Nev) Australian Lcpidoptera. 29 



Thyas acllora, n. sp. 



$. 58m.m. Head, thorax, and abdomen light brownish. Posterior 

 tibise spined. Forewings rather elongate-triangular, costa slightly 

 sinuate, apex pointed, prominent ; termen sinuate beneath apex, 

 bowed, somewhat oblique ; light fuscous, sprinkled with darker, 

 and partially tinged with brown-reddish ; first and second lines 

 fine, pale, dark-edged, especially anteriorly, first straight, rather 

 oblique, second obtusely angulated at \ from costa, thence moderately 

 incurved, forming posterior edge of a rather dark fuscous band, very 

 broad on costa and narrow on dorsum, its anterior edge straight and 

 parallel to first line ; a small dark fuscous subterminal spot opposite 

 angle of second line. Hindwings dark fuscous, with pale hairs 

 towards base ; an undefined straight pale median line ; a moderate 

 pale fuscous terminal fascia, sprinkled with darker, from apex to 

 tornus, narrowed to extremities. 



Brisbane, Queensland (Lucas) ; one specimen. 



Thyas hcrcodcs, n. sp. 



^. 27 m.m. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, whitish- 

 sprinkled. Posterior tibise not spined. Forewings triangular, costa 

 faintly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen waved, bowed, somewhat oblique ; 

 fuscous, darker-sprinkled, basal half irrorated with white ; first and 

 second lines slender, rather irregular, dark fuscous, nearly parallel, 

 second with median third forming a right-angled projection outwards, 

 on upper half edged posteriorly with white irroration ; subterminal 

 line obscurely dark fuscous, followed by some whitish scales : cilia 

 fuscous, tips partially white. Hindwings fuscous, becoming blackish 

 posteriorly ; a whitish median line not nearly reaching costa ; a fine 

 whitish subterminal line on dorsal half ; cilia dark fuscous, obscurely 

 barred with whitish, with a white patch above middle of termen. 



Duaringa, Queensland (Barnard) ; one specimen. 



Grypsiprora, n. g. 



Face with strong conical horny prominence concealed in scales. 

 Tongue developed. Palpi moderately long, ascending, second joint 

 rough-scaled beneath, terminal joint moderate, cylindrical, obtuse. 

 Thorax with expansible crest behind collar. Abdomen with strong 

 crest near base. Femora densely hairy ; tibise densely scaled, without 

 spines. Forewings normal. Hindwings : 3, 4, 5 approximated, 6 

 and 7 approximated. 



Allied to Prorocopis, but differing especially by the 

 crested abdomen. 



