BY E. MEYUICK. 95 



poiiected, filiform, pointed. Maxillary palpi riidimeiitaiy. 

 Posterior tibise and basal joint of tarsi with rough projecting 

 scales above. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 4 absent, 7 to 

 termeii, 11 from l)eyond middle. Hindwings ^, trapezoidal- 

 lanceolate, cilia 2; cell open between 3 and 4, 2 and 3 forming 

 short branches of lower median, 4-7 appearing as branches of 

 upper median, or 5 sometimes absent. 



Type E. ambrosia. This is another curious genus, distinguished 

 from its allies by the antenni\3 being longer than forewings; the 

 species are very Ijrilliantly coloured. 



1. Forewings with a metallic streak parallel to termen 156. thiamrcha. 



Forewings without such streak. 



2. Forewings with golden-metallic costal spots at J and §.. 157. ambrosia. 

 Forewings without such spots 158. metalli/era. 



156. E. thiasa/cha, n.sp. 



^^. 7-9 mm. Head shining bronze with green reflections. 

 Palpi yellowish. Antennae distinctly flattened, dark purple- 

 fuscous, basal joint greenish-bronze. Thorax metallic green-blue. 

 Abdomen dark bluish-fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa poste- 

 jiorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen and dorsum gently 

 and continuously rounded ; brilliant metallic green-blue ; an 

 orange black-edged fascia near base, in ^ narrow and suffused 

 with black towards costa, in ^ crossed by several longitudinal 

 black lines; a violet-silvery-metallic transverse spot on costa 

 immediately beyond this, and another beyond middle, edged 

 posteriorly by a black line cro.ssing wing to | of dorsum, costal 

 area between these suffused with blackish; apical area beyond 

 this line orange, including several violet-silverj'^-metallic partly 

 black-edged markings, viz., an erect triangular mark before tornus, 

 a longitudinal curved streak parallel to termen, and two costal 

 marks, in ^ confluent into a triangular costal spot : cilia fuscous, 

 with blackish basal line. Hindwings almost lanceolate, more 

 pointed than in the other species, vein 5 present; blackish-fuscous; 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Cairns, Queensland, in September and October; two specimens 

 (Dodd). 



