BY A. JEPFERIS TUBNE 



48. DiSCOPHLEBIA LIPAUGES. 



Discophlebia Upauges, Turn., Proc. Roy. Soc. Qland., 1917, p. 74. 

 W. Aust. : Nannup. 



Gen. 22. T h e m e r a s t i s. 



Themerastis, Turn., Proe. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1903, p. 63. 



Eyes with a tuft of long incurved cilia from posterior inferior quadrant. 

 Tongue strong. Falpi short or moderately long, porrect or ascending, shortly 

 hairy, 'lliorax with a rounded anterior crest. Posterior tibiae with two pairs 

 of spurs. Porewings with areole long and narrow, 5 from middle of cell, 6 from 

 areole beyond middle, 7, 8, 9 stalked, 10 arising separately from areole. Hind- 

 wings with 5 from middle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 12 closely approximated to 

 near end of cell, sometimes anastomosing with it in middle. 



Type, T. celaena Turn. 



49. Themerastis celaexa. 



Themerastis eelaena. Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1903, p. 64. 

 Vict.: Melbourne. 



50. 'Themerastis amalopa. 



Themerastis amalopa, Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1904, p. 833. 

 In the unique type vein 12 of hindwings anastomoses with middle of cell, a 

 very exceptional structure. 

 N. Qland : Cairns. 



51. Themerastis acrobela, n.sp. 

 aKpofieXos, with apical darts. 



$. 52 mm. Head whitish-brown. Eyes with long incurving cilia from pos- 

 terior inferior quadrant. Palpi slightly over 1, ascending; whitish-brown, upper 

 surface fuscous. Antennae fuscous, towards base whitish. Thorax whitish- 

 brown, darker brown in centre. Abdomen and legs brown-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa straight to middle, thence gently arched, apex rounded- 

 rectangular, termen bowed oblique; basal half bounded by a wavy line from mid- 

 costa to dorsum before tornus, rather dark brown; terminal area whitish-brown; 

 a whitish-brown quadrangular patch on mid-dorsum; a few fuscous scales in ter- 

 minal area; two acute, dart-shaped, blackish, longitudinal, subcostal streaks be- 

 fore apex, that nearer costa being most apical; a submarginal series of inter- 

 neural, transversely elongate, blackish dots, each partly outlined with whitish ; 

 cilia whitish-brown mixed with brown. Hindwings with termen gently rounded; 

 ochreous-whitish ; towards costa and termen with pale-fuscous suffusion; a dark- 

 fuscous tornal spot bisected by a transverse whitish line; cilia pale-fuscoiis, on 

 dorsum ochreous-whitish. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



N. Qland: Cape York in April; one specimen received from Mr. Elgner. 



Gen. 23. G a b G b t t a. 



Gargetta, Wlk.. Cat. Brit. Mus., xxxii., p. 455; Turn., Proe. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., 1903, p. 70. 



Frons with an anterior corneous projection. Tongue strong. Eyes with a 

 tuft of long incurved cilia from posterior inferior quadrant. Palpi moderately 

 long, ascending, shortly hairy; terminal joint small. Antennae bipectinate almost 

 to apex in both sexes. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of long spurs. Fore- 



