82 DESCRIPTIONS OF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTEKA, 



ferrous markings ; a long ferrous line close to costal margin from 

 base to half costa, a slightly arched bar from base to just before 

 anal angle of inner margin, a second nearer inner margin 

 approaching base, and a narrow one from base along inner 

 margin and enclosing the second ; an oblique ribbon band ^rith 

 borders deeper coloured, from costal band at half to opposite anal 

 angle ; a line from inner border encloses an oval whitish patch in 

 disc ; an obovate elongate band close to the hind margin, with 

 darker build outline ; a hind-marginal ferrous line, bordered by a 

 yellowish band ; cilia fuscous, with browner base. Hind wings 

 w^hite, with a transverse ferrous band, darker borders at two- 

 third not touching costa or hind margin, angled broadly in centre ; 

 a hind-marginal band of same colour, with a dentated brown 

 shading along centre, and containing opposite this four black 

 spots with a purple blue centre; cilia grey white. One specimen, 

 Brisbane. Allied to M. Sphenotis, Meyr. 



M.\EG.UiOSTK'nA SPHENOTIS. MEYB. 



Brisbane. 



F a:\iily botydid^. 



ANTH.ERETIS LIMATA. SP. NOV. 



5 iTI.ni.. 27. Head antenna? ferrous fuscous. Palpi ferrous 

 fuscous, terminal joint tipped with black. Thorax ferrous fuscous 

 anteriorly and laterally with black hairs. Abdomen ferrous 

 fuscous interspersed with black scales, caudal joint ferrous. 

 Forewings costa first straight, thence gently rounded, hind 

 margin rounded, ferrous fuscous with a rich covering of scales 

 and markings of deep black fuscous. An S shaped ferrous 

 mark extends over outer half of wing inverte<l in left wing, a 

 largf ferrous blotch at base, a ferrous dot at one-thiud one- 

 fourth depth from costa, a second similar dot immediately beyond, 

 and a like colour blotch opposite these two and shading to inner 

 border, a row of like colour dots on veins at base of cilia ; cilia 

 deep black with ferrous fuscous dots at base. Hindwin.gs as 

 forewings, base of wing shaded with ferrous fuscous, an inter- 

 rupted chain of ferrous fuscous two-fifth costa rounding to four- 

 iifth inner margin, a second parallel line of like colour spots, 

 the costal one the larger, two-third costa toward junction inner 



