BY E. NEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 789 



blue-black, yellowish beneath, three basal segments wholly 

 ochreous-yellow, anal segment with a large ochreous-yellow dorsal 

 spot. Legs dark violet-fuscous, beneath yellowish. Forewings 

 extremely elongate-triangular, costa sinuate, apex rounded, hind- 

 margin extremely obliquely rounded ; blackish-fuscous, violet, 

 tinged ; a thinly scaled ochreous-yellow streak beneath costa from 

 near base to \, acutely attenuated posteriorly ; a broad irregular 

 anteriorly semihyaline ochreous-yellow median longitudinal streak 

 froui near base to § : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings elongate- 

 ovate ; light ochreous-yellow, becoming semihyaline towards disc 

 below middle ; a rather narrow anteriorly suffused blackish hind- 

 marginal fascia ; cilia dark fuscous ; veins 4 and 5 separate. 

 Duaringa, Queensland ; one specimen sent by Mr. G. Barnard. 



145. Hest. erythrota, n. sp. 



(£.22 mm. Head, antenna?, thorax, and legs black ; collar and 

 palpi red. Abdomen black, three basal segments, and basal ring 

 of anal segment red. Forewings extremely elongate-triangular, 

 costa sinuate, apex rounded, hind margin very obliquely rounded ; 

 black, rather thinly scaled in middle of disc ; a subcostal 

 attenuated streak from near base to \, and a broader irregular 

 submedian streak from base to middle pale reddish, semitrans- 

 parent ; a roundish red spot in disc at f : cilia blackish. Hind- 

 wings elongate-ovate ; pale red, semitransparent ; a rather broad 

 blackish hindmarginal fascia, thinly scaled on a patch below 

 middle ; cilia blackish ; veins 4 and 5 separate. 



Sydney and Goulburn, New South Wales ; in October ; two 

 specimens (Coll. Ray nor and Macleay). 



146. Hest. tricolor, Walk. 



(Procris tricolor, Walk. Bomb. Ill, Butl. 111. Het. I, pi. 

 VI, 6.) 



(J £. 18-27 mm. Head black, in £ red on crown. Palpi and 

 collar red. Antenna? black. Thorax black, spotted with white 

 beneath, tips of patagia sometimes whitish. Abdomen black, 

 beneath whitish-ochreous, three basal segments wholly whitish- 



