BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. 295 



IODIS MULTITINCTA, sp.nOV. 



£. 22 mm. Head blue-green, fillet darker green. Palpi 

 bluish-grey. Antennse greenish-grey. Thorax blue-green. 

 Abdomen blue-green, lighter posteriorly, and milky-colour under- 

 neath. Forewings with costa arched, hindmargin gently arched, 

 blue-green, iridescent, with olive-green, blue-grey, milky-grey and 

 slaty-grey scales all mixed in a kind of chameleon suffusion. A 

 minute black discal spot, in some specimens indistinct, a suffused 

 olive-green band from \ costa to J inner margin, often indistinct, 

 a suffused olive-green bar from J costa to § inner margin : cilia 

 greenish- white, greener at base. Hind wings as forewings, 

 angulated at vein 4, discal spot black, indistinct in most specimens, 

 olive-green suffused band as in forewings, from J costa to § inner 

 margin, arched and bent opposite hindmarginal bend at vein 4 ; 

 cilia greenish-white, greener at base. 



Brisbane ; rare. 



This species is a most delicate one, and is difficult to obtain 

 at all perfect. I have not yet seen the 9. It comes near /. 

 centrophylla, Meyr. 



IODIS MILITARIS, Sp.nOV. 



(j£. 26 mm. Head brownish-red, fillet light green. Palpi 

 brownish-red. Antennae ochreous-brown. Thorax light green. 

 Abdomen light green, whiter at sides, with golden dots bordered 

 with copper-red on dorsum, finer in g than £. Forewings with 

 costa gently arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded, very light pea- 

 green ; costa edged with a fine ochreous line with six or seven 

 very fine deep chocolate or blackish dots ; a small deep chocolate or 

 blackish discal dot at ? one-third from costa, a second dot at \ one- 

 fourth from costa : cilia creamy-ochreous with fine chocolate or 

 blackish dots on veins. Hindwings as forewings, hindmargin 

 rounded on vein 4, discal spot as in forewings at I, £ from costa ; 

 cilia creamy-ochreous with chocolate or blackish dots on veins, 

 more conspicuous than in forewings. 



Brisbane ; two specimens. Allied to /. leucomerata, Walk. 



