416 NocxurD.T;. 



Hah. Queensland, Townsville (Dodd), 2 c? , 1 ? , Brisbane 

 (Turner), 1 ? . Ki^o. 30-36 millim. 



6755. Blenina diagona, n. sp, (Plate CLXXXV. fig. 13.) 



5 . Head and thorax white slightly mixed with fuscous, the 

 tegulte with black line near tips which are mostl}' blackish ; palpi 

 tinged with brown at base, the 2nd and 3rd joints black at sides ; 

 pectus and legs tinged with brown, the tibia; with some black, 

 the tarsi ringed with black ; abdomen white, dorsally tinged 

 with brown, the basal crest fiery red. Fore wing white tinged with 

 greenish grey ; the basal area greenish except at inner margin with 

 some black scales on its outer edge ; antemedial line black, very 

 oblique to inner margin near postmedial line, slightly incurved above 

 vein 1, a greenish patch beyond it from costa to discal fold with 

 some blackish striae on it and fuscous scales on its edges and 

 small tufts of raised black scales in and at end of cell, some fuscous 

 suffusion on inner area ; two blackish postmedial points on costa 

 with some greenish below them, the sinuous postmedial black line 

 arising at vein 7 and nearly erect ; a sinuous fuscous subterminal 

 line, excurved below vein 5 and with blackish spot on it at sub- 

 median fold, some red-brown suffusion beyond it; a black terminal 

 line ; cilia brownish white with a series of blackish spots. Hind 

 wing whitish suffused with brown, the cilia whiter except towards 

 apex ; the underside white tinged with ochreous brown, tiie costal 

 area irrorated with red-brown. 



Mcd>. S. JSiiGERiA, Ilesha (JfumpJirey), 1 § type. Exj). 36 millim. 



6756. Blenina squamifera. 



Lophoptera squamifera, Wilgni. Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 171 (1>^). 

 Acronycta Uchenosa, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 100. f. 9 (1874). 

 Dhphthera autumnalis, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) i. p. 222 (189S). 



Head and thorax white mixed with green ; tegulse with black 

 band near tips ; thoras with three slight black bands ; palpi with 

 black spots at base of joints; tarsi banded with black; abdomen 

 white tinged with brown and with slight pale segmental lines, the 

 crests wliite mixed with green and black. Pore wing white mixed 

 with blue-green and some black ; an oblique black striga from base 

 of costa • subbasal line black, waved, from costa to vein 1 above 

 which there is a small black spot beyond it ; antemedial line obliiiue, 

 waved • a small tuft of black scales towards end of cell and two 

 discoidal tufts; postmedial line black defined on outer side by 

 white bent outwards below costa, then dentate, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold, incurved below vein 4, a deeper green line beyond it, 

 some black points on costa and a short black streak in submcdian 

 fold • subterminal line black, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved 

 at middle and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a black patch at apex and 

 spot below vein 7 ; cilia chequered black and white. Hind Aving 

 semihyaline white, the terminal area suffused with fuscous brown 

 narrowing to a point at vein 1. 



