BY A. JEFFEEIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 183 



oblique finely waved ; reildish-purple, towards dorsum inclining 

 to fuscous ; distal half of disc finely irrorated with dark- 

 fuscous ; cotital edge dark-fuscous interrupted by numerous 

 small whitish spots each of which has a minute central dark- 

 fuscous dot ; a faint whitish line from ^ costa slightly outwards, 

 then bent inwards beneath costa to end in ^ dorsum ; an 

 inconspicuous subcostal fuscous dot in middle ; an elongate 

 whitish mark on costa near apex, bordered by fuscous, and 

 giving rise to a fine double fuscous line to tornus ; a fine 

 interrupted dark-fuscous terminal line ; cilia bases reddish- 

 purple, apices whitish, with a dark-fuscous apical hook, and 

 interrupted median line. Hindwings with termen rounded, 

 finely waved ; colour, irroration, and cilia as forewings ; a 

 broad fascia before middle, finely edged with dark-fuscous ; its 

 centre clear white, both extremities irrorated with reddish- 

 purple and ferrugineous. Underside similar, but forewings 

 with discal dot more distinct and with a large dark-fuscous 

 terminal blotch, bounded by a fine whitish dentate line, which 

 is much bent inwards in disc ; hindwings with much dark- 

 fuscous irroration on each side of fascia, and a fine dentate 

 whitish line beyond fascia. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Cairns, in June, one specimen. 



ENDOTRICHA PSAMMITIS 11. S]>. 



^ajxfj.iri<:, sandy. 



S 22 1)1 11V . Head, thorax and palpi dull-ochreous. 

 Antennae dull-ochreous ; in <? moderately ciliated (1). 

 Abdomen with lateral and dorsal tufts on last three segments of 

 ^ ; dull-ochreous with a few reddish -purple scales, middle 

 segments suffused with fuscous. Legs dull-ochreous sparsely 

 irrorated with fuscous and reddish-purple. Forewings elongate 

 triangular, costa slightly concave in middle, rather strongly 

 arched towards apex, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 

 dull-ochreous sparsely irrorated with reddish-purple and fuscous ; 

 a costal series of dull-ochreous spots, interrupted and edged by 

 dark fuscous ; a pale line from ^ costa to ^ dorsum bounding a 

 darker basal area ; a fuscous subcostal spot in middle ; an 

 indistinct pale line from f costa to tornas ; a fine interrupted 

 fuscous terminal line ; cilia bases reddish -purple, apices whitish, 

 with a fuscous apical dot at apex. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded ; colour and irroration as forewings ; four suffused 

 reddish-purple spots on inner margin, and two short curved 



