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CORGATHA POECILOTA, n. Sp. 



(Foikilotos, variegated.) 



(S , 20-22 mm. Head and palpi reddish-brown. An- 

 tennae whitish-ochreous ; in d shortly ciliated (|) with a few 

 longer bristles. Thorax pale ochreous-grey. Abdomen pale- 

 purple, towards base pale ochreous-grey. Legs ochreous-fus- 

 cous ; femora reddish. Forewings triangular, oosta scarcely 

 arched, apex rounded, termen with a large obtuse submedian 

 projection ; pale purplish-grey, towards costa whitish-grey ; 

 costal edge ochreous, interrupted by fuscous ; a broad ochre- 

 ous-fuscous line from J costa to J dorsum, angled beneath 

 costa ; three or four dots of same colour representing median 

 discal spot; a fine pale line suffusedly bordered with ochre- 

 ous-fuscous from | costa to | dorsum, bent first outwardly 

 then inwardly ; some ochreous-fuscous suffusion towards ter- 

 men ; a subterminal series of blackish dots ; cilia purple-red- 

 dish, apices white, on apex and projection apices fuscous. 

 Hindwings with termen nearly straight ; pale purplish-grey 

 suffused with ochreous-fuscous ; extreme base and base of 

 costa whitish-ochreous ; a reddish band from base of dorsum 

 to apex, interrupted by a large w.hite spot containing two 

 or three blackish scales ; cilia purple-reddish, apices white. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



jST.Q., Kuranda, in October and April ; two specimens re- 

 ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd, of which one is in my collec- 

 tion. 



CORGATHA LOXOMITA, n. Sp. 



{Loxomitos, with oblique thread.) 



9 , 28 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdo- 

 men whitish-grey. Legs whitish with some fuscous irroration ; 

 tarsi fuscous. Forewings elongate-oval, costa strongly arched, 

 apex acute, termen excised beneath apex, dentate on vein 4, 

 oblique ; whitish-grey irrorated with grey ; a fine wavy grey 

 transverse line from J costa to f dorsum ; a well-marked, 

 straight, oblique, grey line from immediately beneath f costa 

 to § dorsum ; an ill-defined pale-reddish transversely-oval dis- 

 cal spot containing two grey dots ; a subterminal series of 

 grey dots; cilia whitish mixed with grey and brown. Hind- 

 wings with termen slightly angled on vein 4 ; colour and 

 markings as forewings, but without antemedian line and dis- 

 cal spot. 



Allied to C . eoccisa, Hmps. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in October: one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



