1048 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW LEPIDOPTERA. 



largest, in disc before middle ; third on inner margin before anal 

 angle ; fourth on costa beyond third : cilia purple-black. Hindwings 

 yellow, apical fourth dark purple-fuscous ; cilia dark grey, towards 

 anal angle yellowish. 



Maryborough, Queensland ; one specimen (Coll. Macleay). 



LYONETIADAE 



Atalopsycha, $[eyr. 



From an examination of the present species I am enabled to give 

 the neuration of the genus, formerly omitted : Forewings with vein 

 1 simple, 2, 4, and 6 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hindmargin, 9 

 from a point with stalk of 7 and 8, 10 absent. Hindwings without 

 cell, la and lc absent, 2 and 4 absent, 5 and 6 out of 7, 6 to hind- 

 margin, 8 short, free. 



Atal. melanthes, n. sp. 



<^.14 mm. Head white, face and palpi dark fuscous. Antennae 

 grey, basal joint white. Thorax dark fuscous, becoming white 

 anteriorly. Abdomen and legs grey. Forewings lanceolate, 

 white ; an irregular grey blotch towards base of inner margin, 

 with some blackish scales above ; middle third of costa narrowly 

 dark fuscous ; a small black spot in disc before middle, and a second 

 beneath costa at -| ; a fuscous spot, becoming black above, on 

 middle of inner margin; a cloudy black streak from costa near 

 apex to anal angle, where it forms a spot : cilia grey, on apex 

 whitish, below it dark grey, with two black lines round apex. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Mount Lofty, South Australia ; one specimen taken by Mr. E. 

 Guest. 



