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Cretheis cymatodes, Meyr. 

 Euchoeca iophrica, Turn. 



I am indebte'd to Mr. L. B. Prout for pointing out this 

 synonymy. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked. 



North Queensland: Cairns, Herberton. Also from, New 

 Hebrides. 



Cretheis atrostrigata, Warr. 



6 , 9> 20-25 mm. Head pale ochreous; face ochreous- 

 brown. Palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennae pale ochreous; 

 ciliations in male J. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen pale 

 ochreous with a few fuscous scales on dorsum. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous; anterior and middle pairs pale fuscous on dorsal 

 surface. Forewings triangular, costa straight, slightly arched 

 towards base and apex, apex pointed, termen bowed, oblique; 

 pale ochreous, with more or less pale-fuscous suffusion forming 

 slender, indistinct, undulating, transverse lines; several of 

 these lines form an obscure basal patch; a blackish discal dot 

 beneath f costa; a slender, undulating, fuscous line from 

 mid-costa, at first outwardly curved, then oblique to dorsum 

 before middle; this is followed by several less distinct lines, 

 which sometimes combine to form a median fascia ; subterminal 

 and submarginal lines sometimes containing each several 

 fuscous dots; sometimes a terminal series of fuscous dots on 

 veins extending into dlia, but these are not always developed; 

 cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings with 3 and 4 separate; termen 

 strongly rounded; as forewings. Underside similar but paler 

 and more suffused. Variable; southern examples are slightly 

 larger than those from Serberton and lack the subterminal 

 fuscous dots, but sometimes have a dark-fuscous tornal spot. 



North Queensland : Kuranda, near Cairns, in May ; 

 Herberton in October, November, December, and January. 

 Queensland : Kockhampton, Bundaberg in July, Brisbane in 

 December, Rosewood in April. 



Gen. Poecilasthena, Warr. 



Type P. pulchraria, Dbld. In most of its characters 

 this approaches Oporinia, Hb., type 0. dilutata, Bkh., but I 

 do not think there is any really close relationship. 0. dilutata 

 differs in the peculiar structure of the areole, of which the 

 dividing bar (vein 10) arises from the end of the cell, and 

 the posterior extremity of the areole is prolonged to reach 

 half-way, or nearly half-way, from cell to apex. In the latter 

 respect it agrees with the allied genus Operophtera, Hb., 

 which, however, has the areole simple. To Poecilasthena I 

 refer, with one exception, all the Australian species formerly 

 referred to Asthena, Hb. 



