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reaching vertex, rough-haired, with a tuft of hairs posteriorly 

 towards apex; terminal joint recurved, long, acute, in c^ with 

 loose-spreading hairs in front and behind, in 9 with a tuft 

 of long hairs on posterior surface only. Antennae in rj with 

 minute ciliations and a short bristle on each segment. Thorax 

 smooth; in d with a lateral expansile tuft of long hairs be- 

 neath from near origin of hindwings. Abdomen smooth. 

 Coxae and femora densely rough-haired, especially in d . Fore- 

 wings with 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, no areole ; in d with an 

 elongate scaleless ribbed patch in posterior end of cell be- 

 neath, and a dense crest on upper surface on costal edge of 

 posterior part of cell. Hindwings with 3 from well before 

 lower angle of cell, 4 from angle, 5 closely approximated to 

 4 at origin, 6 and 7 connate, 8 anastomozing with cell to J ; 

 in d with a pecten of long hairs on upper surface on median 

 vein. 



Allied to Nodaria, Gn., of which it appears to be a de- 

 velopment. 



CORETHROBELA MELANOPHAES, U. Sp. 



(MelanopJiaes, dark.) 



d 9 J 38 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark- 

 fuscous. Antennae fuscous ; in d with short ciliations (J) 

 and longer bristles (H). Legs fuscous mixed with ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings broadly triangular, apex rounded-rec- 

 tangular, termen rounded beneath ; dark-fuscous ; a white 

 dot in cell at J ; a reddish-ochreous spot, finely outlined with 

 black, beyond cell at f ; in 9 ^ ^^w scattered whitish scales, 

 of which some indicate a subterminal line ; cilia fuscous- 

 whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded ; blackish in d , 

 dark-fuscous in 9 ' cilia as forewings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in April and May ; two specimens re- 

 ceived from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Nodaria nyctichroa, n. sp. 

 (JVuktichroos, dark. ) 

 9, 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen 

 fuscous. Palpi very long, ascending, second joint exceeding 

 vertex, posterior aspect clothed with long scales, which ex- 

 tend to apex. Antennae in 9 with minute ciliations and 

 moderately long bristles (2). Legs fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, apex 

 acute, termen bowed, ob.lique : fuscous ; median area darker, 

 its anterior edge at J, concave ; its posterior edge from § costa 

 to § dorsum, irregularly dentate ; cilia fuscous. Hindwings 

 with termen rounded ; fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



