140 NEW SPECIES OF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTERA. 



ARTAXA ARROGANS. NOV. SP. 



5 5 45 — 60 in^ii\^. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax deep 

 ochreous yellow. Abdomen lighter ochreous yellow. Forewings 

 broadly dilate, costa rounded, hindmargin rounded, light ochreous 

 yellow, veins marked and whole surface freely irrorated with 

 deep reddish ochreous. Cilia light ochreous yellow. Hindwings 

 as ground colour of forewings, without the darker ochreous. 

 Cilia as forewings. Base of Bellender Kerr, Cairns, Lucas-Rye 

 Expedition. 



FAMILY PSYCHIDJ5. 



OECETICUS FELINUS. NOV. SP. 



5 28 i)\ ]){. Head fuscous, face wool white. Palpi and 

 antenn;e fuscous. Thorax creamy grey, with anterior band, 

 dorsal and lateral bands rich velvety fuscous, inclining to blaok. 

 Abdomen ferrous red, freely covered with rich velvety black 

 hairs, caudal segment ferrous red. Forewings elongate, gently 

 dilate, costa gently rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded, 

 hialine, with veins rich velvety fuscous. Cilia blackish fuscous. 

 Hindwings and Cilia as forewings. $ Apterous. Builds 

 its domicile of Casuarina needles. A female in its domicile 

 was visited by two males and so taken. May Orchard, Brisbane. 



GROUP GEOMETRINA.— FAMILY GEOMETRIDiE. 



ACIDALIA COERCITA, NOV. SP. 



5 5 16 — 19 111^11^. Head, face, and palpi ferrous red. 

 Antennae pinky drab. Thorax and abdomen silvery drab. 

 Forewings triangular, costa gently rounded, hindmargin oblique, 

 sparsely wavy, silvery drab, with finely pencilled ferrous red 

 marking. Forewings with a conspicuous ferrous red band 

 bordering costa and hindmargin ; three transverse wavy sinuate 

 finely pencilled ferrous red lines, here and there faintly dupli- 

 cated, or split into dots, the first, before ^ costa to ^ inner 

 margin, the second from f costa to f inner margin, and the 

 third from ^ costa to ^ inner margin; several faint lines, 

 portions of lines, or dots, indefinitely scattered over wing generally. 

 Cilia ferrous red. Hindwings as forewings, first line wanting, 

 second from ^ costa to ^ inner margin, nearly parallel to hind- 

 margin ; third line from i^ costa to i inner margin, in part 

 doubled, but in part dotted ; hindmargin bordered by ferrous red 

 band as forewings. Cilia as forewings. Brisbane, rare. 



