BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. 283 



Hectomanes fusca, sp.nov. 



(J. 18-20 mm. Head, antennae, thorax and abdomen fuscous, 

 or fuscous-red. Forewings elongate, costa nearly straight, 

 apex rounded, hindmargin rounded in continuation with inner 

 margin, chocolate-brown or deep fuscous ; costa darker fuscous, 

 with a few dark spots ; discal spot dark fuscous, almost black : 

 cilia ochreous-fuscous. Hindwings smoky-fuscous ; cilia as fore- 

 wings. 



£. 26-28 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen light drab or 

 ochreous-brown. Forewings, hind border more obliquely rounded 

 than in <£, grey-fuscous or dusty-drab — discal spot indistinct — a 

 number of brownish dots, only seen with glass, give wing a dusted 

 appearance. Hindwings coloured as forewings but without dots. 



Moe, Gippsland, 1000 feet. Much smaller than H. simulans, 

 Walk., from which it differs in colour and in entire absence of 

 any white mark in disc ; the forewings are broader than in that 

 species. 



Hectomanes crocea, sp.nov. 



(J. 26-28 mm. Head and thorax mahogany-red. Antennas 

 fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings with costa gently 

 rounded, hindmargin rounded, continuous with inner margin, 

 mahogany-red or saffron-red ; small black discal dot : cilia maho- 

 gany-red. Hindwings ochreous-red or saffron-brown ; cilia as 

 forewings. 



Q. 36-38 mm. Head and thorax a vermilion or brick-red. 

 Abdomen ochreous. Forewings more a light vermilion-red, hind 

 margin obliquely rounded to inner margin, discal spot smoke 

 colour ; in some specimens a number of smoky-grey dots scattered 

 over wing and extending along hind and half way along inner 

 margin: cilia vermilion-red. Hindwings ochreous ; cilia vermilion 

 red. 



Brisbane. 



The mahogany-red of the $ and vermilion-red of the £ distin- 

 guish this as perhaps the most showy of the genus. 



