BY THOS. P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S.E., ETC. 76 



■denticulate, angulated inward at inner border ; discal spot at 

 f near costa, shaded to third Hne ; 3rd line from f costa to f 

 inner margin, inner half thrice denticulate ; itli line beyond f 

 costa, smoky-diffused, waved, dentate and curved round to just 

 before anal angle of inner margin ; hindmarginal row of grey 

 dots ; cilia grey. Hindwings light fulvous ochreous ; hind- 

 margin clouded by a band of grey, narrowing to a line and 

 ceasing at ^ hindmargin ; cilia greyish ochreous. 



One specimen ; Mr. G. Barnard, Windermere, Tasmania, 

 March, 1891. 



Family LIPARID.E. 



Teara farenoides, sp.nov. 



^. 88 mm. Head snow-white. Antennte white, pectina- 

 tions very short, fuscous. Thorax snow-white. Abdomen white 

 mottled or shaded with ferruginous. Fore wings, costa rounded ; 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded, snow-white, with scattered 

 minute dots or dust of smoky fuscous, chiefly towards hind- 

 margin; veins light fuscous more or less covered with snow- 

 white ; cilia snow-white, dusted with smoky fuscous. Hind- 

 wings snowy-white, base and inner half of wing shaded with 

 light ferruginous ; cilia white, dusted with smoky fuscous. 



One specimen ; Healesville, Victoria. 

 Teara pura, sp.nov. 



^. -40 ram. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen snow- 

 white. Antenna creamy ochreous. Forewings, elongate, gently 

 dilate, costa rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded, snowy- 

 white dusted all over with scattered very uiinute black dots ; a 

 sinuous dentate fine black line f costa to f inner margin ; a 

 sinuous dentate fine black line just before apex costa, less defined 

 towards inner margin, a hindmarginal wavy line ; cilia white, 

 with a smoky fine lined base. Hindwings and cilia snow- 

 white. 



Brisbane ; very rare. 



Darala cupreotincta, sp.nov. 



<?$. 80-90 mm. Head fuscous grey; collar black; palpi 

 black, mottled with fuscous. Antennae fuscous grey ; pectina- 

 tions short, black. Thorax fuscous grey, very long hairs. 

 Abdomen fuscous tinted^in 6 with coppery red. Legs fuscous 

 black.- Forewings, costa rounded, apex acute, hindmargin 



