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except near base and apex, apex acute, termen excised beneath 

 apex, acutely dentate on vein 4, thence oblique; ochreous- 

 whitish; some scattered fuscous scales which form obscure 

 markings; indications of antemedian, postmedian, and sub- 

 terminal lines ; a pale-centred median discal spot ; a series of 

 dote on veins close to but not on termen; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. Hindwings bowed on vein 3, wavy between this and 

 apex rounded towards tornus ; whitish suffused with rosy. 



Type (wasted) in -Coll. Turner. 



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

 Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Chusaeis rhodias, n. sp. 



{^Rhoclon, a rose.) 



(S , 21-24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous-whitish, 

 with a few dark-fuscous scales. Antennae fuscous, towards 

 bases whitish; in S shortly ciliated (g). Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish densely irroirated, except basal segment and apical 

 tuft, with pinkish. Legs ochreous-whitish ; anterior pair irro- 

 rated with pinkish; anterior and middle tarsi irrorated with 

 dark-fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rectangular, termen strongly bowed, sinuate beneath 

 apex, somewhat crenulate; ochreous-whitish sparsely irrorated 

 with fuscous and pinkish scales; with tufts of raised scales, 

 which are mostly dark-fuscous ; several in basal airea ; five or 

 six forming a line from J costa to \ dorsum; two arranged 

 transversely in mid-disc; a series forming a sinuate line from 

 just before apex to just before tornus; a subterminal series of 

 pinkish-fuscous dots; cilia ochreous-whitish, apices pinkish. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded ; deep pink : traces of some 

 fuscous subterminal dots near apex ; cilia ochreous-whitish 

 mixed with pinkish, the former preponderating towards 

 tornus. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda, in October; two specimens received from 

 Mr. F. P. Dodd, of which one is in Coll. Lyell. 



Bleptina pantcea, n. sp. 



(Pantoios, of all kinds, variable.) 



d ^ , SO mm. Head pale-brownish. Palpi long and 

 dilated with scales, in (5 strongly recurved, second joint much 

 exceeding vertex; brownish mixed with fuscous. Antennae 

 pale-brownish; in c? with a strong tuft of scales on upper sur- 

 face beyond middle. Thorax and abdomen brownish. Legs 

 whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous-brown. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa straight, strongly arched before apex, apex 

 acute, termen bowed, oblique; in rS with a much enlarged 



