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-fco beyond middle and suffusedly continued to apex : a dark 

 fuscous dot above inner-margin at two-Hfths, another above in 

 middle of disc, and a third beyond middle of disc ; a dark 

 fuscous streak from three-fourths of inner-margin to costa near 

 apex, preceded by a paler shade, between this line and hind- 

 margin the ground colour is more purplish ; a row of fuscous dots 

 from near apex to anal angle ; a hindmarginal row of black 

 •dots ; cilia whitish, somewhat reddish tinged, tips fuscous tinged. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin nearly straight ; dull purplish- 

 white ; a black discal dot above middle ; a fuscous streak from 

 beyond middle of inner-margin to half-across wing, anteriorly 

 •edged with paler ; an indistinct subterminal line, edged M'ith 

 paler ; hindmarginal dots and cilia as in fore wings. 



One specimen from Mackay, Queensland, sent by Mr. Rowland 

 Turner. Allied to oxydercis, Mey., but differs by the three anterior 

 discal dots, etc. 



Onychodes heliochrysa, n. sp. 



Female, 60 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennte dark-fawn, 

 antennal pectinations one and a half. Abdomen and legs whitish 

 ochreous. Forewings triangular, posteriorly dilated, costa nearly 

 straight, apex slightly produced, hindmargin slightly sinuate 

 beneath apex, hardly waved, bowed, oblique ; dark-fawn colour, 

 Avith indications of pale ferruginous patches ; a purplish dot at 

 base of wing ; cilia dark ferruginous, indistinctly tinged with 

 coppery. Hindwings with hindmargin slightly waved, rounded ; 

 bright orange ; a dark fuscous hindmarginal band, narrowed 

 towards anal angle and ending on vein 6 ; cilia ochreous grey, 

 infuscated. Forewings beneath with the discal area oi'a,nge ; a 

 large purplish fuscous transverse patch at end of cell Hindwings 

 greyish, slightly ochreous tinged towards inner-margin. 



A handsome species. One specimen from Woodend, Victoria. 

 (Coll., Kershaiu.) 



GEOMETRID.E. 



EUCHLORIS CHIOXOPLACA, U. S^J. 



Male 34 mm. Head and thorax deep green. Abdomen deep 

 green, apex and underside white, above with a series of three 

 small white dorsal spots, and one much larger, suffused anteriorly 

 with ferruginous ; a w^hite dot on middle of collar ; postorbital 

 rims white. Palpi green above, wiiite below, terminal joint 

 yellowish, apex of second joint white. Antenme fuscous, pec- 

 tinations four ; terminal two-hfths filiform ; middle and posterior 

 legs snow-white, latter with pencil of long wdiite hairs ; anterior 

 pair pale-brownish, with wliitish tarsal rings. Forewings trian- 

 gular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin crenulate- 

 rounded, oblique ; deep grass-green, thinly scaled, and minutely 



