Heterocera from the Australian Region. 405 



white ; body white ; primaries below grey, with white fringe ; 

 secondaries and body white. Expanse of wings, 14 mm. 



Peak Downs. 



39. Thalpochares innocens, n. s. 



Wings above satiny whitish, with faint goiden reflections; 

 primaries with the costal border snow-white towards the base; 

 edge of costal and outer margins golden ochraceous; head and 

 collar ochraceons ; thorax glistening snow-white ; abdomen pearl- 

 whitish ; under surface creamy whitish ; primaries with the 

 discoidal area slightly greyish, the costal and external borders 

 slightly yellowish; pectus snow-white, legs and anus yellowish. 

 Expanse of wings, 22 nun. 



Peak Downs. 



Nearest to a Venezuelan species, T. debilis. 



ANTHOPHILA. 



40. Anthophila vestalis, n. s. 



$ . Snow-white ; costal margin of primaries slenderly golden 

 brown, four nearly equidistant brown-tipped oblique costal dashes 

 beyond the middle, the third extended as a brown line to below the 

 upper radial vein, where it is abruptly angulated, and runs inwards 

 obliquely almost to the second median branch, below the angle, 

 however, it is indistinct ; the fourth costal dash is united to a fifth, 

 but reversed, dash immediately beyond it ; a subapical grey and 

 golden spot crossed by the line from the third costal dash, and 

 marked externally with two connected black dots; an undulated 

 narrow grey external border with dusky inner edge, in certain 

 lights slightly shot with golden ; fringe golden ; outer margin of 

 secondaries tinted with golden ; head and collar ochreous ; wings 

 below satiny white, slightly tinted with golden ochraceous, 

 especially towards costal and external margins; primaries with 

 two black costal dots beyond the middle ; body pearl-white, legs 

 more or less ochraceous. Expanse of wings, 18 mm. 



Peak Downs. 



HELIOTHID^. 

 HELIOTHIS, Guenee. 



41. Heliothis aberrans, n. s. 



Not very near to any known species ; primaries whity brown, 

 with faint greyish indications of bands formed somewhat as in 

 H. armigera ; blackish indications of a subbasal acutely zigzag 



