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Idiodes homophaea, n. sp. 

 ( fj oniophaio.^, uniformly dusky.) 

 Male, 32 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. 

 Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male extremely short (J). Legs 

 fuseousi ; posterior tibiae of male dilated, with a long tuft of 

 hairs qu inner aspect. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, ajDex tolerably acute, termen moderately and evenly 

 bowed, oblique; 10 connected with 8 and 9, 11 anastomosing 

 with 10 : pale fuscous obscurely irrorated wth darker fuscous ; 

 costal edge and veins ochreous- tinged : a minute fuscous dot 

 on origin of vein 2, and another rather anterior on vein 1 ; an 

 oblique series of similar dots, succeeded by pale dots, on veins 

 from beneath costa to § dorsum : a terminal series of dark- 

 fuscous dots between veins : cilia fuscous. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded at apex, thence nearly straight ; colour and 

 markings as forewings. 



Abundantlv distinct from any of the varieties of I. apicatd ^ 

 Gn. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



Q., Nambour : one specimen. 



Idiodes loxosticha, n. sp. 

 (Jj)xosticlbos, with oblique line.) 



Female, 42 mm. Head fuscous, with purplish reflections ; 

 face and palpi dark-fuscous. Antennae pale ochreous, towards 

 apex greyish. Thorax and abdomen fuscous, with purplish 

 reflections; apex of abdomen pale ochreous. Legs fuscous. 

 Forewings triangular, costa straight, slightly arched near base 

 and apex, apex acute, termen straight, sinuate beneath apex, 

 oblique; 10 arising from 7, anastomosing with 8 and 9, 11 

 anastomosing first with 12 then with 10 : fuscous with dull 

 purplish reflections ; costal edge ochreous : a faintly darker 

 transverse line at ^-, and a faint discal dot before middle. An 

 oblique ochreous-fuscous line from apex to § dorsum ; cilia 

 fuscous. Hindwings with termen evenly bowed : as forewings 

 but with the line transverse and before middle. 



Type in Coll., Turner. 



N.Q.. Kuranda, in May ; one specimen received from Mr. 

 F. P. Dodd. 



Nycterephes, nov. 



fXl/rferejj/ies, dark, gloomy.) 



Face rounded, strongly prominent. Tongue well-develop- 

 ed. Palpi rather short, sub-ascending, shortly rough-scaled : 

 terminal joint very short, obtuse. Antennae in male bipecti- 

 nated almost to apex. Thorax with a strong posterior crest : 



