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closely appressed to labial palpi. Labial palpi porrect; in 

 male IJ with terminal joint concealed; in female 3 with ter- 

 minal joint evident, down-curved. Thorax smooth. Fore- 

 wings with a crest of scales, near base of dorsum and in disc ; 

 vein 1 strongly furcate at base, 4 and 5 short-stalked, 6 from 

 cell, 7 stalked with 8, 9 absent (fused with 8), 10 short^stalked 

 with 8. Hindwings with 4 and 5 closely approximated at 

 base, 8 anastomosing with 7. 



I dedicate this genus to Mr. F. P. Dodd, who has done so 

 much to increase our knowledge of the moths of Northern 

 Queensland, especially by his keen and patient labors in the 

 discovery and rearing of the larvae. 



DODDIANA CALLIZONA, LoW. 



{Stericta (?) callizona. Lower, Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1896, 

 p. 155.) 



Male and female, 25-34 mm. Head purplish; face and palpi 

 dark fuscous. Antennae ochreous-brown. Thorax purplish, 

 with some whitish scales towards sides. Abdomen purplish- 

 brown ; towards apex dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous ; an- 

 terior femora and tibiae purplish ; posterior pair mostly 

 ochreous- whitish. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa 

 straight, apex rounded, hindmargin slightly oblique, slightly 

 rounded, with a prominent tuft of scales on inner margin at 

 one-fourth ; purplish ; a triangular dark green shade on costa 

 from one-sixth to middle, its apex extending to above middle 

 of inner margin ; bounded anteriorly by an outwardly curved 

 white suffusion; beyond this costal part of disc is irrorated 

 with white ; a narrow irregularly dentate dark fuscous line 

 from costa at four-fifths to before tornus ; preceded by a dark 

 fuscous discal dot; succeeded by a fine line, whitish on 

 margins, bluish on upper half, obsolete on lower half; a 

 blackish circular blotch before apex, with a greenish centre ; 

 some whitish and greenish scales near termen ; cilia purplish, 

 bases whitish, with an interrupted blackish line at one-third. 

 Hindwings much broader than forewings, hindmargin 

 rounded ; grey ; towards base paler, and with traces of a pale 

 line at two-thirds ; cilia pinkish, with a fuscous line at one- 

 third. 



A beautiful and very distinct species. 



Townsville, Queensland, a series reared by Mr. F. P. Dodd, 

 in August and September. The larv« bore the smaller stems 

 of Timoniuf^ rumphii to the depth of six, nine, or even fifteen, 

 inches, the tunnelled twigs with their affixed masses of silk, 

 woody fragments, and leaves, exactly resemble those tenanted 



