Heterocera from the Australian Region. 435 



LYCAUGES, Butler. 

 88. Ly cauges proxima, n. s. 



Very near L. lactea of Japan, of nearly the same size and 

 general tints; whity brown, almost white; wings with a black 

 disco-cellular dot, an oblique greyish stripe beyond the cell, its 

 upper extremity touching a slender black dotted grey discal zigzag 

 line, elbowed towards costa ; two undulated grey submarginal 

 stripes, ill-defined on the primaries, and a marginal series of 

 extremely minute black points ; costal margin of primarie 

 yellowish in certain lights ; the submedian area of these wings on 

 the under surface greyish ; basal half of secondaries below sprinkled 

 with grey scales ; all the black dots of the upper surface present, 

 but the grey stripes and lines ill-defined. Expanse of wings, 

 19 mm. 



Rockhampton. 



This species should be placed between L. defamataria 

 and L. lactea. 



GEOMETKID^E. 



CHLOEOCHROMA, Dup. 



89. Chlorochroma neptunus, n. s. 



Dull sea-green ; primaries crossed by two widely-separated 

 slender undulated white lines ; costal margin very narrowly edged 

 with creamy whitish ; a small dark green disco-cellular lunule ; 

 fringe whitish, with a central green stripe; secondaries crossed 

 beyond the middle by a single slender subangulated undulated 

 white line ; a dark green disco-cellular dot ; fringe as in primaries ; 

 vertex of head and upper surface of antennae snow-white, under 

 surface of antennae cream-coloured ; wings below, especially the 

 secondaries, suffused with pearly white ; costal margin of pri- 

 maries cream-coloured ; markings obsolete ; body below white ; 

 legs yellowish. Expanse of wings, 26 mm. 



Gayndah. 



Nearest to C. carenaria, which appears to have been 

 described from worn examples of Geometra submissaria 

 of Walker. 



IDMIDM. 



ID^A, Hiibn. 



90. Idcea lydia, n. s. 



Whity brown, irrorated with grey-brown ; a slightly irregular 

 smoky brown band crossing the primaries obliquely beyond the 



