80 LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL (;LEANIN(;S. 



apex, costa sinuate, apex rounded, terraen oblitiuely rounded ; 

 blackish ^nth lustrous reflections, largely irrorated and 

 suffused with reddish-orange, more so in 9 : a reddish orange 

 subapical six)t : cilia fuscous, apices whitish. Hindwings 

 hyaline, except on veins and a rather broad terminal band, 

 which are blackish : cilia fuscous. 



Q. Brisbane, a series in November. I took this species 

 during several years, and bred it from a piece of detached 

 bark of a tree, w'hich I believe to have l)een a Quandong 

 (EloBOcarpus grandis). Unfortunately this tree disappeared 

 some years ago. 



Oen. T R O C H I L I U M . 



Trochilium, Scop.. Int. Hist. Nat., p. 414. Me\T.. Brit. 



Lep., p. 563. 



Tongue present. Fore wings with 2 present. 7 and 8 

 stalked. 7 to apex. Hindwings with 2 and 3 stalked. 



Type T. tipulifonne Clerck. from Europe. 



TROCHILIUM ISOZOXUM. 



Sesia isozona. Me\T.. P.L.S.N.S.W., 1886, p. 689. 

 I have not seen this species. 

 Q. Maryborough. 



TROCHILIUM CHRYSOPHAXES. 



Sesia chrysophams. Me\T., P.L.S.N.S.W., 1886. p. 689. 



iSpecimens from Southern Queensland differ from those 

 from the North in having the orange markings replaced by 

 bright yellow, but they are otherAvise identical, ilr. F. P. 

 Dodd informs me that the larvic feed on the inner bark 

 of Alphiionia excdsa. The larvae forin cocoons composed 

 largely of grass and fragments of bark. 



N.Q. Townsville, Bowen. Q. Brisbane, Mt. Tambovu'iiie. 



Geyi. M E L 1 T T I A . 

 Melitia. Wlk.. Brit. Mus., \nii, p. 66. : Hm])s.. Moths Ind., 



i. p. 202. 



Tongue weU developed. Antenn;e club])ed and hooked 

 towards apex, which is pointed : in ^ ciliated. Palpi 

 moderate, ascending : second joint hairy, not reaching base 

 of antennae : terminal joint rather short, hairj-, acute. 

 Posterior tibije and tarsi clothed \\ith immense tufts of 



