BY A. JEFFin^IS TURNER, IVT.D., F.E.S. 147' 



Sylepta symphonodes, n. sp. 



(rv/jL<f>Mvo)^yj^, harmonious. 



^ 9 -^ i^^^^^- Head; thorax, palpi, and antenna? 

 yellow. Antennal ciliations in J" 1 . Abdomen yellow ; a 

 pair of basal fuscous dots on dorsum of third segment ; . 

 sides and underside whitish. Legs whitish; anterior 

 pair tinged ^^ ith ochreous ; apex of anterior tibia? fuscous. 

 Fore wings triangular, eosta straight for |, then strongl}^ 

 arched, apex rectangular, lermen slightly bowed, oblique; 

 yellow ; markings fuscous ; a snb-basal dorsal dot ; an 

 outwardly curved line from J costa to J dorsum ; an. 

 outwardly crescentic discal mark beneath mid-costa ; a 

 line from | costa, bent outwards in disc and with three 

 dentations, then bent inwards to beneath discal mark, 

 again curved, with a small posterior tooth above dorsum, 

 ending on f dorsum ; traces of a pale-fuscous terminal line 

 best marked near tornus ;. cilia pale-yellow. Hindwings 

 as fore wings but Avithont basal line. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



X.Q. Kuranda, near Cairns, in December and May; 

 four specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd, of which 

 one is in the British Museum. 



Sylepta trachelota, n. sp. 



T/ja;^»yAoT09, Avith conspicuous throat. 



9 30-38 mm. Head and palpi ferruginous-brown.. 

 Pectus with a large fan-shaped patch of white scales 

 immediately behind j^^^lpi Thorax ferruginous- brown ; 

 posterior edge brown- whitish . Abdomen fuscous-brown f 

 basal segments ferruginous ; underside whitish. Legs 

 brownish ; anterior pair and all tarsi fuscous with whitish 

 annulations. Forewings triangular, costa straight for J, 

 then strongly arched, apex rectangular, termen bowed, 

 oblique ; bright ferruginous mixed with ochreous-yellow ; 

 markings dark-fuscous ; a sub-basal dorsal dot ; a waved 

 transverse line at i ; a round sab-costal dot at j, and a 

 transverse median sub-costal mark in disc : a line from | 

 costa, irregularly dentate, displaced outwards in middle, 

 then bent inwards to« beneath discal mark, and again bent 

 to mid-dorsum : a broad fuscous terminal band touchinsr 

 posterior line on project ison. only ;. a series of dark-fuscous- 



