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of first streak; veins partly slenderly outlined by blackish 
scales; cilia grey. Hindwings with termen rounded ; white, 
translucent; a broad, dark fuscous apical blotch extending 
to mid-termen; cilia white, interrupted by dark fuscous on 
mid-termen. Under side of forewings white, with a large, 
subterminal, dark fuscous blotch; of hindwings similar to 
upper side. 
Type in Coll, Turner. 
N.Q., Townsville, in February. One specimen, received 
from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 
ISCHYJA PORPHYREA, n. Sp. 
(Porphureos, purple.) 
Male; 66-70 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous. Antenne 
fuscous; in male moderately bipectinated (2), terminal one- 
fifth serrate. Thorax dark fuscous, with a purple sheen. 
Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, with a few whit- 
ish hairs; femora and tibie densely hairy; tarsi with whitish 
annulations. Forewings triangular, costa straight to near 
apex, then strongly arched, apex acute, shghtly produced, 
termen nearly straight, oblique; dark fuscous, with a bril- 
lant purple sheen not extending to termen; a very few 
scattered whitish scales; a small, brownish-ochreous spot be- 
neath costa beyond middle: a series of whitish dots from 
three-quarters costa, ending in a small, suffused brownish- 
ochreous blotch above dorsum; cilia pale ochreous. Hind. 
wings with termen slightly rounded; colour, subterminal 
dots, and cilia, as forewings. 
Type in Coll., Turner. 
N.Q., Thursday island. Kuranda (Dodd). Three speci- 
mens. 
Section, ERASTRIAN Æ. 
ERASTRIA RHAPTINA, n. Sp. 
( Rhaptinos, embroidered.) 
Male, female, 19-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish, with 
some fuscous scales. Palpi fuscous. Antenne whitish: in 
male shortly ciliated (1). Abdomen ochreous-whitish ; with 
a single, small, erect, basal crest tipped with fuscous. Legs 
fuscous, mixed with whitish. ^ Forewings triangular, costa 
nearly straight, termen bowed, oblique; pale fuscous, mixed 
with white; a series of six white dots on costa, with a largev 
dot on apex; a double white antemedian line from dorsum 
before middle, inwardly oblique, not reaching costa; orbicu- 
lar, 8-shaped, white, with a few central dark scales; reni- 
form similar, but larger: a slightly sigmoid double white 
line from four-fifths costa to two-thirds dorsura; an irregu- 
