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blackish, somewhat bronzy tinged; a large roundish 

 white spot in middle of wing; cilia dark fuscous, chequered 

 with white. 



Reminds one of ( 'artdeitiiictd, Lucas, but is without the ante- 

 rior spots in both wings. 



Mackay, Queensland ; one specimen in October. 



CrURIA ( ?) PLACODES, U. Sp. 



Female, 44 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax dark 

 fuscous, head and palpi mixed with orange, thorax with two 

 narrow anterior transverse bauds. Abdomen and legs dull 

 yellow, abdomen banded with black. Forewings elongate, 

 triangular, costa gently arched, termen rounded, oblique; 

 blackish ; markings pale ochreous-yellowish ; a narrow^ elongate 

 spot in end of cell ; a small, somewhat quadrate spot on inner- 

 margin at one-third ; a large transverse fascia-like spot, from 

 immediately beneath costa at two-thirds to three-fourths 

 across wing, obliquely placed; an irregular spot on anal angle ; 

 a quadrate spot at apex; cilia blackish. Hindwings with 

 termen slightly waved; blackish; a large ochreous-yellow 

 rounded basal patch, reaching half-across wing, but not reach- 

 ing innermargin ; basal fifth of wing blackish ; a small ochreous 

 spot beneath apex ; a large ochreous spot just above anal 

 angle ; cilia as in forewings. 



Allied to maculosa, Roths'. I have refrained from forming 

 a new genus, as probably Rothschild has already done so. 



Tasmania, near Hobart ; one specimen in March. 



CrURIA (?) HEMIPHRAGMA, U. Sp. 



Male, 40 mm. Head, antennae, palpi, thorax, and abdomen 

 fuscous; head with some ochreous scales, anal tuft yellow. 

 Legs fuscous, coxae ochreous, tibiae and tarsi with some whitisU 

 rings. Forewings elongate, triangular, costa gently arched, 

 termen rounded, oblique ; fuscous, with whitish markings ; a 

 row of four moderate spots just beneath costa, between base 

 and one-third ; a similar longitudinal row of spots along vein 

 1. between base and two-fifths; a small spot in middle of cell ; an 

 elongate, somewhat reniform spot in end of cell ; a rather 

 broad transverse oblique fascia, from immediately beneath costa 

 at two-thirds to two-thirds across wing, curved around on lower 

 half with a strong exca.va.tion on anterior edge ; a few scales 

 along termen ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, 

 hardly waved; dark fuscous; a transverse whitish median 

 band, not neai' reaching either margin ; cilia as in fore- 

 wings. 



Allied somewhat to a/finis, Boisd. 



