17 



both primaries and secondaries, and by the pinkish spots, having a 

 larger and darker internal shade. The number and shape of the spots 

 are the same as in T. batis. The ground color of the primaries is rich 

 dark olive-brown; the secondaries the same color, with fainter median 

 band, and a little lighter shade at the base. 



Exp. wings 44 mm. 



Average exp. of T. Batis. 34 mm. 



Charadra nigracreta, n. sp. — Primaries chalk-white; median band 

 blackish, moderately toothed anteriorly, nearly oblique posteriorly, 

 slighdy waved in the middle. Reniform clear white; apex blackish, 

 from whence runs an imperfect black dentate line, interrupted before 

 reaching the internal angle. Behind this some blackish shades, margin 

 black, fringe white. Secondaries smoky-black, fringe white. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen whitish, with black speckles. Wings beneath 

 smoky; fringes and costa whitish ; antennse testaceous. i $. 



Exp. wings 32 mm. Length of body 14 mm. 



Hadena viridis, n. sp. — Primaries bright dark emerald-green, with 

 black blotched markings, and with the nervures marked with bluish. 

 The usual lines are obliterated, but the black marks are arranged in a 

 series of three broken bands. Reniform green, sub-reniform black, 

 both indistinct. Secondaries smoky black. Thorax and abdomen 

 concolorous with wings. Palpi and legs dotted with brownish. Be- 

 neath the wings are smoky, the discal mark, and a marginal band on 

 secondaries, distinct. i $ . 



Exp. wings 29 mm. Length of body 14 mm. 



Hadena metallica, n. sp. — General color rich purplish brown, with 

 metallic lustre. Fore-wings richly shaded with blackish. The t. a. 

 and t. p. lines are distinct, dull red, and in contrast to ground color. 

 The former oblique forward from internal margin to near base of costa, 

 which also has some reddish shades. This line is interrupted near the 

 median nervule. The t. p. line bends outwardly near median nervule, 

 and is joined there by a pale ochreous faint line, which reaches to the 

 nearly obsolete reniform. At base of internal margin a small spot of 

 bluish white scales, and an ochreous spot at internal angle. Sub-mar- 

 ginal points angular, black. Secondaries smoky brown, dusky white 

 at base, fringes whitish. Beneath the wings are dusky, white at base, 

 with rather wide smoky margins, the t. p. line distinct, formed of black 

 dots, and passing through secondaries, enclosing distinct discal spots. 

 Palpi, thorax, legs and abdomen, mottled with brown and reddish 

 above and below. The abdomen has some white tufts at its extremity. 

 Antennae testaceous. i $ . 



Exp. wings 40 mm. Length of body 19 mm. 



A very handsome species, somewhat recalling the coloration of Am- 

 phipyra sayigiiimpuncta, Gne. from N. S. Wales. 



