102 LEriDOPTEROLOGICAL GLEANINGS, 



COMODICA TIGRINA, n. Sp. 



S 9 '7-9 mm. Head yellow. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 external surface of second joint dark-fuscous. Antennae 

 grey. Thorax yellow, anteriorly dark-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark-fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior jDair fuscous ; 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi fuscous on dorsal surface. Fore- 

 wings orange-j^ellow ; markings dark-fuscous ; a basal spot ; 

 iour outwardly oblique costal streaks at i, I, ^ and 5, some- 

 times joined at apices to form an irregular median line from 

 base to apex ; an oblique dorsal streak at I, and another 

 much broader at middle, both usually joining median line ; 

 a terminal line usually confluent with fourth costal streak ; 

 €ilia dark-fuscous with j^urple reflections, at apex yellow 

 with a fine blackish fork. Hindwings dark-fuscous ; cilia 

 grey. 



Q. Brisbane in September ; seven specimens ; some- 

 times taken abundantly at rest on fences. 



8ubfam. Tineinse. 



IPHIERGA CHRYSOPA, W. SJ}. 



XQvaojTiog, golden. 



(J 26 mm. Head orange. Palpi blackish mixed with 

 orange, second joint with long spreading hairs beneath. 

 Antennae fuscous ; in (^ the short teeth bearing tufts of 

 long cilia (3). Thorax blackish. Abdomen blackish, sides 

 and tuft ochreous. Legs blackish ; posterior tibiae ochreous. 

 Fore wings sub-oblong, costa rathea" strongly arched, apex 

 rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 coincident, 

 blackish with four sharply defined rather narrow pale- 

 ochreous fasciae ; first near base, second at |, third at middle, 

 interrupted in disc, fourth from ^ costa to tornus, interrupted 

 in disc ; cilia blackish. Hindwings broad ; blackish ; a 

 large circular golden- ochreous tornal blotch reaching more 

 than half across disc ; cilia blackish. 



The antennal structure is exceptional in this genus, 

 but the relationship to X. chrysophalsis is very clear. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



W.A. Waroona in November ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. G. F. Berthoud. 



