836 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, II., 



Gen. 1. C ER YX. 



Ceryx, Wlgrn., Wien. Ent. Mon. vii. p.UO (1863); Hmps., Cat. 



Lep. Phal. i. p.35. 

 Agaphthora, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1886, p.774. 



Tongue well-developed. Palpi short, porrect. Antennae of $ 

 shortly pectinate, serrate, or simple. Posterior tibiae Avith one 

 or two pairs of minute spurs. Forewings with 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 

 stalked. Hind wings with 3, 4, and 7 absent. 



Type, C. anthraciforniis, Wlgrn., from South Africa. 



A genus of about thirty known species developed in the Indo- 

 Malayan and African regions. The section of the genus {Agaph- 

 thora) to which the Australian species belong is characteristic of 

 New Guinea and the adjacent islands. In it the $ antennae are 

 simple or nearly so, and the fore tibiae and tarsi of this sex are 

 densely clothed with long hairs and scales. 



1. Abdomen with six orange rings sphenodes. 



Abdomen black, with orange lateral spots guttulosa. 



1. Ceryx sphenodes. 



Agaphthora sphenodes, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1883, 



p.774. 

 Ceryx sphenodes, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. i. p. 38, pl.i. f.6. 



Type in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 



N.Q. :^ Cairns, Kuranda. Probably also from New Guinea, 

 but in this form the crown of head is orange. 



2. Ceryx guttulosa, 



Syntomis guttulosa, Wlk., Brit, Mus. Cat. xxxi. p. 73. 

 Agaphthora melanora, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1886, 



p.774. 

 Ceryx guttulosa, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. i. p.39, pl.i. f.8. 



Type in British Museum. 



N.Q. : Cape York. Also from Aru and Kei Island. 



