96 



AECTIAD-E. 



Genus THERMEOLA, nov. 



Type, T. tasmanica. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond frons ; 

 antenn£e of male ciliated ; vertex of head roughly scaled ; tibiye with the spurs 

 short ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather narrow, the costa 

 slightly arched, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved ; the scaling 

 hairy; vein 2 from near angle of cell, oblique; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent; 6 from 

 below upper angle; 7,8 stalked; 9 absent; 10 from cell; 11 anastomosing 

 with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 and 6, 7 on long 

 stalks; 5 absent ; 8 from middle of cell. 



169. Thermeola tasmanica, n. sp. 



Fig. 3Q. — Thermeola tasmanica, (^ . \. 



cS . Pale yellow-brown. 

 Fore wing with very 

 indistinct fuscous streak 

 below the cell and band 

 frona costa beyond middle 

 to middle of inner margin. 

 Hind wing yellow. 



Ilah. Tasmania, Hobart 

 (J. J. Wcdker), 1 (S type. 

 E.vp. 28 millim. 



Genus THRENOSIA, nov. 



Type, 7. heminephes. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons, 

 which is clothed with rough hair ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; 

 tibise with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore 

 wing long and rather narrow ; vein 2 from well beyond middle of cell, oblique ; 

 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 

 10 free ; 11 anastomosing witli 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of 

 cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 6,7 coincident or almost coincident; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



*170. Threnosia heminephes. 



Tiqrioides heminephes, Meyr. P. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 697 (1886) ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Hot. p. 340. 



Fig. 31. — Threnosia heminephes, (^ 



S . Orange-yellow ; sides of frons and antennae brownish ; 

 patagia fuscous; tibisB and tarsi streaked with fuscous. Fore 



