84 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 



of wing deeply suftused with vermillion, dotted with ochreous. 

 Allied to M. rcwjstt, Gn. itml M. J>i;i/ih'si, Gn. 



Brisbane ; one specimen ; Dr. Turner. This is, perhaps, 

 the most beautiful species of the genus ; very rare. 



MONOCTENIA PUNCTUNCULUS, Sp.nOV. 



<? ? . 35-44 mm. Head fulvous fuscous, AntennaB cream- 

 colour, pectinations smoky-brown. Thorax fulvous fuscous; 

 epaulettes fuscous ochreous. Abdomen fulvous fuscous, lighter 

 in middle of dorsum, dusted with black posteriorly. Fore- 

 wings, costa nearly straight, hindmargin straight in costal 

 third, inner two-thirds obliquely rounded, fulvous fuscous, 

 irrorated with short transverse slaty -grey, interrupted bars or 

 dots, with dots on costal band ; a blackish fascia from ^ costa 

 to i inner margin, rounded and angled in centre to form two 

 arches ; a 2nd fascia from apical angle of hindmargin to f inner 

 margin ; a discal spot near costa at ^ ; a dot or blotch beyond 

 2nd fascia, near apical angle. Cilia fuscous. Hindwings as 

 fore wings, 1st fascia wanting, a discal spot just before 2nd fascia, 

 and 2nd fascia forming a dark bar from f costa to ^ inner 

 margin. Cilia dark fuscous. Undersurface of hindwings as 

 upper surface, but lighter, and Avitli three dark fuscous blotches 

 between veins on hindmargin near apical angle ; the apical blotch 

 with a grey-white centre ; the sub-apical with a larger grey-white 

 centre, but crossed bv a dark fuscous line. Allied to M. renom 

 Gn. 



Brisbane ; rare. 



Group NOCTU/E. 



Family OETHOSID.E. 



Leucania labeculis, sp.nov. 



S^. 26-35 mm. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax reddish 



fuscous. Abdomen reddish fuscous anteriorly, ochreous drab 



posteriorly. Forewings elongate, gently dilate, costa nearly 



straight, hindmargin rotmded, reddish fuscous — in some 



specimens sparingly dusted with black, in many specimens not 



traceable ; a small black discal spot at ^ near end of cell ; in 



some specimens a hindmarginal row of minute black dots, in 



others not distinct. Cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings grey white, 



with dark, smoky fuscous ; marginal area narrowing toward 



anal angle ; veins fuscous ; hindmarginal line dark fuscous, 



