BY THOMAS P, LUCAS, M.R.C.S, 89 



OECOPHORID^. 



PHILOBOTA DIFFUSA NOV. SP. 



5 17 111. Ill- Head, white. Palpi, white. Antennae, white 

 and fuscous annnlated. Thorax fuscous, with collar and dorsal 

 triangle white. Abdomen, light fuscous. Forewings, costa 

 gently rounded, hindmargin nearly straight, creamy white with 

 ferrous and chocolate markings. Forewings with a subcostal 

 line of ferrous from base thinning out at \ costa ; a broad 

 band of ferrous ochreous from middle third of inner margin, 

 anterior border not touching subcostal line, posterior border 

 hecoming commingled with a large diffused blotch on costa, and 

 turning sharply on itself angles a narrow bar of ground colour, 

 and diffuses to a broad bar on anal angle along inner margin, 

 which is again suffused in a hindmarginal line to deep blotch at 

 apex of wing ; these blotches, or diffusions, are bordered with 

 chocolate, more or less suffused, and which also colours the 

 veins within their area ; a hindmarginal row of interrupted 

 chocolate dots. Cilia, creamy white, tipped with fuscous. 

 Hindwings, light fuscous. Cilia, ochreous fuscous. Brisbane. 



MACROBATHRA LUNACRESCENS NOV. SP. 



J $ 18-20 VI i)\. Head black. Palpi, black, upper sur- 

 face shading into ochreous, and terminal joint ochreous red. . 

 Antennae ochreous fuscous, becoming white before tip. Thorax 

 black. Abdomen ochreous, shading fuscous posteriorly, and 

 deepening to black on dorsum before anal segments, Forewings 

 narrow, costa almost straight, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded, blackish fuscous, with ochreous markings 

 tinted with light red, or orange. Forewings, with three eon- 

 spicuous well defined transverse fascial from costa to inner 

 margin, the middle one only scarcely reaching inner border, 

 first fascia broad, like the moon at three quarters, just beyond 

 base ; the middle one at half, and the third just beyond three- 

 fourths ; the middle one broadens circuitously towards inner 

 margin, and the third, the narrowest of the three, has a straight 

 anterior border and a concave posterior margin ; in one specimen 

 the apex of the costa is tipped with white. Cilia, smoky fuscous. 

 Hindwings, fuscous grey, with fuscous scales, Cilia, as fore- 

 wings. Brisbane, rare. 



MACROBATHRA DEFINITIVA NOV. SP. 



J 18 VI vi- Head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen, 

 whitish ochreous, the thorax and abdomen tinted with light 

 fuscous. ForeAvings, costa straight, rounded at base and apex, 



