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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



By Oswald B. Lower, F.E.S., Lond. 



BOMBYCINA. 

 Odonbstis hilaropa, n.sp. 



g. 30 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, legs and abdomen deep 

 mahogany-red, posterior legs paler. Antennae ferruginous, pec- 

 tinations ochreous, at greatest length S. Forewings elongate, 

 moderate, rather short, costa nearly straight, hindmargin bowed; 

 mahogany-red, deeper on basal half; a broad transverse median 

 shade, anterior edge obscure, posterior edge moderately defined, 

 I Von i | of costa to beyond middle of inner margin, sinuate inwards 

 on lower half; a curved transverse row of fuscous spots, from just 

 before apex to just before anal angle; a reddish-fuscous hind- 

 marginal line : cilia fuscous-reddish. Hindwings mahogany-red 

 mixed with ochreous towards base; cilia as in forewings. 



Cape York, Q.; one specimen, in December. 



NOLA VERNALIS, ll.sp. 



(J. 20 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi I, white, strongly 

 infuscated on sides. Antenna whitish on basal half, ochreous on 

 terminal half. Abdomen whitish. Anterior and middle legs 

 fuscous, tibire and tarsi obscurety ringed with whitish, posterior 

 pair whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, 

 hindmargin oblique, hardly rounded; whitish, irregularly suffused 

 with fuscous; a short blackish dentate line at base of costa; a 

 blackish line from costa at about i, commencing obliquely out- 



