BY THOMAS P. LUCAS, M.R C.S. 9S 



TEERAHNA, NOV. GEN. 



Head smooth, scaled. Tongue well developed. Palpi 

 recurved, second joint surrounded by a brush or plume fan 

 hiding stalk, terminal joint longer than second, cylindrical. 

 Thorax very hairy underneath. Abdomen moderate. Posterior 

 tibiiB densely clothed with long hairs, spurs well developed. 

 Forewings narrow, elongate, 3 and 4 connate, 5 absorbed, 6 and 

 7 stalked, 8 to costa. Hindwings very narrow, 8 anastoming 

 with cell, wing elided before middle contracted ^ and gradually 

 narrowing to apex, 5 wanting. Cilia very long. Antennae 

 liliform long finely serrulate, basal joint elongate truncate. 

 Teerahna is the native name for a corrobboree or tribal social 

 meeting. 



TEERAHNA REGIFICA NOV. SP. 



$ 24 v{ ]}{. Head iron grey, marked with metallic. 

 Palpi whitish ochreous, first segment barred with black ; second 

 segment with fringe or brush of scales, black and white annu- 

 lated ; third segment as long as second, barred with black on 

 under surface and faintly on upper side. Thorax rich chocolate 

 fuscous, bordered posteriorly on either side with long fuscous 

 hairs. Abdomen fuscous, with a dorsal chocolate line, and 

 laterally a line of interrupted chocolate dots. Forewings narrow, 

 elongate, costa gently wavy, apical fourth rounded, apex acute, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded, inner margin with very long 

 cilia, rich chocolate fuscous, with veins deep black. Forewings, 

 with a well defined fuscous line on edge of costa to f costa ; a 

 subcostal band of deep black from base to h costa and with costal 

 line encloses a bluish white band freely irrorated with fine black 

 specks ; streaks of this bluish white similar to costal band 

 between veins which end in costa and hindmargin ; a rich 

 chocolate band from base for half breadth of wing extends along 

 inner margin to ^, it is bordered and blotched with deep black, 

 and divides to median and inner marginal difi:'usions, which 

 surround the black veins as they branch from cell ; this black 

 basal patch is bordered toward costa by an indistinct band of 

 bluish white, irrorated with black, but a like band is very 

 distinct on middle third of inner margin. Cilia deep fuscous, 

 darker in middle. Hindwings attenuate, elongate, deep fuscous, 

 with a bronzy tinge. Cilia as forewings. One specimen at 

 light, May Orchard, Brisbane. 



WOORDA, NOV. GEN. 



Head smooth. Tongue well developed. Palpi ascending, 

 second joint with short adpressed hairs, third joint as long as 



