BY THOMAS P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S. 87 



white with cuprous fuscous narrowly on either side. Abdomen 

 white. Forewings gently dilate, costa rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded, snow white, with cuprous fuscous markings ; 

 a clubbed fascia from base to ^ inner margin, includes a thin strip 

 of ground-colour along inner margin, and terminates in a clubed 

 head on inner margin ; a broad fascia from base, on costal side 

 of first fascia ; costa, runs along centre of wing, becoming dilate 

 but not touching, and abruptly truncate posteriorly, a suffusion 

 unites this with a broad oblique fascia from posterior third of 

 its cortal border extending to between i; and ;r costa, thence 

 difi'used outwardly to middle of hindmargin ; there is a small 

 black discal spot in this diffusion ; this spot subtends a small 

 blotch which suffuses towards inner margin with surrounding 

 fascia ; a broad apical blotch, also diffused. Cilia white, tinged 

 opposite marks with coppery fuscous. Hindwings light smoky 

 fuscous. Cilia smoky fuscous. One specimen at light, May 

 Orchard, Brisbane. A very strongly-marked species. 



LICHENAULA APPROPINQUANS NOV. SP. 



J 2 17-28 ]]i ]]i. Head white, with black spot on crown. 

 Palpi white, black at junction of segments. Antennffi white, 

 with black annulations. Thorax grey, freely sprinkled with 

 black hairs, epaulettes white. Abdomen grey, with narrow light 

 fuscous bands on segments. Forewings costa gently rounded, 

 hind margin gently rounded, white suffused with grey, and 

 densely irrorated with blackish fuscous scales, with blackish 

 fuscous markings. Forewings costa narrowly edged with white ; 

 a circular dentate black band crosses wing close to base, and is 

 diffused into a broader band along inner margin, ending in a 

 prominent circular spot at ^ inner margin ; a broken band 

 of four diffused spots from ^ costa to i inner margin ; spot on 

 costa most prominent ; a diffused spot between inner marginal 

 spot ai ^ and the costa ; spot at A ; beyond row of four 

 spots, are two different dots, one over median vein, and the 

 other close to inner margin at ;'-; ; a costal row of diffused 

 spots subtends a suffusion of grey and fuscous over centre 

 of wing, extending to a large pronounced blotch which 

 runs toward inner margin near anal angle ; a submarginal 

 band does not touch margins ; a hind marginal band of minute 

 diffused dots. Cilia grey, irrorated with black lines. Hindwings 

 smokey grey, lighter towards base. Cilia grey, banded with 

 smoky fuscous. Near to L. Lichenaea, Mey, but many well 

 established characters seem to divide it from that variable 

 species. May Orchard, Brisbane. 



