BY THOS. P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S.E., ETC. 89' 



Zethes chordophoides, sp.nov. 



S ? . 30-36 mm. Head light fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. 

 AntenniB light fuscous on upper surface, ochreous beneath. 

 Thorax and abdomen fuscous grey ; in some specimens with a 

 few scattered black dots. Forewings, costa slightly waved, apex 

 aciite, hindmargin scooped out to vein 4, thence obliquely 

 rounded to anal angle, dark fuscous, sparsely dusted with black, 

 or in some specimens fuscous diffused with ochreous ; costa 

 dotted with darker spots and shadings, veins light fuscous, 

 in others smoky fuscous ; a minute cream dot on median at f , a 

 kidney-shaped light ochreous or rich fuscous discal spot at i 

 bordered by fine ochreous and black lines and shaded toward 

 costa : a short fuscous black line from near base of costa 

 oblifjuely to median vein, sometimes wanting ; a 2nd interrupted 

 irregular crenulate fuscous or fuscous l)lack line frum i costa 

 to i inner margin ; a very short black line at i costa 

 obliquely to a minute ochreous dot near discal spot ; a 4th 

 line fuscous and fuscous black at f costa joins with another 

 indefinite or black suffused line beyond discal spot, and after 

 enclosing discal spot runs along its inner border along median 

 vein to middle of wing, and thence curves round to f inner 

 margin ; a submarginal row of black dots, larger at inner 

 margin ; a fine interrupted hindmai-ginal line of dots or lunules ; 

 these lines vary in different shades of ground colour, and 

 conspicuous short strokes of rich black ; an ochreous line 

 bordered by fulvous fuscous parallel with hindmargin from f 

 costa to ^ inner margin. Cilia light fuscous. Hindwings as 

 forewings, with darker fuscous lines at A and f ; the 2nd with 

 dark fuscous spot on veins, often indistinct ; ochreous line as in 

 forewing from f costa straight to anal angle of inner margin, 

 hindmarginal third of wing dusted with grey and diffused grey ; 

 submarginal line black and scalloped. Cilia as forewings. 

 Brisbane to Mackay. 



Family THERMESIID.E. 

 Thekmesia tenebrica, sp.nov. 



c? ? . 40-'"0 nnn. Head dark fuscous. Palpi fuscous,, 

 terminal joint ochreous fuscous. Antennte dark fuscous, short 

 pectinations in ^ . Thorax fuscous, with rich black velv. t collar. 



