438 Mr. Butler's descriptions of Lejndoptera- 



fringe yellowish at the base ; a black disco-cellular spot ; body 

 whity brown. Expanse of wings, 33 mm. 



Peak Downs. 



Casbia, }V<dk. 

 96. Cashia irrorata, n. s. 



5 . Pale pinky brown with golden reflections, densely krorated 

 with grey ; wings with very minute marginal black dots ; primaries 

 with the costal border slightly whitish ; head dark brown ; under 

 sui'face white, grey-speckled, with a faint bronze-brown tint in 

 certain lights ; external borders pinky brown, mottled with grey ; 

 a small blackish disco-cellular spot on each wing ; legs cream- 

 coloured. Expanse of wings, 26 mm. 



Eockhampton. 



Allied to C. rectaria, Walk., but without the bands and 

 spots characteristic of that species ; it seems improbable 

 that it can be a variety. 



ASPILATES. 



97. Aspilates clarissa, n. s. 



General aspect of very pale examples of Osteodes turhulentata, 

 Guen. {=^ Asjj'ilates exmnhrata and semispurcata, Walk.), seri- 

 ceous pinky whitish, indistinctly irrorated with grey-brown scales ; 

 under surface of a more creamy tint, with the costal border of the 

 primaries slightly ochraceous; the female decidedly whiter than 

 the male on both surfaces. Expanse of wings, 81 mm. 



Male, Moreton Bay ; female, Peak Downs. 



LAEENTIID^. 

 CiDARiA, Treits. 



98. Cidaria decipiens, n. s. 



Closely allied to C. emilia of Chili, from which it chiefly difi"ers 

 in the absence of the yellow streaks on the veins ; primaries pale 

 leaden grey, with darker basal patch and subangulated central 

 belt, with zigzag black margins and white borders ; a narrow 

 gi-ey-speckled testaceous band bounding the inner edge of the 

 central belt; an ill-defined black reniform spot; a submarginal 

 series of more or less confluent squamose blackish spots, largest 

 towards apex, indistinctly edged externally by a white Ime ; 

 secondaries grey ; a faint indication of an angular whitish diffused 

 strii:)e across the middle and an oblique whitish line from anal 



