BY A. JEPFEEIS TURNER. 3S0 



Tlie stalking of 8, 9, 10 from areole, not including 7, is exceptional, but 

 occurs also in Pheressaees and Destolmia. 



55. PlIALERA RAYA. 



Phalera raija, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co., p. 433; Butl., 111. Het., vi., PI. 103, f. 

 1; Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1903, p. 65.— P. grotei, Moore, loe. dt., p. 

 43-i.— P. cossoides, Wlk., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1862, p. 80.— Acrosema amboinae, 

 Feld., Reise Nov., PL 96, f. 2. 



N. Qland: Cape York, Cooktown; N.W. Aust. : Wyndliam (L. J. Newman). 

 Also from New Guinea, Amboyna, China, and India. 



Gen. 26. D a n i m a. 



Daitima, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., v., p. 1053; Turn., Proe. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 

 1903, p. 58. 



Head roughly hairy. 'I'ongiie strongly developed. Falpi short, porrect, 

 clothed with long spreading hairs;, terminal joint concealed. Antennae of c? pec- 

 tinate, apical half simple; of S simple. Pectus and femora clothed with long, 

 dense, shaggy hair. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with 

 areole moderate, 6 from upper angle of cell or from areole near base, 7, 8, 9 

 stalked, or 7 connate, 10 separate. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate or separate, 

 5 from above middle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 12 approximated to cell from base 

 to near its end. 



Type, D. banksiae Lew. 



56. Danima banksiae. 



Bombyx banksiae, Lew., Lepid. N.S.W., PL ix. — Danima banksiae, Turn., 

 Proe. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1903, p. 59. 



N. Qland: Townsville; Qland: Emerald, Brisbane, Coolangatta; N.S.W. : 

 Sydney; Viet.: Melbourne, Wandin; S. Aust.: Adelaide; W. Aust.: Perth, 

 Geraldton. 



Gen. 27. E c n o ii o d e s. 



Ecnomodes, Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1903, p. 69. 



Tongue obsolete. Palpi moderately long, ascending, hairy; terminal joint 

 short. Thorax with a loose anterior crest. Antennae pectinated to apex in both 

 sexes. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with 5 from middle 

 of cell, areole rather long, 6 from near base of areole, 7 connate or stalked with 

 8 and 9, 10 separate. Hindwings with 5 from about middle of cell, 6 and 7 

 stalked, 12 approximated to middle third of cell. 



'I'j'pe, E. sagittaria Luc. 



57. ECXOMODES SAGITTARIA. 



Chlenias sagittaria, Luc, Proc. Roy. Soc Qland., 1899, p. 148. — Ecnomodes 

 sagittaria. Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1903, p. 70. 

 Qland: Brisbane, Toowoomba. 



Gen. 28. D e s t o l Ji i a. 



Destolmia, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., v., p. 991; Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc N.S.W., 

 1903, p. 59. 



