250 NEW SPECIES OF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTERA. 



third by four ground colour longitudinal parallel lines : cilia dark 

 fuscous. Hindwings light grey shaded with darker fuscous ; 

 veins darker; cilia gre3ash-fuscous, with a broad darker band 

 near base. 



May Orchard, Brisbane; one specimen at light. 



Allied to C. subparallela, Meyr. (?), and C. nono-lhiea, Lucas. 



T H E I s I A, n.g. 



Head with adpressed hairs. Ocelli absent. Tongue well 

 developed. Antennae moderate, simple, finely ciliated, basal joint 

 elongate, with moderate pecten. Maxillary palpi ver}^ short, 

 adpressed to tongue. Labial palpi very long, recurved, first joint 

 short, second very long, with adpressed hairs, third joint linear, 

 smooth. Thorax hairy, epaulettes and collar with very long hairs. 

 Abdomen moderate. Tibiae hairy, spurs long. Forewings with 

 veins 3 and 4 from a point, 6 free, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 from 7. 

 Hindwings with vein 2 from J cell, 3 and 4 from angle, 5 free, (> 

 and 7 short stalked, 8 concurrent with 7 for ^ from base. 



Comes near to Ptilostibes, Meyr. 



Theiosia .etheria, n.sp. 



9- 28 mm. Head and palpi reddish-ochreous; antennae fuscous, 

 basal joint ochreous; thorax ochreous, wdth a rich chestnut band 

 behind collar; abdomen whitish-ochreous; legs ochreous, tarsal 

 joints of hind pair fuscous. Forewings with costa gently rounded, 

 hindmargin rounded, reddish-ochreous, sparsely speckled with 

 black dots, and marked with white, grey- black, and chestnut. 

 Forewings with a kidney-shaped rich chesenut-coloured discal 

 blotch, extending over middle third of wing, beyond | costa; this 

 is bordered on costal edge by a fine white line; and this- is again 

 enclosed by a broad band of smoky black, which extends from 

 base of wing to opposite ^ costa, and is again enfolded by a broad 

 white suffusion, reaching to costa at base, and gradually receding 

 from costa at J, leaving a band of ground colour for costal border 

 to apex; the white is freely speckled with black dots; a subhind- 



