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VOLIBA PSAMMOESSA, 11. Sp. 



[rsammoeis, sandy.) 



(S , 12-13 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae pale 

 ochreous-fuscous. Abdomen whitish, bases of segments dark- 

 fuscous, tuft pale-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, annu- 

 lated with fuscous; anterior pair fuscous, annulated with 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate - triangular, costa 

 slightly arched, apex rounded, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 whitish, finely irrorated with ochreous-fuscous ; markings 

 dark-fuscous ; a dot on base of costa, a fine transverse fascia 

 at 1^ ; a pale-centred discal ring beyond middle, connected by 

 a fine dentate line with f dorsum ; a line from | costa, at 

 first straight, then describing a small outward curve, and 

 ending above tornus : a fine terminal line not reaching tornus ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings ovate ; whitish ; towards 

 apex a pale-fuscous suffusion, containing an obscure fuscous 

 line ; a short dark-fuscous streak from tornus ; cilia whitish. 

 Type in Coll. Turner. 

 'Q., Adavale, in April; two specimens. 



Entephria cissophora, n. sp. 

 (Kissophoros, wearing ivy.) 



c? , 18-21 mm. Head white, crown greenish-tinged. 

 Palpi and antennae whitish. Thorax whitish. Abdomen grey, 

 apices of segments whitish, tuft pale-ochreous. Legs white. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa straight, except near 

 base and apex, apex rounded, termen nearly straight, oblique ; 

 grey with purplish reflections, semi-translucent; a large tri- 

 angular pale-green blotch, extending on costa from ^ to 

 middle, its apex above J dorsum, anterior margin straight, 

 posterior straight to lower margin of cell, then strongly waved 

 to apex of blotch ; two small oblong pale-green blotches on 

 costa, between this and apex, and a similar streak broad at 

 apex and narrowing on termen, sometimes interrupted, not 

 reaching tornus; cilia white, bases grey. Hindwings with 

 termen rounded ; whitish-grey, darker towards mid-termen ; 

 cilia as forewings, but wholly white towards tornus and on 

 dorsum. 



In the form of the palpi and the elongate genital tuft of 

 the d this species corresponds closely with Entephria meri- 

 talis, Wlk. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q., Kuranda and Townsville, in January; three speci- 

 mens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



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