296 ON QUEENSLAND AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Agathia iodioides, sp.nov. 



Q. 22 mm. Head black, face blackish-red. Palpi ochreous. 

 Antennae ochreous, becoming red toward base. Thorax pea- 

 green, posteriorly on dorsum a red-white line bordered by deep 

 red. Abdomen grey with red blotch and central line anteriorly, 

 and a narrow red line thinning out posteriorly. Forewings 

 rounded, costa rounded, apex rounded, hindmargin rounded, 

 pea-green ; costa bordered by black-red line freely irrorated with 

 black scales, broader from | to J, at each of which points is a 

 black spot ; the hindmarginal band is black-red and contains 

 six ochreous dots, and is broadened into a projecting angle at \ 

 and diffused into an oblong blotch at anal angle : cilia reddish- 

 white. Hind wings pea-green with hindmarginal band and cilia 

 as in forewings ; hindmargin rounded at vein, the band pro- 

 jecting inward in an angle. 



Dawson River ; one specimen (Mr. Barnard). 



This species at first appearance reminds one of a half-sized 

 ordinary Agathia, with the bands in the forewings wanting, 

 excepting in the margins. 



Agathia distributa, sp.nov. 



$Q. 28-32 mm. Head pea-green, face red, collar light ochreous- 

 red, with red dots anteriorly in centre, on either side and 

 posteriorly. Palpi ochreous-grey. Antennae red, ochreous 

 beneath. Thorax pea-green, with an oval black patch posteriorly 

 on dorsum and containing a small oval pea-green centre pos- 

 teriorly ; hairs on either side of thorax posteriorly brownish-red. 

 Abdomen ochreous, dorsum black-red, narrowing posteriorly, 

 anal 3rd ochreous. Forewings with costa rounded, apex acute, 

 hindmargin gently rounded, bright pea-green ; costal margin with 

 a brown-red border freely irrorated with ochreous scales ; a 

 black-red basal fascia : an ochreous-green line from § costa to £ 

 inner margin, expanded to enclose three black red spots, one at 

 costa, second almost touching first, and third on inner border : a 



