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from above middle of third streak to ^ of dorsum ; a violet-silvery- 

 raetallic subterminal streak, angulatcd above middle and indented 

 between this and costa ; apical and terminal area beyond this 

 brownish-ochreous, with four blackish longitudinal marks, and 

 a black marginal line : cilia dark fuscous, above apex a triangular 

 white spot, on lower part of termen a golden-metallic patch, 

 beneath tornus a whitish spot. Hindwings blackish-grey, lighter 

 anteriorly ; cilia grey, a dark grey subbasal shade, at apex a white 

 patcli . 



Queensland, Hcrberton, December, February {Bodd) ; two 

 specimens. The genus DertohatJira Meyr. includes by error 

 structurally incongruous forms ; but the type clioristis and 

 ametJu/stina are properly referable to Ihlciistofjramma, and the genus 

 falls therefore os a synonjm. The other species insir^nis belongs to 

 the following new genus. 



lULACTIS, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidctufts loosely raised ; ocelli small, 

 posterior; tongue developed. Antennse |, in J shortly ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 I'ecurved, second joint with rough projecting hairscales beneath 

 diminishing anteriorly or not continued to apex, terminal joint 

 somewhat shorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae rough-haired 

 above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from ^, 3 from angle, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to a])ex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, 

 apex tolerably pointed, termen sinuate, cilia 4 ; 3 and 4 connate or 

 short-stalked, 5 hardly approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type semificsca Meyr. ; as stated above, insiy^iis Meyr. (which I 

 now possess from Brisbane) is also referable here. 



lulactis semifusca, u. sp. 



S 2 • 10-11 mm. Head, thorax shining white. Palpi white, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. Abdomen pale greyish. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex 

 tolerably pointed, termen sinuate, oblique ; brown, on dorsal half 

 or sometimes wholly suffused fuscous ; a broad white supramedian 

 streak from base to |^, not quite reaching costal edge on its basal 

 halt, thence narrowed to extremity; a very oblique slender white 

 streak from costa beyond middle to extremity of a black subajncal 

 dash ; two short white transverse marks from costa beyond this, 

 and a white wedgeshaped spot along apical part of costa; a white 

 suboval blotch almost on lower half of termen, marked with four 

 or five fine black longitudinal lines : cilia white, a dark fuscous 

 subbasal line lighter and thicker on termen, and fuscous apical 

 shade. Hindwings light grey, somewliat darker posteriorly ; cilia 

 pale grey, round apex whitish. 



QuKKNSLAND, Hcrberton, Townsville, December (Dodd); three 

 specimens. 



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