72 DESCRIPTIONS OF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTERA. 



BRYOPHILA METALLICA. SP. NOV. 



$ 25 TT^TT^. Head white, Antennse and palpi black. Legs 

 black and white annulated. Thorax white (rubbed, abdomen 

 wanting). Forewings, costa gently rounded, hind margin apical 

 half straight, anal half obliquely rounded, white bronzed all 

 over in reddish coppery patches, black dot at base of costa, a 

 sub-lunar band immediately beyond to sub-median, a dot at one- 

 third with a bar opposite on median, and a crown half-way to 

 inner margin, an angulated figure at half costa, with a dot close 

 beyond, two sinuous recurved bars enclose a bronze patch half 

 across wing at three-quarter, a sub-marginal row of dots, suft'used 

 in apical half, hind-marginal row of dots, a blotch with bars and 

 stripes beyond crown to anal angle, a spot near quarter hind- 

 margin. Cilia white and grey annulated. Hindwings smoky 

 bronze, ^vith a grey line at two- third parallel to hind margin and 

 bounding diffused hind-marginal grey band. Cilia as forewing. 

 One specimen. Brisbane. 



FAMILY CARADRINID^. 



AMYNA AUREA. SP. NOV. 



J ? 18 — 22 fliTT]^. Head, antennje, and thorax light 

 amber buff. Palpi golden red. Abdomen paler amber 

 buff', Forewings, costa straight, apical portion rounded, apex 

 acute, hind margin obliquely rounded, golden red or golden 

 amber, more golden on costa, a faint oblique line shading 

 posteriorly from three-quarter costa toward but not reaching two- 

 third inner margin. Cilia amber fuscous. Hindwings amber, 

 inclining to ochreous toward base. Cilia as forewing. Under 

 surface of all wings with an oblique fuscous bar at three-fourth 

 costa to two-third across wing, shaded anteriorly with amber 

 fuscous, Mr, Tryon took this species at Broadwater, near Bris- 

 bane, 1892. 



FAMILY NYCTEOLID.E. 



EARIAS SUBVIRIDIS. SP. NOV. 



J W 22. Head greenish ochreous. Palpi ochreous 

 fuscous, terminal joint short. Antenn^e fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous green. Abdomen light green. Forewings, costa gently 



