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olalipg, with costa and termeii less arched, and no trace of discal 

 bla(.*k dot, 



' ECHIOMIMA, n. g. 



Head with ai)pressed hairs ; ocelli absent ; tongue developed. 

 Antennte f, in c? ciliated, basal joint elongate, stout, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint 

 much thickened with dense scales, somewhat rough anteriorly, 

 tei-minal joint 5-^ of second, moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 ruv^^imentary. Abdomen laterally with rough projecting scales. 

 Arterior tibiae and tarsi thickened with appressed or rather rough 

 scales; tarsi hardly longer than tibiae; posterior tibia3 clothed 

 with dense rough hairs. Forewiiigs more or less transversely 

 corrugated, 1 h furcate, 2 from near beyond middle, 3 from angle, 

 3-5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hi-idwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia \-^ ; 3 and 4 stalked, 

 5 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type mytliica Meyr. 1 formerly included this in Maroga, but it 

 is now evident that it is a good genus of peculiar (probably snake- 

 like) facies, distinguished by costal termination of vein 7 of fore- 

 wings (in Maroga apical) ; from Escliatura^ which is also nearlj'- 

 allied, it differs by the short terminal joint of palpi. 



Echiomima fabulosa, n. sp. 



cJ 34 mm., $ 43 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, in 9 

 tinged with lilac-brownish, sides of face dark red-brown. Palpi 

 dark red-brown, terminal joint half second, w^hitish. Antennae 

 white, base suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous, 

 segmental margins more or less yellow-brownish. Anterior legs 

 dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa in S gently, in 5 mode- 

 rately arched, in cJ hardly perceptibly sinuate beyond |^, in 5 "ot 

 at all, apex obtuse-pointed, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 

 corrugations well-marked ; in c? pale ochreous, tinged with 

 brownish along costa, especially posteriorly, and faint pinkish 

 towards dorsum and termen, in $ light lilac-brownish ; second 

 discal stigma faint, fuscous : cilia light greyish -ochreous, tips 

 brown round apex and upper part of termen. Hiudwings in S 

 light ochreous-yellowish, in J fulvous-ochreous ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, faintly rosy-tinged. 



Queensland, Townsville, bred in September and October (Dodd) ; 

 two specimens. Differs from both the other species by the obso- 

 lescence of the costal sinuation, faint discal dot, and longer terminal 

 joint of palpi. 



Echiomima viperina, n. sp. 



5 . 46 mm. Head and thorax light rosy-brownish-grey, sides 

 of face dark red-broAvn. Palpi dark red-brown, terminal joint | of 

 second, whitish. Antennee whitish, base suffused with dark reddish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen red-brownish, apex dark red-brown. Anterior 

 legs dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately 



