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Maliattha ferrugina, n. sp. 

 {Ferruginus,, rusty.) 



Sy 18 mm. Head and palpi reddish-brown. Antennae 

 grey, towards bases brownish ; in S very shortly ciliated (J). 

 Thorax reddish-brown mixed with white. Abdomen whitish 

 with some fuscous suffusion ; basal crest reddish-brown. Legs 

 fuscous ; tarsi annulated with ochreous-fuscous ; posterior legs 

 whitish. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 rounded, termen bowed, oblique ; whitish with some fuscous 

 and reddish-brown irroration : a broad reddish-brown median 

 fascia; its anterior edge fuscous, from \ costa to \ dorsum; 

 posterior edge fuscous from costa beyond middle, forming a 

 strong, rounded posterior projection, then somewhat concave 

 to j dorsum ; in median band at base of projection is a trans- 

 versely oval white spot containing a pair of fuscous dots ar- 

 ranged transversely ; a narrow reddish-brown terminal band 

 preceded by a waved white line; cilia fuscous-whitish. Hind- 

 wings with termen rounded ; pale-fuscous ; cilia pale-fuscous 

 with a whitish basal line. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in January ; one specimen received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Zethes h^macta, n. sp. 

 {Hcfrmiktos, blood-stained.) 



(5" , 22 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae whitish-ochreous 

 mixed with dark reddish-brown ; antennas grey towards 

 apices, ciliations in S very short (J) with longer bristles (1). 

 Thorax dark reddish-brown. Abdomen grey mixed with 

 whitish. Legs whitish with some fuscous irroration ; anterior 

 and middle tarsi dark-fuscous with whitish annulations. Fore- 

 wings triangular, costa strongly arched near base, then 

 straight to near apex, apex rounded-rectangular, termen 

 rather wavy, with a strong tolerably acute median projection 

 on vein 4 ; grey-whitish with some scattered reddish-brown 

 scales ; a parallel-sided rather strongly outwardly curved dark 

 reddish-brown fascia near base ; a similarly coloured blotch 

 on costa at §, dilated below, reaching to mid-disc ; a pale 

 line from costa at f obliquely outwards, traversing costal 

 blotch, then bent inwards to | dorsum ; a subterminal series 

 of dark reddish-brown dots ; cilia grey-whitish with some red- 

 dish-brown scales. Hindwings with termen strongly dentate ; 

 grey-whitish with some reddish-brown scales : a pale median 

 transverse line ; a subterminal series of dark reddish -brown 

 dots, that at tornus much larger than the rest : cilia grey- 

 whitish. 

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