BY THOS. P. LUCAS, M.R.C.S.E,, ETC. 91 



I liave received it from Dr. T. L. Bancroft, taken at Burpengary. 

 Brisbane ; also from Mr. Turner, Mackay. Not previously 

 recorded as Australian. 



Family BOTYDID.E. 



GODARA ILLUSTRIS, Sp.nOV. 



(? ? . 24-28 mm. Head, palpi, anteimte, thorax and abdo- 

 men reddish fuscous. Legs ochreous, femora of first and second 

 pairs with bushy tufts of hairs. Forewings, costa rounded, hind- 

 margin rounded, light pearly fuscous, irrorated with red, chocolate 

 and purplish, and marbled with varying shades of darker fuscous 

 with dispersion of black specks and lines ; a dark sufiusion at 

 base, a raised feathered tuft near base of costa, rich black ; a 

 sinuous wavy red and black line i costa to i inner margin ; a 

 nearly parallel red-black line f costa to | inner margin ; these 

 lines enclose a space dark fuscous in some specimens, black on 

 inner half, the middle third is extended toward hindmargin, 

 while it is prolonged beyond the mner border line in a semi-lunar 

 prolongation, 2 or 3 fine crenulate lines immediately beyond, a 

 blackish diffusion in some specimens toward hind border in middle 

 third of wing ; submarginal and marginal lines dark interrupted 

 dots and suffusions. Cilia fuscous, barred and dotted with dark 

 brown or black. Hindwings pearly grey, tinted with smoky- 

 black and purplish at base, suffused with and banded by a deep 

 dark hindmarginal fascia or border. Cilia as forewings. The 

 markings or rather distribution of tints are very variable, but 

 the moth may be at once described as a blotched chocolate or 

 fuscous brown on a pearly iridescent grey or purplish fuscous 

 ground. 



In scrub, Brisbane ; larger and considerably darker than 

 G. coitutUs, Gn. 



Anthaeretis eridora, Mei/r. 

 I found this as new to science seven years ago in Fiji. I 

 have taken it near Brisbane, and received it from Mr. Turner 

 Mackay. Not previously recorded as Australian. 



NOTABCHA ADIPACTIS, Z. 



Bred by Dr. T. L. Bancroft, Brisbane. Not previously 

 recorded as Australian. 



