346 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



ThYAS DICOELA,* 11. sp. 



(J. 48 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous-brown. Antenn89 

 brown; in ^ minutely ciliated. Abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous; 

 all femora and tibiae in g densely clothed with long hairs. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa very slightly arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen bowed, oblique, crenulate; dark fuscous-brown; costal 

 edge paler; a transverse antemedian white fascia, sufifused with 

 purple-fuscous towards extremities, sharply defined, both edges 

 evenly concave; a sharply defined pale apical patch with curved 

 outline, ending in a dark apical and smaller subapical tooth; a 

 sharply defined line from middle of apical patch to ^ dorsum; 

 beyond tliis disc is paler, becoming whitish towards termen; an 

 indistinct fine whitish dentate subterminal line; a fine fuscous 

 terminal line; cilia pale fuscous. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded, crenulate; fuscons, on termen mixed with whitish; a 

 white streak from J dorsum half across disc; terminal line and 

 cilia as forewings. 



From Thy as constricta Butl., to which it is allied, this may be 

 distinguished by the narrower fascia of fore wing, differently 

 shaped apical blotch, and more hairy legs of $. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q.: Cairns; one specimen. 



Thyas crimnopasta,! n.sp. 



9. 28 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous with some 

 whitish irroration. Palpi fuscous; second joint, except at apex, 

 irrorated with whitish-ochreous. Antennae dark fuscous. 

 Legs fuscous irrorated with whitish. Forewings triangular, 

 costa straight except near apex, apex pointed, termen bowed, 

 oblique, crenulate; fuscous; a basal patch of rather dense 

 white irroration, a similar fascia at ^, rather broad, edges 

 irregularly dentate; a dark fuscous line from | costa towards 

 tornus, forming an acute angle in middle, and ending on | 



* diKoiXoSi biconcave, 

 t KpifxvoTraoToSy flour-spnnkled. 



