BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 233 



tarsi with slender white rings at apex of joints ; posterior tibise 

 with white central and apical bands, posterior tarsi with two 

 apical joints wholly white. Fore-wings short, posteriorly dilated, 

 hind-margin sinuate beneath apex ; dark golden-bronze, with 

 transverse golden-ochreous strigulte ; a white transverse rather 

 inwardly oblique oblong spot on inner margin near base, reaching 

 to middle; a silvery-white violet-tinged' perpendicular streak 

 from costa at , reaching to middle; a straight silvery-white 

 violet-tinged fascia from just before middle of costa to inner 

 margin at f , expanded and more snow-white on inner margin ; 

 a rather large black patch on anal angle and lower half of hind- 

 margin, containing five or six golden-metallic spots, its base not 

 touching fascia, its upper edge margined by a straight whitish- 

 ochreous line, above the posterior part of which are three other 

 whitish-ochreous longitudinal lines, separated by blackish spaces ; 

 a silvery-white violet-tinged streak from costa to upper anterior 

 angle of the black patch; two parallel oblique silvery-white 

 violet-tinged streaks from costa a little before apex to hind-margin 

 above middle, becoming white on costal cilia : cilia white, 

 becoming dark grey at apex and anal angle, basal half separated 

 by a dark grey line and clothed with bronzy scales, except where a 

 white indentation meets the anterior sub-apical streak. Hind- 

 wings and cilia fuscous-grey. 



This species has a strong superficial resemblance to Apist. 

 argyrosema, but apart from structural differences it is smaller, 

 and has only a costal streak corresponding to what in A. 

 argijrosema is a second complete fascia. It is allied to the 

 succeeding species #. triselena, but is smaller, broader- winged, 

 darker, and the black patch is broader and contains usually six 

 metallic spots instead of four. Tolerably common at Brisbane 

 in September, flying towards sunset in dry grassy places amongst 

 thin gum scrub ; from its small size it is rather difficult to see. 

 2 D 



