360 



16. ASURA LYDIA, Doil.' 



Five specimens, taken at Tarrawingee in March and April. 

 The specimens are dwarfed, with the medial black band of 

 hindwings absent. 



17. Thallarcha albicollis, Feld. 

 Taken occasionally, at light, during November. 



18. Thallarcha sparsana, Wlk. 

 Not uncommon, at light, during September and October. 

 The specimens taken here are larger than those from Queens- 

 land, and with the hindwings more orange. 



19. Thallarcha jocularis, Rosenst. 

 Three specimens, at light, in March. 



20. Thallarcha rhaptophora, n. sp. 



c , 22 mm. Plead and palpi yellow. Thorax fuscous,, 

 patagia pale-yellow. Antennae fuscous. Legs fuscous, pos- 

 terior pair pale-yellow\ Abdomen pale-yellow, somewhat 

 infuscated beneath in middle. Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa hardly arched, termen obliquely rounded; white, with 

 blackish markings ; a small spot at base of wing ; a 

 narrow outwardly oblique dentate fascia, fro^n costa at one- 

 sixth to fold ; a round spot just above dorsum at one-fifth ; 

 a double dentate fine line from before middle of costa to 

 middle of dorsum, followed on its posterior edge by an inter- 

 rupted narrow dentate shade, most prominent on costa; a 

 twice outwardly sinuate, som.ewhat dot-like line, from costa 

 at about four-fifths to dorsum before anal angle, more or less 

 interrupted on lower third ; an elongate mark above middle, 

 between dot-like line and shade, indented on posterior edge; 

 a rather thick shade, from costa near apex, where it is dilated, 

 to anal angle, twice excurved at and above middle, both 

 anteriorly and posteriorly, and sometimes interrupted above 

 anal angle; a row of round dots along termen; cilia dark- 

 fuscous, with an ochreous tooth above middle and anal angle. 

 Hindwings yellow; an elongate fuscous discal spot, above and 

 beyond middle; a moderate fuscous apical patch extending to 

 middle of termen, thence continued as a fine line to near anal 

 angle; cilia pale-yellow. 



Between isophraf/ftia, Meyr, and joci/hiris, Rosenst. 



Two specimens, taken in November. 



21. Thallarcha catasticta, n. sp. 

 , 18 mm. Head white. Palpi fuscous, internally 

 whitish at base. Thorax fuscous, patagia white. Antennae 



