DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SoutTH AUSTRALIAN 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
By Oswatp B. Lower. 
[Read March 1 and June 7, 1892.] 
HEPIALID#. 
Hepiauus, F. 
HEPIALUS (CHARAGIA) BLACKBURNII, sp. nov. 
Female, 75mm. Head and palpi yellowish-green. Antennz 
dark red. Thorax yellowish-green. Abdomen salmon-pink, three 
posterior segments greenish-yellow ; abdomen beneath ochreous- 
whitish. Legs yellowish-green, anterior and middle tibie and 
tarsi dark red, posterior tibie and tarsi salmon-pink. Forewings 
elongate triangular ; costa straight, slightly arched at apex, apex 
round - pointed; hindmargin nearly straight, oblique; light 
yellowish-green, golden tinged; markings ferruginous; a small 
basal spot; five subquadrate spots on costa at almost equal dis- 
tances, extending from one-fifth to two-thirds, posterior smallest ; 
inner marginal edge ferruginous, with two irregular sub-triangular 
patches, first at one half, second at two-thirds ; obliquely beyond 
first is a wedge-shaped spot; an irregular series of six spots 
proceed from second patch directly towards apex, but not near 
reaching it: cilia ferruginous, tips paler, with an undulating 
basal line. Hindwings salmon-pink ; cilia paler, with a much 
darker parting-line. Underside of all wings salmon-pink, suffused 
with greenish, more especially towards hindmargin of forewings 
and costa of hindwings. 
For my type of this rare and beautiful insect I am indebted to 
the Rev. Thos. Blackburn, of Woodville, to whom I have great 
pleasure in dedicating it. 
The present species is nearest Hep. Scotti, but is much smaller. 
One specimen from Port Lincoln, South Australia. 
Hectomanes, Jeyr. 
HEcT. PTEROMELA, Sp. Nov. 
Male, 26-29 mm. Head, thorax,.and legs blackish-fuscous. 
Antenne ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen lighter fuscous. Forewings 
dark-fuscous, rather lighter towards hindmargin : costa blackish 
towards base; a moderate well-defined white longitudinal 
streak from base almost to hindmargin, suffusedly margined 
on both sides with blackish: from extremity of streak proceeds 
