BY A. JEFPEHIS TURNER. [Oil 



61. Antimima cryptica. 



Antimima cryptica, Turn., Proc. Roy. Soc. Qland., 1917, p. 73. 

 'I'he sexes are alike. Antennal pectinations of c? 4. 

 W. Aust. : Quindalup, Waroona,, Perth, Kelmscott. 



Gen. 30. m i c ii l i s. 



OmicMis, Hmps., Trans. Ent. Soe., 1895, p. 279; Moths lud., iv., p. 454. 



Tongue strong. Palpi rather long, ascending, appressed to frons, reaching 

 vertex, shortly hairy; terminal joint short. Antennae in c? bipectinate, towards 

 apex simple. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs, the inner very long, 

 twice as long as outer. Forewings with 5 from slightly above middle, 6 from 

 cell or from areole before middle, areola moderately large, 7 connate with 8 and 



9, 10 separate. Hindwings with 5 from above middle of cell, 6 and 7 stalked, 

 12 approximated to cell from base to beyond middle. 



A small Oriental genus, of which one Indian and several Papuan species 

 are known. 



Type, 0. rufotincta Hmps. from India. 



62. OlIICHLIS HADROMERES, n.Sp. 

 aSpoiiepris, stoutly built. 



<S. 38-44 mm. Head and thorax brown-whitish or pale-brown. Palpi IJ, 

 ascending, appressed to frons, reaching vertex; brown-whitish, upper surface 

 fuscous-brown. Antennae brown-whitish or pale brown ; in e? with long pectina- 

 tions, apical one-third simple. Abdomen pale-brown; tuft and underside brown- 

 whitish. Legs brown-whitish; anterior and middle tarsi annulated with fuscous- 

 brown. Forewings triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded-rectangular, 

 termen obtusely angled on vein 4; brown-whitish or pale-brown; markings fus- 

 cous ; three or four small dots between base of costa and fold ; sometimes a sub- 

 basal spot above dorsum; a curved transverse series of dots at about one-sixth; 

 an outwardly-curved, very slender, interrupted line from one-third costa to two- 

 fifths dorsum; a suffused line or dark shade from mid-eosta at first outwards, 

 bent inwards in middle, thence inwardly curved to three-fifths dorsum; this is 

 followed by an indistinct parallel line of dots, of which one on fold is some- 

 times enlarged ; a similar subterminal series of dots ; a fine, dentate, but inter- 

 rupted, submarginal line; cilia brown. Hindwing's rather large, termen rounded; 

 brown; cilia oehreous-whitish. 



N. Qland: Kuranda near Cairns in December, January, and April; four 

 specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



Gen. 31. s i c a. 



Osica, Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xxxiii., p. 766; Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 

 1903, p. 71. 



Tongue strong. Palpi long, curved, ascending; second joint thickened with 

 appressed hairs, which form a slight, rounded anterior tuft; terminal joint rather 

 long, acute. Antennae simple; in c? shortly ciliated. Abdomen with a small 

 dorsal crest on basal segment. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of long spui-s, 

 the inner longer. Forewings with 5 from above middle, areole short and narrow, 

 6 from end or near end of areole, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from areole, 7 arising before 



10. Hindwings with cell rather short (about one-third), 5 from above middle, 6 



