58 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA, ETC. 



Sesiadcr, Latr.; Herr Sclijf'; Bois., Sp. Gen. Lep. Het. I. 

 p. 381 (1874) ; 2Ieyr., Proc. L. Soc. N.S.W. (2) I. p. 688 (1886). 



Genus: TROCHILU'M, ScopolL 



Introd. ad. hist, natur. sis. gen. Lep. 



Herr Schf: Staiul .: Steph., Brit. Ent. Haust. I. p. 137 



■( )• 



Sphecia, Huh., Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 127 {- ) ; Steph., 



Cat. Brit. Lep. p. 30 ( ) ; Wall,: B. M. Cat. Lep. Het. 



VIII. p. 8 (1856). 



A\<ieria, p. Fah., Syst. Gloss. ; Xcirni. 



Sesia, p. Laspei/res ; F<ili. : lAitr. : (iodt. : (hhs. ; T)up. : 

 Bois. : Ind. Metli. p. 41 (- ). 



T. CUPREIFASCIA, n. KjJ. 



^ Prhxaries : Costal edge black ; outer border narrowly 

 black ; fringe black ; transverse vein elbowed, narrowly black, 

 bordered outwardly with coppery band ; principal veins coppery. 

 Secondaries : Costal border coppery ; fringe black. Beneath 

 same. AntennaB : above, reddish brown ; beneath, lighter. 

 Face, white. Palpi: above, reddish brown; beneath, white. 

 Thorax : black, with narrow orange band in front and behind ; 

 beneath, black. Abdomen : black, with two orange bands at 

 base, the hinder of wdiich is widest, and three at anal extremity, 

 all narrow ; beneath, black, alternated Avith narrow creamy 

 bands. Legs : orange, except at base and joints, which are 

 black : tibia of hind legs clothed internally with fringe of long 

 .dark hair. 



Exp. of wings : 27 mm ; length of body, 13 mm. 



Hab. : Mackay. Coll. : Turner. 



Genus : MELITTIA, Hubn. 



Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 128 ( ) ; Walk. B. M. Cat. Lep. 



' Het. VIII. p. GG (1866) ; Bois. Sp. Gen. Lep. Het. I. p. 468 

 <1874). 



IrocJiilium, p. Westw. 

 ^Egeria, p. Harris. 



