as in forewings; color and ciliai as in forewings, but basal 

 third of wing and along costa much paler and without any 

 bluish-metallic tinge. 



Mackay, Queensland; one specimen in October. 



OPHIUSID^. 

 Hamodes pseudoptera, n. sp. 



Male, 64 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-fuscous, 

 collar black. Antenuce fuscous.. Palpi dark fuscous. Legs 

 and abdomen dark fuscous, anterior coxse ochreous-fuscous. 

 Forewings elongate, triangular, costa faintly sinuate, termen 

 strongly rounded, continuous with innermargin ; bright 

 ochreous-fuscous ; a round fuscous spot in cell ; an inwardly 

 oblique blackish fascia, from costa before middle to half across 

 wing, narrowed beneath ; a dark fuscous shade from costa at 

 three-fourths, thence curved and narrowed down to below 

 middle of wing, inclining to be continued to innermargin at 

 half, edged on lower portion by a very fine white line and 

 posterior to that by a moderate ochreous-shade ; ground 

 color beyond dark fuscous, sep^aration well defined, leaving a 

 roundish spot of ground color between veins 6 and 7 ; reniform 

 faintly indicated ; an obscure series of fuscous lunate marks 

 along termen ; cilia ochreous. Hindwings with apex some- 

 what prominent ; termen nearly s-traight ; dark chestnut, suf- 

 fusedly irrorated with dark fuscous; basal half of wing semi- 

 transparent; cilia as in forewings. Underside of all wing?) 

 thickly clothed with blackish hairs, except along innermargin 

 of forewings, which is semi-hyaline, and has a tuft of ochreous 

 hairs at base. 



A peculiar looking insect, and very different to any other 

 Australian Noctua known to me ; the absence of scales on the 

 basal portion of hindwings is a noticeable point of distinction, 

 and the hairy underside of wings is another curious character, 



Cooktown, Queensland; one specimen in Oictober. 



Ophiusa diagarmma, n. sp. 



Female, 34 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, legs, and 

 abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa nearly 

 straight, termen faintly waved, obliquely rounded ; dark fus- 

 cous; an oblique narrow ochreous streak from one-fourth costa 

 to one-third innermargin, edged anteriorly with a blackish 

 shade ; a similar streak from costa at two-thirds to innermargin 

 at three-fourths, strongly bowed outwards on middle third, 

 edged anteriorly by a broad fuscous-blackish shade, which 



