54 THK VICTOHIAN NATURALIST. 



for the first time described) in the collection of Mr. G. Lyell is 

 the only known specimen. 



TeLESTO INIELANIA, Sp. nOV. 



Male, 15 to 17 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and palpi above 

 blackish-brown, below whitish. Antennge above black, club 

 below yellowish-white. Fore-wing with cosla straight, except just 

 at base and apex ; apex acute ; outer margin slightly convex, 

 inner margin straight. Hind-wing rounded. 



Ujrper side brownish-black, without markings ; discal stigma, 

 from below sub-median nervure to lower end of cell, narrowly 

 whitish, bordered with black Cilia of fore-wing dark brown, of 

 hind-wing white, spotted with dark brown. 



Under side. — Fore-wing brown, lower portion of cell much 

 darker, inner marginal area much lighter ; usually without any 

 spots, but sometimes a small whitish spot just beyond lower end 

 of cell. Cilia brownish. Hind-wing light brown, often suffused 

 with grey, usually with a curved discal series of seven whitish 

 interneural spots (sometimes absent). Cilia whitish, spotted with 

 brown. 



Female, 17 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, and antennas 

 as in male. Shape nearly as in male, with outer margin of fore- 

 wing more convex. 



Upper side. — Fore-wing dark brown, with a discal white spot 

 just above second median, and in some specimens another below 

 it. Cilia dark brown. Hind-wing uniformly dark brown. Cilia 

 dark brown. 



Under side. — Fore-wing as in male, with spots of upper side 

 reproduced. Cilia brown. Hind-wing as in male, but the discal 

 series very often wanting. Cilia brown. 



Locality. — Cairns, Queensland. Captured by Mr. R. E. 

 Turner, who has sent me specimens for description, the males 

 being in perfect condition, the females slightly rubbed. 



This si)ecies is allied to T. batlirophora, Meyr. and Lower, but 

 is considerably larger, darker above and lighter below ; the male 

 has a longer and narrower discal stigma, and in the female the 

 three sub-apical spots are absent. It has somewhat the appear- 

 ance of an unmarked Eri/nnisjuliginosa, Misk., but the narrower 

 fore-wing and the conspicuous pure white cilia of the hind-wing 

 are marked features of the latter species. 



Trapezites maheta, Hewitson. — Uesperla maheta, Hew., Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., 1877, p. 80, male; Telesto praxedes, Plotz, 

 Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1884, p. 379, male ; I'el. phla^a, Plotz, Stett. 

 Ent. Zeit., 1884, p. 378, female ; Tra]>. mahHa, Meyr. and 

 Lower, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1902, p. 89, male and 

 female. 

 This variable species shows such constant differences in various 



localities that a desciiption of the varieties appears necessary; 



