BY A. J. TURNER. 199 



Gen. TRYCHNOMERA, n.g. [t/d-uxvo/z^/oos, rough-thighed]. 



Labial palpi moderate, porrect, smooth-scaled; terminal joint 

 stout. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae with long 

 hairs on upper surface. Forewings with 11 veins, 7 and 8 

 coincident. Hindwings ovate, cilia extremely short; 3 and 4 

 remote at origin, 4 and 5 short stalked, 6 and 7 remote at origin, 

 tolerably parallel. 



Closely allied to Lactura, the neu ration of the hindwings being 

 identical, and that of the forewings differing only by the coin- 

 cidence of 7 and 8, but differing conspicuously in the hairy 

 posterior tibiae. 



Trychnomera ANTHEMIS, n.sp. [dvOefiis, a flower]. 



£. 31 mm. Head and palpi reddish-orange. Antennae whitish- 

 yellow; basal joint reddish-orange. Thorax and abdomen pale 

 purple-reddish; base of patagia whitish-yellow. Legs whitish- 

 yellow ; anterior pair reddish-orange. Forewings oval, costa 

 strongly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; pale 

 purple-reddish; costal, dorsal, and terminal edges reddish-orange, 

 except where occupied by pale markings ; markings whitish- 

 yellow ; an elongate spot on costa at ^, and another rather 

 shorter at f ; two round subdorsal spots at \ and middle, and at 

 dot at |; an apical spot; an elongate terminal spot from slightly 

 beneath this to tornus; cilia whitish-yellow, before apex and on 

 tornus reddish-orange. Hindwings and cilia pale red. Beneath 

 pale red with a whitish-yellow terminal fascia on forewings. 

 Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in April; one specimen, received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Cebysa leucoteles. 

 N.S.W.: Glen Innes, in March. — Tasm.: Hobart. 



PlESTOCEROS CONJUNCT ELLA. 



Q.: Nambour, Brisbane, and Stradbroke Island, in October 

 and November. 





