AiLstiulixin Lepidoiitera. 227 



7. Gymnoscelis minima. 



Chloroclystis minima, Warr. Nov. Zool., 1897, p. 227. 



<? ?, 12-13 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 sparsely irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. An- 

 tennae whitish, with a few fuscous annulations towards base; 

 ciliations in c? \. Legs whitish ; antei'ior pair fuscous, tarsi 

 annulated with whitish. Fore wings triangular; 11 running 

 into 12; whitish sutiused with grey towards costa and terinen, 

 markings dark fuscous ; basal and antemedian lines indistinct, 

 except near costa ; median line almost obsolete ; postmedian 

 line narrow, rounded, finely waved, with a pair of confluent 

 dark fuscous dots above middle ; a faint whitish subterminal 

 line preceded by a dark suffusion on costa ; no terminal line ; 

 cilia pale grey. Hind wings with termen excavated above 

 middle, projecting between veins 3 and 4 ; colour and markings 

 as in fore wings, but second line without spots and forming an 

 obtuse projection below middle. 



Type in Coll. Rothschild. 



N. Q., Geraldton (Johnstone River) ; Q., Burpengary, near 

 Brisbane, and Stradbrooke Island ; in April and Decembei', six 

 specimens. It appears to be attached to Phyllanthus ferdinandi. 



8. Gymnoscelis acidna, n. sp. 

 [ttKtSi/o?, weak, feeble]. 



(? ?, 12-13 mm. Head whitish, irrorated with dark fuscous; 

 face and palpi dark fuscous. Antennae whitish, towards apex 

 fuscous. Thorax and abdomen whitish, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous. Legs whitish, anterior pair fuscous. Fore wings 

 elongate-triangular ; whitish, with numerous suffused fuscous 

 transverse lines ; two or three very ol)Scure basal lines ; a fine 

 antemedian line from ^ costa to | dorsum, forming several obtuse 

 projections or loops ; a faint median line, closely followed by a 

 broader postmedian line with a rounded angle above middle, 

 nearly straight above and below angle ; a tine wavy wliitish sub- 

 terminal line; a fuscous terminal line interrupted on veins; 

 cilia pale grey, bases interrupted l>y whitish dots opposite veins. 

 Hind wings with termen projecting somewhat between veins 3 

 and 4 ; colour and markings as in fore wings. 



