BY THOMAS P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S. 79 



•straight, hindmargin gently rounded, green, with ochreous scales 

 and marked with purple, fuscous and suiiused fuscous and with 

 the veins ochreous ; costa freely irrorated with short purplish 

 fuscous lines ; a waved black line four times broadly dentate, 

 from a blotch -^ costa to i^ inner margin ; a second circular line 

 with seven narrow tooth-like projections, from f costa to f inner 

 margin ; two small dots in disc between, nearer costa ; a broad 

 suffused fascia extends half way from second line toward hind- 

 margin, but is not well defined near costa, and it diverges sharply 

 just before inner margin to anal angle ; this fascia is freely 

 dusted with purple dots and fuscous shades, and contains an 

 ochreous band before anal angle, which is divided by a black 

 line into two conspicuous spots, the posterior border of the fascia 

 is more of an indigo, and is bordered by a dull green line ; hind- 

 marginal row of minute black lunar dots, and a dark fuscous 

 suffusion over middle third to hindmargin. Cilia grey green, 

 TDarred with darker lines. Hindwings as forewings, first line 

 wanting, second line with outer fascia absent in middle and form- 

 ing two conspicuous blotches near apical and anal angles. Cilia as 

 forewings. Under surface of wings silky white, witli broad 

 hindmarginal black band and an elongated lunar black line in 

 disc. Cairns, Queensland. 



HYPOCHROMA ASSIDENS, NOV, SP. 



-^ 42 111 I'l- Head ochreous fuscous, with a decided fulvous 

 tint. Palpi, second joint fulvous fuscous, upper surface fuscous 

 ochreous shading fuscous towards base, third joint fulvous 

 ochreous. Antennae fulvous ochreous, pectinations fuscous. 

 Thorax fulvous ochreous, freely irrorated with black. Abdomen 

 fulvous ochreous, with lines irrorated black at base of segments, 

 and transversely on dorsum of segments. Forewings costa, 

 nearly straight, hindmargin bowed, ochreous tinted with fulvous, 

 and with irrorated markings of black and white scales. Fore- 

 wings, costal area profusely banded with smoky grey and fulvous 

 hieroglyph lines ; five transverse black lines, first encircling base, 

 with black spots on either side of a deep dentation outwards ; 

 second circular, wavy, from i costa to 4- inner margin, imme- 

 diately preceded by an irrorated black fascia, diffusing to white 

 grey anteriorly and to inner margin ; third line from opposite i 

 •costa, one-sixth from costa to before -j inner margin, twice deeply 

 dentate in the middle ; the space between the second and third 

 lines is irrorated with black and fuscous scales, and the black 

 -and white irrorations along the veins are here most conspicuous, 



