74 DESCRIPTIONS OF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTERA. 



fuscous. Hindwings orange-red suffused with fuscous, with an 

 irregular smoky black suffused Imnd over basal half wing except 

 on inner margin, and a broad black sub-marginal band, nearly 

 touching basal band at apex, narrowing to nearly one-third near 

 anal angle. Cilia reddish ochreous. Cooktown. Mr. Eelton. 



Closely allied to T. Coronata, Fab., but abdomen lacks black 

 at base of segments, the transverse bars are very much closer, 

 the discal figure is composed of nine distinct spots, and the 

 smoky black of hind wings extends over basal half instead of a 

 narrow bar. 



THYAS COKONATA, FAB. 



Townsville and Brisbane. 



P^AMILY ANTHOPHILID.E. 



THALPOCH.'UIES VEHEMENS. SP. NOV. 



J ni'U- IH. Head and palpi rich chocolate fuscous. An- 

 tennae basal half fuscous, thence passing into ochreous fuscous. 

 Thorax ochreous, neck and collar rich chocolate fuscous. Abdo- 

 men, base, and sides ochreous, posterior dorsal two-third chocolate 

 fuscous. Forewings costa slightly wavy, hind margin obliquely 

 outwards to vein four, thence rounded inwards, ground coloured 

 costal portion ochreous as far as a line from quarter inner 

 margin to apex of costa, thence rich chocolate fuscous ; costa 

 narrowly l:)ordered at base with chocolate fuscous, which then 

 diffuses with scattered dots along whole border ; a transverse row 

 of these dots at half, and a siibtending blotch on costa at seven- 

 eight ; darker wave lines cross the deeper fuscous shading ; a deep 

 coloured hind margin line. Cilia chocolate fuscous barred with 

 darker fuscous. Hindwings with only the basal fourth ochreous, 

 the outer three-quarter of Aving rich chocolate fuscous shaded with 

 deeper fuscous. Cilia as forewings. The rich fuscous of the 

 hinder two-third of both wings with the contrasting ochreous 

 anterior one-third readily distinguishes this moth. Brisbane. 

 Rare. 



FAMILY EROSIADtE. 



EROSIA EXCELLENS. SP. NOV. 



i 9 20 —22 111111. Head light grey. Palpi fuscous, terminal 

 joint grey, tipped with fuscous. Antennae ochreous grey. Thorax 

 light grey. Abdomen light grey, freely banded with lines of 

 fuscous dots. Forewings, costa gently rounded, apex prolonged, 



