96 



ARCTIAD.E. 



Genus THERMEOLA, nov. 



Typo, T. tasmanica. 



Probosuis fully developed; palpi porreet, not extending beyond frons : 

 antennas of male ciliated ; vertex of head rouglily scaled ; tibiie with the spurs 

 short; abdomen clothed with rouf^h hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa 

 slightly arched, the apex rounded, the tenuen obliquely curved ; the scaling 

 hairy; vein 2 from near angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; (5 from 

 below upper angle; 7,8 stalked; I) iibsent ; 10 from cell; 11 auastonio-iing 

 witii Vl. Hind wing with vein '1 from middle of cell ; '6, 4 and (j, 7 on long 

 stalks ; 5 absent ; 8 from middle of cell. 



KJ'J. Thermeola tasmanica, n. sp. 



Fig. 30.— Thermeola tasmanica, S ■ 



(S . Pale ycUow-browii. 

 Fore wing with, very 

 indistinct fuseous streak 

 below the cell and band 

 from costa })eyond middle 

 to middle of inner margin. 

 Hind wing j-ellow. 



Ilah. Tasmania, Hobart 

 (,/. J. Walh,)-), 1 S tvpe. 

 Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus THRENOSIA, nov. 



Type, 7. heminephes. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porreet, not reaching beyond the frons, 

 which is clothed with rough hair ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; 

 tibiic with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore 

 wing long and rather narrow ; vein 2 from well beyond middle of cell, oblique ; 

 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 

 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 coincident or almost coincident ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



*170. Threnosia heminephes. 



Tiqrioides heminephes, Meyr. P. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 697 (188G) 

 "Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 340', 



Fig. 31. — Threnosia heminephes, (^ . 



cJ . Orange-yellow ; sides of frons and antenna? brownish ; 

 patagia fuscous ; tibice and tarsi streaked with fuscous. Fore 



