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PALPARIA SUBROSEA, N. Sp. 
Male, 25 mm. Head ochreous-fuscous. |Palpi broken.| | An- 
tennee whitish-ochreous, ciliation in male 5. Thorax pinkish. 
Abdomen ochreous. Legs reddish-fuscous, tarsi fuscous, posterior 
tibie pinkish-grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, 
apex slightly produced, acute, hindmargin sinuate, very oblique ; 
pale-red, irrorated with whitish-ochreous scales, especially along 
costa and hindmargin, where they replace the ground-colour ; an 
ill-defined dark-fuscous line along posterior two-thirds of inner- 
margin; a dark-fuscous dot in disc before and a second after 
middle ; cilia whitish-ochreous, at apex reddish, with a terminal 
fuscous dot. Hindwings as broad as forewings, whitish, towards 
apex rosy; cilia rosy, deeper at apex, becoming paler towards 
anal angle. 
One specimen taken on Stradbrooke Island, Moreton Bay, by 
the late Mr. Boreham. 
Though the palpi are unfortunately broken off, there can be no 
doubt as to the location of this species, which is allied to Palp. 
eonephela, Meyr., and lewcosta, Lower. 
Leprpotarsa, Jfeyr. 
LEPIDOTARSA IRIOIDES, Meyr. 
Brisbane ; one specimen from Casuarina in October. 
LEPIDOTARSA CHRYSCRYTHRA, Nl. Sp. 
Male, 16 mm. Head yellow, with a red spot on crown. Palpi, 
second joint basal two-thirds whitish, apical one-third reddish-- 
fuscous ; terminal joint ochreous. Antenne ochreous. Thorax 
yellow, mottled with bright-red. Abdomen pale-ochreous. Legs 
ochreous, anterior tibie and tarsi red, mottled externally with 
yellow, internally with fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa 
slightly arched, hindmargin oblique ; yellow, coarsely reticulated 
with bright-red, with alternate bars of yellow and red along 
hindmargin; a pale-yellow streak along costa from base to 
apex, its anterior three-fourths edged internally with fuscous ; a 
broad fuscous line from base close to inner-margin, reaching 
margin at one-fourth, and continued along it to three-fourths ; a 
broad fuscous streak from anal angle obliquely towards centre of 
disc, where it terminates in a fine point ; cilia red, apices fuscous, 
at anal angle fuscous. Hindwings elongate-ovate ; pale ochreous- 
whitish ; cilia whitish. 
A fale brilliant insect. 
Brisbane ; one specimen taken at light. 
