BY E. MEYRICK. 399 



218. C. halurga, n.sp. 



(J9- 11 mill- Head yellowish, centre of crown pale bronzy- 

 metallic, posteriorly fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second 

 joint 3^ellowish-tinged, terminal joint in ^ almost obsolete (*?), in 

 ^ normal, extreme apex dark fuscous. Antennae whitish-och- 

 reous. Thorax ochreous-yellow, with dorsal and lateral dark 

 fuscous stripes. Abdomen fuscous, lateral margins yellowish. 

 Legs whitish-ochreous, apex of posterior tibiae dark fuscous. 

 Forewings with termen sinuate, rather strongly oblique; orange; 

 markings dark purple-fuscous; a broad costal streak from base to 

 4, confluent with an undefined antemedian fascia, which is also 

 connected with base by a subdorsal line ; a patch occupying 

 terminal half of wing, anterior edge almost straight, blackish, 

 running from middle of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, enclos- 

 ing an erect orange blotch from tornus, reaching | across wing, 

 and a narrow orange suffusion along costa about ^ : cilia dark 

 fuscous, on termen with apical | whitish-yellowish, on costal 

 spot orange. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous. 



Duaringa, Queensland, in December; two specimens (Barnard). 

 Nearly allied to the preceding, but smaller and deeper-coloured, 

 with the termen of forewings more oblique, and distinguished by 

 the dark fuscous thoracic stripes, and absence of yellow prae- 



tornal dot. 



219. C. p7'asi7iopis, Meyr. 



{Crocanthes prasinopis, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. 1886, 

 277.) 



(J2' 13-15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and 

 legs whitish-yellowish; eyes in life brilliant green; second joint 

 of palpi suffused with ochreous-yellowish except apex, terminal 

 joint in ^ much shorter than second, somewhat aborted, rough- 

 scaled, not acute, in 2 normal; shoulders with purplish-fuscous 

 stripe; anterior femora and tibiae suffused with fuscous, posterior 

 tibiae with fuscous apical band. Forewings with termen sinuate, 

 rather strongly oblique; rather deep yellow; markings ochreous- 

 fuscous, with purple reflections; a costal streak from base to f; a 



