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on veins representing subterminal line ; a fine grey terminal 

 line ; cilia brown-whitish. Hindwings with termen wavy, 

 dentate on veins 4 and 7 ; colour and markings as forewings, 

 but postmedian dentate line succeeded by a suffused fuscous 

 band, and this again by a reddish-brown irregularly-shaped 

 spot in mid-disc. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in October and March : two specimens 

 received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Erastroides molybdopasta, n. sp. 

 (^Moluhdopastos, lead-besprinkled.) 



d" 9 J 17-21 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish, 

 faintly greenish-tinged, irrorated with fuscous scales which 

 present a leaden-metallic lustre; face fuscous. Palpi rather 

 short (li), porrect, terminal joint very short and concealed; 

 fuscous. Antennae grey ; in O whitish with fuscous annu- 

 lations ; in d" serrate, with moderate ciliations (H) in tufts. 

 Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, ter- 

 men bowed, oblique: whitish, faintly greenish-tinged, irro- 

 rated with fuscous scales showing a leaden-metallic lustre ; 

 these dark scales tend to form transverse lines; antemedian 

 at J ; iDOst median at |, anteriorly suffused, posteriorly well 

 defined, with a median bidentate projection : subterminal in- 

 distinct : four white dots on apical J of costa ; cilia whitish 

 with fuscous bars and a median fuscous line. Hindwings 

 rather elongate, termen rounded : colour and markings as fore- 

 wings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



K.Q., Kuranda, in October : two specimens received frona 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Genus Synthaca, nov. 

 (Si/?ifhakos, sitting together. ^ 



Frons rounded. Tongue present. Palpi moderately long, 

 porrect ; second joint dilated with roughly-spreading scales 

 above and beneath ; terminal joint short, smooth, obtuse. An- 

 tennae in S with moderately long even ciliations, and a 

 longer bristle on each joint. Thorax smooth. Abdomen with 

 a dorsal crest on basal segment. Forewings with 7, 8, 9 

 stalked, 10 connected by a bar with 8 + 9 opposite origin of 

 7. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 from mid-way be- 

 tween lower angle and middle of cell, 6 and 7 connate. 



Differs from Era stria in the palpi and d antennae. The 

 species described below has a general resemblance to Biinda 

 s^usiafis, Wlk. 



