BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER. 27 



Gen. Cydrastis, nov. 

 KvdQaarig, illustrious. 



Frons rounded. Tongue well -developed. Palpi long, 

 porrect ; terminal joint long, stout, obtuse. Antennae of 

 ^ (unknown). Thorax and abdomen moderately stout. 

 Posterior tibiae hairy. Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked, 

 9 and 10 parallel and closely approximated. Hindwings 

 with 5 approximated to 4 at origin, 7 from before angle of 

 cell, closely approximated to 8 for a short distance. 



Allied to Aglaopus, Turn, with which it agrees in 

 neuration, but differs markedly in the palpi. 



Cydrastis carycina, n. sp. 



xaQVMVog, blood-red. 



9 24 mm. Head yellowish mixed with red ; face 

 bright red. Palpi 2|, second joint long, slightly rough- 

 haired ; terminal joint | second, smooth ; yellowish mixed 

 with red. Thorax a,nd abdomen red mixed with pale- 

 yellow and a few fuscous scales. Legs ochreous ; anterior 

 coxae and femora red anteriorlj^ ; anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 iuscous anteriorly. Forewings triangular, costa moderately 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, slightly oblique ; 

 bright red with numerous thickly-set pale-yellow spots ; 

 costal edge fuscous ; a series of fuscous subcostal spots 

 confluent with this ; a double transverse row of fuscous 

 spots before middle ; some small fuscous spots irregularly 

 scattered in posterior part of disc ; cilia yellowish, towards 

 tornus reddish, on dorsum fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded ; as forewings. 

 Type in Coll. Lyell. 



N.Q., Evelyn Scrub, near Herberton ; one specimen 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Striglina glareola. 

 JSiculodes ? glareola, Feld., Reise Nov. PI. 134, f. 11. 

 JSongara vittata, Moore, P.Z.S., 1883, p. 27, PI. vi., f. 7. 

 Songara decussata, Moore, P.Z.S., 1883, p. 27, PI. vi., f. 8. 

 Striglina sordida, Pag., Iris v., p. 47. 

 JSiculodes platyntis, Meyr., Tr. E.S., 1894, p. 479. 



