90 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTEKA, 



Hind win o-s with disco-cellular sharpl}' angled, 3 and 4 from a 

 point, 5 from middle of cell, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



Very distinct in the stalking of veins 2 and 3 of forewings, and 



6 and 7 of hind wings. 



19. Epopsia metreta, n.sp. 

 [iJLfTprjTos, measured.] 



(J. 20 mm. Head yellow, back of crown red. Palpi red, ter- 

 minal joint mixed with pale yellow. Antennae red, towards apex 

 whitish. Thorax red; a central spot and basal J of tegulse 

 bright yellow. Abdomen reddish. Legs reddish; middle tibise 

 and tarsi, and posterior tarsi yellowish. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 obliquely rounded; dull red; markings bright yellow, an inwardly 

 oblique fascia from costa before middle to dorsum at ^; a tri- 

 angular spot on dorsum before tornus; apical part of termen 

 narrowly pale yellow; cilia red, towards apex pale yellow. 

 Hinclwings and cilia red. 



Type in Coll. Walsingham. 



jST.Q. Cedar Bay near Cooktown (INIeek). 



Gen. 6. H e d y c h a r i s, gen.nov. 



[i]8vxapr]s, sweetly joyous.] 



Head smooth. Tongue present. Palpi short, recurved, with 

 appressed scales; terminal joint shorter than second, pointed. 

 Antennae of male simple, very minutely ciliated. Forewings 

 elongate-ovate; with twelve veins, 7 and 8 stalked. Hindwings 

 with eight veins, all separate, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 6 and 



7 tolerably parallel. 



20. Hedyciiaris piioenobapta, n.sp. 



[(pnmk, dark red; [iaiTTos^ dyed.] 



(J. IGmm. Head and palpi orange-reddish. Antennae blackish. 

 Thorax purplish-red; with a pair of postmedian lateral whitish 

 spots. Abdomen purplish-red; some basal hairs, lower and lateral 



