BY A. J. TURNER. 197 



ANTICRATKS PHjEDIMA, n.sp. [ (ficuStfios, brilliant]. 



< J. 18 mm. Head pale yellow. Palpi ochreous- whitish: second 

 joint dark fuscous on outer surface. Antennae pale fuscous. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, with an ochreous- whitish bar across middle 

 of patagia. Abdomen pale red. Legs whitish-red; anterior pair 

 fuscous. Forewings rather narrow-elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded, termen oblique, slightly bowed: 2 and 3 stalked, 

 7 to 9 separate; whitish-yellow, markings dark fuscous; a trian- 

 gular basal spot; a suffused triangular blotch on costa from ^ to 

 middle; an oblique fascia twice constricted or interrupted in 

 disc, from \ dorsum to \ costa; an oblong spot on f dorsum; a 

 narrow mark on midtermen: cilia whitish-yellow, on midtermen 

 and tornus dark fuscous. Hindwings elongate-ovate; red, towards 

 base paler; cilia red, paler towards tornus. Type in Coll. 

 Turner. 



Q.: Mt. Tambourine, in November; one specimen. 



Gen. L a c t u r a . 



In this genus, vein 7 of forewings may run to hindmargin, to 

 apex, or to a little on the costal side of apex. 



Lactura egregiella. 



This species shows considerable variability in the forewings, 

 which are grey, with white or whitish-ochreous blotches, of 

 which the three basal appear constant, the remainder being very 

 variable; the reddish lines also vary, and may be obsolete. 



Q.: Eidsvold; Gayndah, in October; Brisbane, in October, Jan- 

 uary, and February; Rosewood, in March; Bunya Mountains, in 

 December. 



Lactura dives. 

 N.A. Port Darwin, in January(Dodd). 

 Lactura LjEtifkra. 

 Q.: Gympie, in October. 



Lactura suffusa. 



N.Q.: Cairns, in February, March, and April. — Q.: Gympie; 

 Brisbane, in November and February. 



