152 NEW SPECIES (JF QUEENSLAND LEPIDOPTEHA. 



to i inner margin, thrice arched, in some more or less dentate, 

 sublendinj? a deep, black effusion anteriorly, and bordered by a 

 faint ochreous line posteriorly ; a fuscous ochreous submarginal 

 line, subtending rich black dots on vems. Cilia blackish fuscous. 

 Hindwings as forewings, but with first line absent, or only 

 faintly indicated. Cilia as forewings. Base of Bellender-Kerr, 

 Queenland. Lucas-Rye Expedition. 



HEBMINIA DOKMIENS. NOV. SP. 



i 5 86 — 40 nun. Head and palpi ochreous fuscous. 

 Thorax and abdomen ochreous fuscous, speckled in some speci- 

 mens with grey and black. Forewings costa unevenly rounded, 

 hindmargin rounded, ochreous fuscous, shaded with shades of 

 fuscous, and freely speckled with black, markings ochreous ; an 

 indistinct darker, transverse line at ] ; a prominent ochreous bar 

 from ^ costa to ] inner margin shaded on either side with blackish 

 fuscous; a curved line of interrupted black dots from ^ costa to \ 

 inner margin ; a banded group of scattered black dots v costa to 

 ■^ iimer naargin ; an ochreous line at base of cilia, with black 

 dots on veins. Cilia ochreous fuscous. Hindwings as forewings, 

 a dark transverse band of blackish shading just before half : an 

 ochreous bar at i; shaded on inner side with fuscous to black. An 

 ochreous line at base of Cilia with fuscous dots on veins. Cilia as 

 forewings. Allied to H caenealis Walk, but a larger insect, and 

 the transverse bars are differently placed. Foot of Bellender- 

 Kerr, Lucas-Rye Expedition. 



GROUP PYRALID.E.— FAMILY liOTYDID^E. 



CONOGETHES JIBATA. NOV. SP. 



$ $ 20 11V 111- Head, face and antennae golden yellow. 

 Palpi ferrous black. Thorax yellow. Abdomen yellow, with 

 three or four ferrous dots on base of anterior segments, caudal 

 appendix fringed with ferrous. Forewings gently dilate, costa 

 nearly straight, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded, 

 golden yellow, with ferrous red dots, and suffusion of same in 

 middle third of wing, shading off' in dots to costa and inner 

 margin. Forewings with spot near base of costa, a second just 

 beyond subtends a curved line of three dots, an elongated dot on 

 either side of suffusion, the posterior one subtends a rounded 

 line of dots bordering the suffusion to inner margin ; this line of 

 dots gives off' a row obliquely to ^ costa, and a second row from 

 nearer inner margin to opposite ^- hindmargin. Cilia yellow. 



