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beneath mid-costa, ; a straight suffused sub-terminal white- 

 shade, better marked in female; a row of white spots along 

 termen, better marked and confluent on margin in female ; 

 cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen but slightly rounded ; 

 fuscous ; a whitish terminal band, intersected by veins, narrow- 

 ing to a point at ternus. 



Allied to baliolalis, S^^'in., which is also referable to this- 

 genus. 



Brisbane (male type), Queensland, in February. The female 

 (sent by Mr. F. P. Dodd) from Townsville, Queensland, in Sep- 

 tember. 



AcNissA, n. g. 



Head normal. Tongue weak. Palpi obliquely porrect, 

 moderate, one and a half times breadth of eye, terminal joint 

 minute. Antennae bipectinated in both sexes, more shortly in 

 female. Thorax loose-scaled, with an erect posterior crest. 

 Abdomen smooth, slender in both sexes. Legs normal. Fore- 

 wings with vein 2 from two-thirds, 3 from before angle, 4 from 

 angle, 5 from cell well separated from 4, 6 from below upper 

 angle of cell, 7 from upper angle, 8, 9, 10 stalked from before 

 angle, well separated from 7. Hindwings with 3 and 4 ap- 

 proximated at base, 5 nearer 4 than 6, 6 and 7 connate, 8 

 anastomosing shortly with cell near base. 



Allied to Euproctis, but at once distinguished by the wide 

 separation of vein 7 from 8, 9, 10. 



ACNISSA PYRRHIAS, U. sp. 



Male and female, 16-20 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi 

 bright reddish-brown. Antennae grey. Abdomen ochreous, 

 more or less suffused with fuscous. Legs fuscous; posterior 

 pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa- 

 strongly arched at base, thence nearly straight, apex somewhat 

 pointed, termen straight, rounded beneath, slightly oblique; 

 dull reddish, sparsely irrorated with fuscous; a fuscous trans- 

 verse fascia, anterior edge dentate from one-fourth costa to one- 

 third dorsum, posterior edge also dentate from slightly beyond 

 mid-costa to dorsum at two-thirds ; on each border of fascia is a 

 suffused brighter red line ; a faint dark sub-terminal shade ; a 

 fine fuscous terminal line ; cilia reddish, apices fuscous. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded, fuscous, base pale reddish, some- 

 times wholly pale reddish ; cilia reddish. 



Townsville, Queensland, from December to May; three 

 specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



