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bar-like retinaculum in d ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 fre«, no areole. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 from mid-way between 

 4 and middle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Alypophanes iridocosma, n. sp. 

 (Iridokosmos, variegated.) 



d 9? 18-20 mm. Head rosy; face pale-yellow. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish. Antennae whitish; in d with minute cili- 

 ations (|). Thorax rosy, apices of tegulse and patagia grey. 

 Abdomen grey with some rosy scales ; a conspicuous snow- 

 white spot on dorsum of second segment with a lateral rosy 

 spot on each side of it ; tuft pale-ochreous. Legs whitish ; 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi fuscous. Forewings elongate-trian- 

 gular, costa nearly straight for |, then moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, termen bowed, oblique ; ochreous-yellow ; a 

 grey spot containing some rosy scales at base ; a somewhat 

 quadrangular grey blotch on costa before middle, extending 

 to near dorsum, indented on dorsal aspect, containing a rosy 

 central spot : a large grey terminal blotch reaching to tornus 

 and on costa nearly to apex, its costal edge rosy ; leaving a 

 narrow streak of ground colour on apical part of termen ; 

 cilia ochreous-yellow. Hindwings with termen rounded; 

 ochreous-yellow ; a short median crimson streak from base ; 

 a large grey blotch containing some rosy suffusion occupying 

 whole of dorsal and terminal areas, except edge of termen, 

 acutely indented by ground colour in mid-disc ; cilia ochre- 

 ous-yellow, on dorsum grey. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in October, April, and May; five speci- 

 mens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Section NOCTUIN^. 



Ophideres pyrocrana, n. sp. 



{Purokranos, with fiery head.) 

 d , 64 mm. Head iridescent purple, posterior edge red- 

 dish-brown. Palpi, second joint iridescent purple, internal 

 surface ochreous; terminal joint long (f second), and dilated 

 before apex, fuscous, an iridescent blue spot on subapical 

 dilation on internal and external surfaces, extreme apex pale- 

 ochreous. Antennae fuscous ; in d naked. Thorax reddish- 

 brown with some purplish reflections anteriorly. Abdomen 

 deep yellow, terminal joint fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi 

 and apices of tibiae fuscous, anterior tibiae densely hairy, above 

 fuscous, towards base reddish-brown, with a pale-ochreous 

 median spot, beneath ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa 

 strongly arched, apex tolerably acute, termen scarcely bowed, 



