tZ I>KriI)OPTKK()LO(Il('AI. CI.KA NINUS. 



hairexl beneath ; terminal jcjint sliort. (»l)tiise. Antennae 

 in (J bipeetinated. af)iees simple. Thorax not crested . 

 beneath not hair\ . Abdomen not crested. Femora not 

 hairy. Posterior til)ia' withont median spurs: in ^ not 

 dilated. Hindwin^s without costal expansion at base ; 

 frenulum and retinaculum in ^ well-developed. F'ore- 

 ^ings with o and 4 short-stalked (or sometimes connate ?) 

 6 and 7 short-stalked (or sometimes connate ?), 10 out of 9, 

 11 from cell running into 12. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 connate. (5 and 7 short-stalked, S approximated to cell 

 near base, rapidly diverging : discocellulars nearly straight, 

 moderately oblique, eo.stal edge of cell much exceeding |. 



A ver\' distinct genus, which should be placed before 

 CrypsiplioiKt. hut does not approach any genus closely. 



lIKMIfHI-OrvEIS THK.4TA n. sp. 



OhuToz. conspicuous. 



$. 19 mm. Crown of head green; fillet reddish- 

 brown, face 1 eddish- brown, upper and lower edge snow- 

 white. Palpi reddish- brown, base yhite beneath ; antennae 

 fuscous- brown : basal joint snow-white beneath ; pectin- 

 ations in (J ."). apical \ simple. Thorax green, posterior 

 edge and apex of patagia reddish-brown. Abdomen 

 reddish-brown. Legs ochreous- brown A^th white annu- 

 lations. Fore\\ings ti'iangular, costa straight to near apex, 

 apex jjointed, termen sinuate, oblique : bright-green, mark- 

 ings rt'ddish- brown-fuscous, an ochreous brown costal streak 

 from base to apex ; a transversely o\-al discal spot before 

 middle, its centre paler, preceded by a short longitudinal 

 subcostal streak ; a short erect nuirk with j)aler centre 

 from mid-d(»i-sum : a broad terminal band bounded by a 

 straight edge from | costa to :-_ dorsum, and containing 

 a green subapical blotch : suffused darker terminal line ; 

 cilia fuscous brown, bases partly white. Hindwings with 

 termen loiuidcd : as forcwings but without costal streak 

 and suba})ical blotch : an ill-definefl white line in terminal 

 band. Underside exactly similar. 



Tyj)e in ('oil. (ioldfinch. 



N.8.VV. Taree (Manning River) in December ; one 

 specimen. 



