwings pinkish-ochreous, towards base on costa 

 whitish, a dark fuscous suffusion near tornus. 



Brisbane, Q. ; in February ; three specimens, a pair of the 

 normal form and one female of the variety. 



Probably this species will have many colour-varieties. 



T H E L X I N A, n.g. 



Face Hat. Palpi moderate, recurved, not reaching vertex; 

 second joint rather loosely scaled ; terminal joint truncate. 

 Tongue present. Antennae in male slightly serrate towards apex. 

 Thorax and abdomen not crested. Legs normal. Forewings with 

 vein 2 from |, 3, 4 stalked from angle, 7, 8, 10, 11 stalked, 9 

 absent. Hindwings with 3, 1 stalked, 5 from near middle of cell, 

 6, 7 stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell near base. 



Allied to Arcteopteron, Hmps., which, however, has all veins 

 present in forewing, and vein 7 arising from cell. Type T. 

 ejnphracta. 



Besides the three species described below there is a fourth, 

 which Sir G. Hampson has identified as canescens, Wlk. ( ^Jlavil- 

 lalis, Wlk.). 



