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SOROLOPHA CYCLOTOMA, n. 3p. 



Male and female, 17-22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and 

 thorax deep reddish-fuscous, thorax with a dense deep reddish 

 posterior crest. Abdomen deep ochreous^fuscous, in male den- 

 sely haired with golden ochreo'us, especially on anterior seg- 

 ments. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 termen rounded, oblique; deep olive-gi^eenish mixed with 

 fleshy-pink ; costa shortly strigulated throughout with fus- 

 cous ; outer edge of basal patch represented by an erect trian- 

 gular blackish patch on inner margin at one-fourth, reaching 

 two-thirds across wing, edged posteriorly by a fine line of 

 fleshy-white ; ground color between apex of patch and costa 

 fleshy-pink ; posterior edge of median patch well defined, edged 

 throughout by a fine fleshy-white line, from costa beyond 

 middle direct to anal angle, faintly sinuate above middle ; 

 ground color between this and triangular patch deep olive- 

 green, becoming broadly mixed with flesh color above inner 

 margin ; ground color between posterior edge of media<n patcii 

 and apex fleshy pink, mixed with pui^ilish and containing a 

 large round fuscous reddish patch above middle, lower edge 

 sufiused ; a deep pui*plisli line along upper half of termen, be- 

 coming forked at apex ; cilia fuscous purple, mixed with fus^- 

 cous on upper two-thirds. Hindwings with termen rounded , 

 dark golden-ochreous, lighter towards base ; cilia ochreous-fus- 

 <^ous, with a darker subbasal line. The ochreous coloring 

 of hindwings is more pronounced beneath. 



Mackay, Queensland ; foiu' specimens in January. 



Capua leptospila, n. sp. 



]\Iale, 18 mm. Head and palpi whitish, palpi beneath in- 

 fuscated. Abdomen greyish. Antennae and thorax fuscous, 

 antennae obscurely spotted with whitish. Legs fuscous, middle 

 and posterior pair whitisii-ochreous. Forewings elongate^ 

 moderate, costa nearly straight, termen oblique, gently 

 rounded ; whitish-ochreous, spotted throughout with fuscous ; 

 markings dark fuscous; costa shortly strigulated throughout 

 with fuscous ; outer edge of basal patch from one-fifth costa to 

 one -eighth inner margin, upper half oblique, with a fine pro- 

 jection on fold, thence inwardly oblique and rapidly attenuated 

 to inner margin; an elongate quadrate spot lying on inner 

 margin at one-fourth ; median fascia obliquei, from before 

 middle of costa to anal angle, becoming much dilated on inner 

 margin, anterior edge nearly straight, with a moderate sinua- 

 tion below fold; posterior edge with a moderate sinuation 

 about middle, thence irregular; an elongate streak from pos- 

 terior extremity of median patch to above middle of termen, 

 leaving a strip of ground color along termen ; a moderate triati- 



