BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., P.E.S. 765 



Cape York, Queensland ; one specimen (Coll. Macleay). Also 

 from India. It appears to me that BoisduvaPs description under 

 the name of Chelonia saucia, Voy. Astr. V., 214, (of which Lithosia 

 arthus-bertrand (!), Guer., is certainly a synonym), indicates a 

 species closely allied to A. astreas } but distinct. 



105. Amer, brachyleuca, n. sp. 



(J £. 65-72. mm. Differs from A. astreas only as follows : 

 Groundcolour of head and thorax white, incisions of neck 

 and collar and posterior edge of collar rosy-red ; basal joint of 

 antennae wholly red. Forewings with basal fourth white, bounded 

 by a broad fuscous fascia, of which the anterior edge is curved 

 inwards, running from ^ of costa to beyond 5 of inner margin, 

 well-defined, posterior edge suffused. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 more sinuate (longer in £ than in Q), transverse vein marked with 

 a narrow fuscous bar. 



Cooktown, Bowen, and Gayndah, Queensland ; five specimens 

 (Coll. Macleay and Masters). This is evidently the species 

 described by Walker under the name of the previous one (A.astraea, 

 Walk. Bomb. 725). 



106. Amer. serica, n. sp. 



^ 9. 52-54 mm. Head white, with a black dot on crown. Palpi 

 red, white beneath, apex of all joints black. Antennae fuscous, 

 towards base red, basal joint red with a black apical spot. Thorax 

 white, with black dots as in A. astreas. Abdomen and legs as in 

 A. astreas. Forewings formed as in A. astreas ; pale whitish- 

 fuscous, unicolorous ; extreme base white, with a black dot on base 

 of costa, and a second in middle of base. Hindwings very pale 

 whitish-fuscous, unicolorous. 



Rockhampton and Gayndah, Queensland ; four specimens (Coll. 

 Macleay and Masters). 



