86 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



13. Lactuka ERYTHRACTIS. 

 ypvOpos, red.] 

 Enaemia erythractis, Me3'r., Trans. E. See. S.A. 1886, p. 1043. 



^(^. 26-32 mm. Head reddish; sides of crown and face pale 

 yellow. PaljDi and antenna? reddish. Thorax pale j'ellow; an 

 anterior cruciform mark and a posterior spot red; posterior ex- 

 tremity pale 3^ellow: collar narrowly red at base; tegulce red, apex 

 and a spot near base pale yellow. Abdomen reddish. Legs 

 reddish; internal surfaces yellowish. Forewdngs elongate-oval, 

 costa rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded; pale j^ellow with red lines; a narrow line along costa to 

 §; another along inner margin to 4, basal portion broad, median 

 portion sometimes obsolete; a short streak along basal part of 

 vein 12; a streak along vein 11 to costa; cell broadly outlined, 

 incompletely so along submedian, crossed towards base by an 

 oblique line which is prolonged to dorsum at \; bej^ond this it 

 is divided by a median line, each division containing a short 

 longitudinal streak; a strong line from end of cell to dorsum at 4; 

 veins 2 to 10 outlined; cilia red, apices pale yellowish. Hind- 

 wings and cilia reddish. 



Type in Macleay Museum. 



N.Q. Townsville, in January, a series received from Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd; Bowen {Me3^rick). 



Distinguished by its large size and absence of oblique dark 

 lines. 



14. Lactura eupoecila, n.sp. 



[einroLKLkos, variegated.] 



(J9. 23-26 mm. Head red; sides of crown and face pale 

 yellowish. Palpi red, terminal joint pale yellowish. Antennae 

 reddish. Thorax pale yellow; base of collar, two lateral spots on 

 collar, margins of patagia, and an anterior cruciform mark red; 

 a posterior dot purple-grey; posterior extremity pale yellow. 

 Abdomen red, lower surface, and in $ also apex, pale yellow. 



