BY A. JEFFERIS TURNER, M.D., F.E.S. 161 



Fam. ORNEODIDyE. 



Three Australian species of this very curious family 

 have been described, and T am now able to add a fourth 

 and fifth. 



OrNEODES PYGM^lBA. 



N.A. Port Darwin. ; N.Q. Cairns, Townsville ; Q. 

 Brisbane, Toowoomba. 



Orneodes phricodes. 

 I have bred this species from larvae feeding in the 

 flower buds of Tecoma jasminoides growing in the wild. 



N.Q. Cairns, Herberton, Townsville. Q. Nambour, 

 Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, Southport. 



Orneodes xanthodes. 

 N.Q. Townsville. 



Orneodes acasc^a, n. sp. 



aKacTKaio's, delicate. 



9 9 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae white. 

 Palpi moderate, ascending ; terminal joint about J second. 

 x4Lbdomen whitish with several median reddish-fuscous dots^ 

 Legs white. Fore wings white ; markings very pale reddish- 

 fuscous ; first segment with a broad fascia beyond middle 

 and a second before apex ; other segments with similar 

 markings but much less pronounced ; cilia white. Hind- 

 wings white ; segments baned at intervals by fuscous 

 irroration ; cilia white. 



In size and fragility this agrees with 0. pygmma. 



Type in Coll.. Turner. 



N.Q. Cardwell, in August ; one specimen. 



Orneodes agapeta, n. sp. 



ava7r7]TO<Sy lovely. 



^ 17 mm. Head white : face grey with some white 

 **cales. Palpi short, ascending ; terminal joint J ; whitish. 

 Antennae grey- whitish ; in ^ finely serrate and minutely 

 ciliated. Thorax and abdomen white. Legs white ; anterior 

 pair suftused with fuscous anteriorly. Forewings white ' 

 costa interruptedh^ fuscous ; first segment with four or five 

 pale-fuscous bars in posterior half ; bars formed by dark- 

 fuscous irroration on second, third, fourth, and fifth 



