226 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA, 



Q. : Caloundra, in September; Southport, in December; Bris- 

 bane. — N.S.W. : Sydney. — Vic: Melbourne; Macedon, near Gis- 

 borne, in December. 



Nemotois orichalchias. 



Nemotois orichalchias Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1892, 

 p. 484. 



I do not know this species. Mr. Meyrick says it is obviously 

 broader-winged than N. sparsella, and certainly distinct. 



N.S.W. : Sydney and Bowenfels. — Vic. : Melbourne. — Tasm. : 

 Launceston, and Hobart. — S.A. : Mount Lofty. 



NEMOTOIS POLYDjEDALA, n.sp. [7ro\v8ai8a\o<;, richly dight]. 



g. 13 mm. Head and palpi ochreous; frons brilliant bluish- 

 metallic. Antennae fuscous, paler towards apex ; basal joint irides- 

 cent. Thorax bronzy-metallic. [Abdomen broken.] Legs fuscous, 

 with metallic reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Fore- 

 wings shining coppery-purple; a large triangular golden-yellow 

 basal patch, containing a costal and a subdorsal short bluish- 

 metallic longitudinal streaks, and between these two raised bronzy- 

 metallic knobs; a fine blackish line edging basal patch; a golden- 

 yellow transverse bar from | costa, reaching mid-disc, edged pos- 

 teriorly by a blackish bar, and anteriorly by a narrow blackish 

 suffusion, which extends to f dorsum, forming an incomplete 

 fascia; cilia coppery-purple. Hindwings thinly scaled; fuscous, 

 with slight purple reflections, cilia fuscous Type in Coll. Turner. 



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

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Nemotois pan^ola, n.sp. [n-avaLoXos, all-glittering]. 



<J. 12-13 mm. Head shining fuscous-purple; frons brilliantly 

 metallic bluish or greenish. Palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous, 

 towards apex paler; basal joint coppery-purple. Thorax coppery- 

 purple. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, with metallic 

 reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings brilliant 

 purple intermixed with fiery gold and deep blue scales; a broad 



