201 



(S , 40 mm. Head, thorax, antennae, and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, face ochreous-fuscous, antenna! pectinations at great- 

 est length 8. Legs, dark fuscous ; tarsi, with dull whitish 

 rings. Forewings rather elongate. Costa slightly arched on 

 apical half, termen very oblique, slightly bowed ; dark fus- 

 cous ; an elongate, somewhat ovate, very dark fuscous spot, 

 occupying posterior half of cell, edged posteriorly, and some- 

 times laterally, with a narrow strip of dull whitish, which 

 tends to be continued along veins posteriorly ; lower portion 

 of base of wing somewhat darker than rest of ground colour; 

 cilia very short ; fuscous. Ilindwings, with apex prominent, 

 hardly acute, termen sinuate in middle ; dark fuscous ; cell 

 more or less outlined with dull whitish ; dorsal hairs dull 

 ochreous-fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Case and fAirva. — Unknown. 



At once recognized by its uniform colouring and elon- 

 gate-ovate spot in cell. 



Cooktown, Queensland. Several specimens received from 

 Messrs. E. A. Olive and F. P. Dodd in August and Novem- 

 ber ; also from India and Ceylon. 



5. Plutorectis, n. g. 



Antennae bipectinated to apex. Basal joint of anterior 

 tarsi much elongated. Abdomen moderately elongate. Fore- 

 wings with one or more dorsal pseudoneuria ; Ic coincides 

 with lb beyond middle; 4 and 5 connate or stalked, 7 some- 

 times out of 8, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings, with 4 and 5 

 sometimes stalked or coincident ; 6 and 7 remote, 8 with 

 one or more costal pseudoneuria, sometimes twice connected 

 with 7. 



Type. — Boisdu valii, Westw. 



This is the predominant genus in Australia, to which 

 additions may be expected. The species have a general re- 

 semblance to the following genus, but are separable by the 

 position of veins 4 and 5 of hindwings. 



1. Thorax orange, antennec orange ...13 in ela nodes 



2. ,, ,, ,, black 14 j-anthorlirijsa 



3. Basal half of forewings black 16 zophopepla 



4. ,, ,, ,, not black ...18 



5. Forewings fuscous, thorax oia7ige-fuscou3l5 Boisditralii 



6. „ ,, ,, fuscous ...19 (i!/mnophasa 



7. Forewings pale cchroous-grey ... ...20 lurida 



8. ,, nearly black ... ... ...13 



9. Forewings hyaline, base black 1" hunJoscopa 



10. ,, unifonn grey-whitish ...18 grisea 



13. P. MELANODES, U. Sp. 



(S , 32 mm. Head, thorax, antennae, and abdomen bright 

 oran^e-ochreous, both above and beneath, antennal pectina- 



