388 Mr. Butler's descriptions of Lepidoptera- 



veins below the lower radial ; four small orange spots, externally 

 dotted with black just beyond the discal stripe on the median and 

 interno-median interspaces ; external border greyish ; body pale 

 rufous-brown, head and collar darker, antennae blackish ; anal tufts 

 tipped with bright reddish chocolate ; wings below paler than 

 above, primaries with no stripe across the basal fifth ; the disco- 

 cellular spot pure white ; the discal stripe abbreviated, not 

 extending below the third median branch, pure white; pectus 

 smoky brown, venter bronze-brown. Expanse of wings, 36 mm. 



Rockhampton. 



LIMACODID^E. 



DORATIFERA, WcstW. 



10. Doratifera ordinata, n. s. 



Ochreous; primaries pale, irrorated with the usual shining 

 scales ; a pale rust-red subbasal spot ; an oblique interrupted series 

 of ill-defined rust-red spots across the middle, and a discal arched 

 series of ten well-defined ferruginous spots parallel to outer margin ; 

 tegulse whitish spotted with reddish ochreous ; centre of thorax 

 reddish ochreous; under surface pale sericeous-ochreous, costal 

 borders darker ; legs ochreous barred with whitish. Expanse of 

 wings, 33 mm. 



Peak Downs. 



Not near to any species known to me. 



NYCTEOLID^. 

 EARIAS, Herr.-Sch. 



11. Earias smaragdina, n. s. 



Closely allied to E. chlorana, but the costal margin of primaries 

 shorter and the outer margin consequently less oblique, the 

 primaries of a clearer emerald-green tint, costal border pale pea- 

 green instead of white ; no orange margin towards the base of 

 the costa ; external border darker green instead of yellowish ; 

 secondaries of a less pearly white tint, more or less sordid, 

 especially towards outer margin ; head and collar of a yellower 

 tint; under surface of primaries grey excepting at the margins, 

 costal border cream-coloured, external margin greenish; fringe 

 white; secondaries and body below white. Expanse of wings, 

 llmm. 



Peak Downs. 



