BY E. MEYKICK. 97 



fuscous, on lower half of termen mixed with coppery-bronze, ti[)K 

 pale ij;rey. Hind wings and cilia dark fuscous; vein 5 absent. 

 Duaringa, Queensland (Lower); one specimen. 



30. ToRTYRA Walk. 



Head smooth, with postorbital cilia; ocelli present; tongue 

 developed. Antennae |, thickened with scales except towards 

 apex, in (J serrate, ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, smooth-scaled, tf rminal 

 joint shorter than second, obtuse. Maxillary })alpi obsolete. 

 Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled above, sometimes with expansible 

 whorls of scales on origin of spurs. Forewings with 16 furcate, 

 '2 from §, 3 from angle, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 from near 8, 11 

 from before middle, secondary cell detined. Hindwings 1 or over 

 1, ovate-triangular, cilia ^-J; 3 and 4 stalked, 5-7 parallel, 8 

 approximated to cell in middle. 



A genus of limited extent but ranging through the tropics of 

 the Old and New World. Saptha Walk., Badera Walk., and 

 Choreyia Z., are synonyms. The species are brilliantly metallic,, 

 but often very similar, and require careful discrimination. 



1. Metallic transverse postmedian streak entire 2. 



Metallic transverse postmedian streak reduced to one 



or two patches B. 



2. Violet-coppery species, hindwings with yellow band 162. divitiosa. 



Brassy-green species, hindwings without yellow band.. 161. prasochalca. 



3. Forewings with metallic-blue postmedian spot beneath 



middle 4. 



Forewings without such spot 163. produjella. 



4. Hindwings with yellow band \b9. iridopn. 



Hindwings without yellow band 160. paradelpha. 



159. 2\ iridopa, n.sp. 



9. 18-20 mm. Head and palpi metalHc blue-green. Antenna? 

 purple-black, with white band about |. Thorax blackish, with 

 three metallic iridescent-green stripes. Abdomen blackish, ringed 

 with deep bronze. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa poste- 

 riorly moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rather oblique^ 

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