282 ON QUEENSLAND AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



first spot thickly scaled, occupies basal third of wing ; second spot 

 in posterior third of wing almost touching costa. 

 Duaringa (Mr. Barnard). 



Group BOMBYCINA, Family HEPIALID^E. 



Porina Kershawi, sp.nov. 



(J. 70-80, 9. 108 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous. 

 Antenna? ochreous-fulvous. Abdomen ochreous-fulvous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa slightly sinuous, hindniargin obliquely 

 rounded in continuation with inner margin, light ochreous, with 

 patches of fuscous and chains of creamy-white spots and dots 

 edged with fuscous ; costa dark fuscous in basal half, lighter 

 posteriorly ; a creamy-white longitudinal streak in disc from base 

 to near hindniargin, along inner margin of vein 7 ; six rows of 

 creamy-white spots, bordered with fuscous ; 1st as a single dot on 

 costal border, and a dot and line on inner border of discal streak 

 at 1 ; 2nd, dots and short bars from -J costa to § inner margin ; 

 3rd from costa at § ; 4th from costa immediately beyond, and 5th 

 immediately beyond again ; all as necklaces of bead-like dots con- 

 verge to a point in 2nd line near inner margin ; 6th line from just 

 before apex of costa to junction of inner and hindniargin is doubled 

 at apex and in middle third ; a sub-marginal row of dots of light 

 ground colour bordered by a line of fuscous ; veins fuscous : cilia 

 fuscous. Hind wings ochreous-fulvous ; veins browner fulvous ; 

 cilia ochreous-fulvous. 



The 9 is larger, more of a drab tint, and less fulvous, but the 

 markings are similar to those in (J. In some specimens the white 

 bead dots are absent, in others they are only defined by the 

 fuscous line rings. 



Elthani and neighbourhood of Melbourne. 



I have great pleasure in naming this species after the late Mr. 

 David Kershaw, a young entomologist in Melbourne, from whom 

 I received it, and who was cut oft' by a too early death from a 

 zealous and useful career. 



