312 Col. C. Swinhoe on new Species of 



Subfamily Htfenin^. 

 Genus Abriesa, nov. 



Fore wing witli costa nearly straight, apex minutely 

 pointed, outer margin acutely angled at vein 4, concave 

 between the angle and apex, nearly straight to hinder angle, 

 which is well angled ; hind wing with the outer border 

 crenulate ,• fore wing with veins 3, 4, and 5 from lower angle 

 of cell, G and 7 from upper angle, 8 and 9 anastomosing to 

 form the arcole, 10 from 9 near apex, 11 from centre of cell, 

 12 free; hind wing with 3 and 4 from lower angle of cell, 6 

 and 7 from upper angle, 8 free, straight ; palpi upturned far 

 above head, second joint well clothed, with long hair above, 

 third joint as long as second, with short stiff hairs below and 

 very long tults of hairs towards extremity above ; hind tibiae 

 with a pair of stout terminal spurs, one short, the other very 

 long ; legs well clothed. 



Type A. derna, nov. 



Abriesa derna, nov. 



? . Pale pinkish fawn-colour above ; palpi with brown 

 bands, the tufts of hairs white : fore wings thickly striated 

 witii grey, collected together in places, forming several in- 

 complete transverse bands, and having three oblique white 

 transverse streaks towards the base ; a brown straight line 

 inwardly edged with white near the outer margin from the 

 costa close to the apex to the hinder angle : hind wings 

 with a brown spot at end of cell suffused with reddish grey ; 

 a broad discal brown band and marginal black lunules on 

 both wings. Underside nearly white; tore wings suffused 

 with pink ; hind wings striated with brown ; both wings 

 with two indistinct brownish bands, central and discal ; fore 

 wings with a white band from near apex to hinder margin. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Dawson, Queensland. One example. 



Family Thyrididae. 



Rhodoneura melilialis, nov. 



($ . Costa straight, outer margin oblique, evenly curved, 

 shape as in R. bastialis, Walker. Pure white ; antennse red, 

 as is also the top of head, fore part of thorax, and a broad 

 costal stripe on fore wings, the latter, however, becomes 

 obsolescent on the apical third ; both wings striated witii 

 ochreous; on the fore wings the striations are very uniform; 

 tliere is another more indistinct red stripe below the costal 



