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of riiatfcohtu Sicmierectus (Legnminosce) (Greenwood) ; also stated to 

 feed in leaves of Caravnlia sp., but as onlj' one example was sent, 

 the larvae from the latter foodplant may not have been reared. 

 Type in Brit. Mus. 



Timodora cyanoxaiitha, n. sp. 



2 . 11 mm. Head, tliorax light fuscous, face whitish. Palpi 

 white, second joint suHused dark fuscous, terminal joint with dark 

 fuscous median ring. Abdomen dark grey. Forowings very 

 narrow, parallel-sided, moderately pointed ; purple-fuscous, with 

 strong blue gloss in disc ; a pale yellow-ochreous dorsal streak 

 limited by fold from base totornus, transversely strigulated fuscous ; 

 a brassy-yellow trapezoidal blotch extending on costa from before 

 J to 'i, and reaching to fold, anterior edge direct, posteiior inwards- 

 oblicjue, costal edge with a few dark fuscous specks : cilia dark 

 fuscous, beneath tornus greyish. Hindwings grey ; cilia greyish. 



Q^TEENSLA^^D, Brisbane, October {Dodd); one specimen. Type 

 in Wals. Coll. (1883U). 



Gracilaria liparoxantha, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 8-9 mm. Head light fuscous, back of crown pale yellow, 

 face silvery-white. Basal joint of antennse stout. Palpi smooth- 

 scaled, whitish, tips of joints dark fuscous. Thorax pale shining 

 yellow, shoulders narrowly fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; shining yellow ; costa anteriorly 

 tinged violet-whitish ; scattered minute dark fuscous dots along 

 costa and posterior part of dorsum, termen slenderly suffused violet 

 and strigulated dark fuscous ; a large dark fuscous dot towards 

 costa at ^, one on middle of costa, and a smaller one at tornus : 

 cilia light grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Queensland, Brisbane, February, bred from Hemieyclia anstra- 

 lasica {Eiipliorbiaceoi) [Dodd) ; three specimens. Tvpe in Wals. 

 Cull. (19521). 



Gracilaria pneumatica, n. sp. 



cT . 13 mm. Head pale brassy-ocbreous. Palpi pale ochreous, 

 terminal joint almost wholly suffused blackish exteiiially. Thorax 

 p;ile shining greyish-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Middle tibitc with 

 strong projecting tuft of scales beneath on basal half. Forewings 

 very narrow, parallel-sided, short-pointed ; pale shining grey- 

 yellowish, dorsal half slightly greyer-tinged and very faintly 

 gre\ -strigulated, with pui'ple-blue reflections ; a minute black costal 

 dot near base, costa hence to middle with about ten minute 

 purplish strigulae ; apex suffused purplish, with two or three 

 blackish strigulai and an apical dot : cilia grey, round apex pale 

 with two or three blackish lines (imperfect). Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia grey. 



Brazil, Obidos, August (ParisJi) ; one specimen. 



