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ochreous, finely sti-igulated throughout with darker ochreous 

 mostly aiTanged in transverse series; outei: edge of basal patch 

 hardly perceptible, except on margins; median patch nariow, 

 obliqiie; dull ferruginous, from costa befo-.'e middle to just 

 before anal angle ; an obscure oblique iull ferruginous fascia 

 from costa at five-sixths to middle of termen ; cilia pale ochre- 

 ous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; 5 remote from 4 ; 

 ochreous-yello'W ; cilia as in forewings. 



Allied to melichroa, Lower; but apart from its much smal- 

 ler size, it may be at once distinguished by the ochreous hind- 

 wings. 



Cooktown, Queensland ; several specimems in November. 



DiCHELOPA, n. g. 



Thorax smooth. Antennae in male thickened, somewhat 



dentate; shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second 

 joint triangularly scaled, terminal joint hardy concealed. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa in male simple, gently and evenly 

 arched, termen rounded oblique, 1 furcate at base, 3 and 4 

 short stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to immediately above apex. 

 Hindwings with 7 veins, termen faintly sinuate^ beneath apex ; 

 4 absent, coincided with 3, 3 rather approximated to 5. 6 and 

 7 tolerably remote at origin. 



jS ot near any other Australian genus knov/n to me, the neu- 

 ration of forewings, and absence of vein 4 of hindwings are dis- 

 tinctive characters; a similar character occurs in the European 

 genus Cheimatophila, Stph. Its resemblancei to Dirhdia is 

 supei-ficial only. 



DiCHELOPA DICHROA, U. Sp. 



Male and female, 14-16 mm. Head, palpi, antennas and 

 thorax ochreous-ferruginous. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath 

 ochreous. Anterior and middle legs ochreous-fuscous, pos- 

 terior pair ochreous, tarsi with fuscous rings. Forewings 

 elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen oblique, 

 rounded; deep ochreous, with in^egular transverse rows of 

 leaden-metallic spots ; markings reddish-fuscous; a basal patch, 

 strongly suffused with gi'ound color at base and on ihiier 

 margin, outer edge from costa at one-fifth to inner margin r.o 

 one-fourth, with a slight projection in middle ; a broad streak 

 along costa, from just beyond one-third to three-fourths of 

 wing, thence becoming confluent with a large apical patch, 

 ending on termen at three-fourths, enclosing on costal edge 4 

 well defined spots of ground color, anterior large, posterior 3 

 close together near apex ; a large spot on inner margin at anal 

 angle, reaching half acroiis wing, sepai'ated from costal streak 

 by a streak of ground color ; a row of about 6 suffused ochreous 

 spots along termen, posteriorly edged by minute leaden-metallic 



