26 STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



Anthela RUBICUNDA. 

 $ Darala rubicunda, Swin., A.M.N.H. (7), ix., p. 419 (1902). 

 <J Anthela phoenicias, Turn., Tr. R.S.S.A., 1902, p. 182. 

 9 Anthela aspilota, Turn.. Tr. R.S.S.A., 1902, p. 182. 



In spite of the difference in colour, the ^ being reddish- 

 purple and the 9 ochreous, I now believe these two sexes 

 to be of the same species, which has a wide distribution. 



N.Q., Cairns, Stannary HiUs. Q., Brisbane, Stanthorpe. 

 N.W.A., Roeburne. 



Fam. THYRIDID^. 



Gen. Abrotesia, nov. 



d^Qcofqcnog, unfit for eating. 



Head rounded. Tongue obsolete. (Palpi unknown). 

 Antennae of ^ shortly bipectinate. Thorax and abdomen 

 moderately stout. Posterior tibise not hairy. Forewings 

 with 7 and 8 stalked, 9 and 10 short-stalked. Hindwings 

 with 5 from below middle of discocellulars, but remote 

 from 4, 6 and 7 remote at origin. 



Abrotesia griphodes, n. sp. 

 ygiqxodrjg, reticulated. 



^ 20 mm. Head reddish-brown. (Palpi broken). 

 Antennae reddish-brown; in ^ shortly bipectinate (1). 

 Thorax dark-brown ; tegulse and posterior end reddish- 

 brown. Abdomen dark-brown, apices of segments ochreous. 

 Legs brownish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen strongly bowed, 

 oblique ; brownish-ochreous coarsely reticulated with brown- 

 fuscous ; a broad dorsal streak ; a transverse fascia at ^, 

 and another at §, with some fine transverse lines before 

 and between fasciae ; coarse reticulations between second 

 fascia and apex ; cilia brown-fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen slightly rounded ; similar to forewings, but with 

 fasciae narrower. Underside similar, but pale-ochreous. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.A., Port Darwin, in January ; one specimen received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



