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very faintly marked whitish transverse lines, subbasal, ante- 

 median outwardly bowed, postmedian outwardly bowed, 

 double, subterminal sometimes dentate; a few scattered 

 blackish scales; blackish spots on costa near base, ^, |, middle, 

 and -^, that on middle larger; a blackish spot in disc beneath 

 second costal spot following subbasal line; a large blackish 

 spot beneath mid-costa preceding postmedian line; cilia grey- 

 whitish. Hindwings obtusely incised on vein 5, and with a 

 rounded prominence on vein 4 ; as forewings but with one 

 blackish spot preceding postmedian line, which forms a 

 rounded projection in middle. Underside whitish partly 

 suffused with grey. 



Near G. acidnias, but much paler, lines much more 

 obscure, except where partly defined by blackish spots. 



North Queensland : Evelyn Scrub, near Herberton, in 

 December; Atherton. Queensland: Montville (1,500 ft.), 

 near Nambour, in March. New South Wales: Stan well Park, 

 in April (Lyell). Four specimens. 



Gymnoscelis kennii, n. sp. 



9, 16 mm. Head brown; face and palpi blackish. 

 Antennae pale brown. Thorax brown. Abdomen brown, 

 dorsum suffused with blackish except towards base ; tuft 

 brown. Legs pale brown. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, towards apex arched, apex rounded, termen slightly 

 bowed, crenulate, strongly oblique; 11 running into 12; pale 

 brown ; markings and a few scattered scales blackish ; a costal 

 streak from base' to beyond middle ; a line from ^ costa, bent 

 inwards beneath costa, thence strongly oblique to near base 

 of dorsum ; a second line from | costa, at first outwardly 

 oblique, strongly bent inwards on vein 6, forming a second 

 prominence on vein 4, bent outwards a third time above 

 dorsum, ending on f dorsum; a broad dark-fuscous suffusion 

 from beneath costa beyond second line, broadening to fill whole 

 tornal area; cilia brownish barred with blackish on crenula- 

 tions. Hindwings with termen slightly rounded, wavy; pale 

 brown densely suffused with dark fuscous beyond second line ; 

 three blackish transverse lines, first subbasal, second at -J, 

 third at | bent outwards beneath costa and again in middle; 

 cilia brownish mixed with dark fuscous. Underside brownish 

 suffused with fuscous without distinct markings. 



Exceptionally distinct. The broad, dark-fuscous suffusion 

 of hindwings at once distinguishes it. 



Queensland: Gayndah, in October; one specimen received 

 from Dr. Hamilton Kenny, an ardent naturalist and a per- 

 sonal friend, to whom T dedicate it. 



