74 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



One specimen ; Kockhampton. This species differs from T). 

 livornka, Esp., in lacking the white stripes on thorax in <? , in 

 lacking the row of white dots and stripes on abdomen, and in 

 the different ground colour of wings. The markings on thorax 

 and abdomen are quite different and vary in the sexes. 



Group BOMBYCES. 



Family ARCTIAD.E. 

 DiPHTHERASPis, gen.nov. Meyr. 



Palpi rather short, slender, porrected. Antennae in ^ 

 filiform, simple. Forewings in ^ beneath with large discal 

 patch of flocculent scales ; veins 7 and 8 stalked ; 9 and 10 

 stalked. Hindwings in ^ above with large patch of flocculent 

 scales towards anterior half of costa. Veins 6 and 7 stalked 

 Q from near end of cell. 



D. MODicus, sp.nov, 



<?^. 15-20 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax, abdomen, 

 and legs creamy ochreous. Forewings elongate, gradually 

 ■dilate ; costa rounded ; hindrriargin obliquely rounded ; ochreous 

 cream colour, with a semilunar light fuscous line, convex toward 

 base, from f costa to | hindmargin ; a more or less diffused 

 hindmarginal shading of light fuscous. In S the wing is raised 

 up from base to f in a pear shape by tufts of scales on the under 

 surface of forewing and upper surface of hindwing. Cilia very 

 light creamy fuscous. On the under side of forewing a brown 

 oblong patch of flocculent scales from near base along middle 

 third of wing to opposite f costa. Hindwings ochreous cream, 

 slightly lighter than forewings, with a raised patch of brown 

 flocc\ilent scales from near base along costa to |. Cilia cream 

 colour. 



Brisbane ; very rare. 



COMARCHIS PALLIDA, Sp.nOV. 



^ . 19 mm. Head white. Palpi short, brown. Thorax 

 white, bordered laterally and posteriorly with black. Abdomen 

 ochreous white, irrorated with smoky-grey. Forewings gently 

 ■dilate, costa rounded, hindmargin straight, smoky-white irrorated 

 with light-grey and four iron-grey transverse bands : 1st near to 

 base, divides in centre into an oblique line to costa, and two 

 dots on inner margm; 2nd line § costa to | inner margin, 



