14G Sir G. F. ITampsoii on 



pale suffused witli reddish brown, es|)coially on terminal 

 area, the hair on inner niar»:;in re(Ulish ; cilia chequered 

 white and pale rufous with darker spots at base ; the under- 

 side whitish, the costal ai'ca irrorated witli white and rufous, 

 the apical area suftnscd with brown. 



Hal). Queensland, Townsville {Dodd), 1 ^ type. Exp. 

 30 niui. 



(10 o.) Orthaga rubridiscalis, sp. n. 



cJ . Head g:rey tinged Mith rufous, antenna! tuft grey, 

 rufous, and black; collar rufous; thorax grey; abdomen 

 brownish. Fore wing gi-ey thickly irrorated with black, 

 brown, and rufous scales ; a large subbasal blackish and 

 rufous quadrate patch on costa; a sinuous fuscous medial 

 line incurved in cell, excurved on inner area ; the tufts of 

 scales below cell and on discocellulars grey ; discal area 

 bright ferruginous extending to inner margin inside the 

 postmedial line, which is minutely dentate, excurved beyond 

 cell with series of white points on it and black spot at costa; 

 apical area blackish ; some rufous at tornus; cilia chequered 

 pale brown and blackish. Hind wing fuscous; cilia grey at 



tijDS. 



Another form is darker with dark purplish-fuscous 

 replacing the ferruginous tones. 



//«/'. LouisiAUES, St. Aignan {Meek), 1 ? ; Queensland 

 {Waller , 1 <£ type, Cooktown, Cedar Bay {Meek), 1 cJ . 

 Eip. '28 mm. 



(20«.) Orthaga melanoperaUs, sp. u. 



Maxillary palpi triangularly scaled, flattened against frons; 

 fore wing of male with the glandular swelling very large, 

 without laminate plates in cell. 



(J . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous slightly tinged 

 with rufous ; tarsi fuscous ringed with white. Fore wing 

 ochreous tinged and irrorated with rufous, the apical area 

 deep rufous suffused with black ; blackish subbasal points 

 on costa and below cell ; traces of two diffused antemedial 

 lines with dark patch on costa and black point below cell ; 

 traces of two diffused minutely waved postmedial lines 

 oblique from costa to vein 4 ; traces of a diffused subterminal 

 line; a terminal series of prominent small black spots; cilia 

 pale with rufous line and series of fuscous points. Hind 

 •wing pale tinged with brown, the terminal area fuscous ; 

 cilia with fuscous line near base. 



? . Fore wing with prominent discoidal tuft of black 

 scales. 



