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angulated similarly to hindmargin ; costal streak followed by a 

 triangular orange costal blotch, containing two white dots on costa; 

 hindmarginal area deep ferruginous mixed with orange, becoming- 

 orange at apex and anal angle, containing a submarginal streak 

 of mixed bright violet and brilliant silvery-metallic scales : cilia 

 ochreous-orange, terminal half paler. Hindwings with hind- 

 margin waved, slightly bent below middle ; orange-yellow, paler 

 towards costa ; a short erect streak of mixed dark grey and 

 silvery-metallic scales from inner margin in middle, a similar 

 streak of violet and silvery-metallic scales from inner margin 

 above anal angle, and a third at anal angle ; a suffused orange- 

 fuscous hindmarginal fascia ; cilia ochreous-orange, terminal half 

 paler. 



Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales; in Septem- 

 ber and March, three specimens, appearing to frequent swampy 

 places. 



Thalpochares, Ld. 



Thalp. basilissa, n. sp. 



Male, 20 mm. Head pale yellow, front of collar white. 

 Palpi rosy-whitish, terminal joint fuscous. Thorax deep yellow, 

 with a whitish-rosy central dorsal stripe. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, yellow on back near base. Forewings triangular, apex 

 rectangular, hindmargin bowed, little oblique ; bright deep yel- 

 low ; costal edge rosy on basal third ; a line straight white line 

 from two-fifths of inner margin to three-fifths of costa, thence 

 continued along costa to near apex ; terminal half beyond this 

 line bright crimson-rosy, slightly tinged with yellow-ochreous 

 except anteriorly ; a moderately broad straight yellow-ochreous 

 fascia from inner margin before anal angle to near costa before 

 apex, but not reaching it, marginal towards costa with two or three 

 white dots on veins, and posteriorly with two or three black dots : 

 cilia bright rosy, terminal half snow-white. Hindwings whitish, 

 towards inner margin yellowish ; a suffused grey hindmarginal, 

 fascia, becoming rosy at anal angle ; cilia dark grey mixed with 

 yellowish, and at anal angle with rosy, terminal half snow-white. 



Queensland ; one specimen received from Mr. Diggles ; very 

 distinct. 



Thalp. pyraspis, n. sp. 



Male and Female, 14-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and 

 thorax dark fuscous ; palpi beneath and at apex of second joint 

 whitisli-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous, partially sufiused with 

 orange. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; dark slaty-fuscous, sometimes mixed with reddish 

 anterior half marked with several irregular black transverse lines, 



