104 LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL GLEANINGS. 



apical part of disc : cilia whitish. Hindwings and ciUa- 

 ochreoiis-whitish. 



Near /. pycnozonQ, Low., but with only two fasciae^ 

 and one of these interrupted, and with additional spots. 



W.A. Cunderdin in December ; four specimens received 

 from Mr. R. Illidge. 



ARDIOSTERES SPOROCOSMA, 71. Sp. 



a:n:oooy.oajuo^, with scattered ornament. 



2 29-32 mm. Head brownish-ochreous. Palpi 



brownish-ochreous on external surface mixed with fuscous. 

 Antennae dark-fuscous. Thorax dark-fuscous with a 

 brownish-ochreous median transverse line. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Legs fuscous annulated with pale-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings broad, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; dark-fuscous ; a small brownish-ochreous 

 spot at base of costa ; numerous pale-ochreous spots and 

 dots : a sjiot on J costa, another double spot on costa before 

 middle, several costal dots between these, a costal spot at 

 I and another shortly beyond, an aj)ical spot ; large spots 

 on dorsum at |, middle and |, a smaller dot between the 

 first two, and a dot at tornus ; a spot in disc between 

 second costal and second dorsal ; a dark-centred discal spot 

 beneath fourth costal ; several scattered dots in disc ; a 

 subterminal spot above tornus ; a series of terminal dots ; 

 cilia dark-fu.scous barred with pale-ochreous. Hindwings 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous barred with whitish-ochreous. 



N.A. Port Darwin in January and March ; two speci- 

 mens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd and Mr. G. F. Hill. 



ARDIOSTERES EUMELANA, U. Sp. 



ev lie /.aw;, well-blackened 



9 26 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax blackish- 

 fuscous. Abdomen dark-fuscous. Legs dark-fuscous, 

 annulated with whitish ; posterior pair except tarsi whitish. 

 Forewings sub-oblong, costa rather strongh^ arched, apex 

 rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; blackish-fuscous, with 

 fine blackish transverse strigulae ; three pairs of whitish 

 dots on costa at i, 5, and before ^ ; cilia dark-fuscous with 

 white dots, two on costa, four on termen, and one on torniLS. 

 Hindwings and cilia dark-fuscous. 



