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Kuranda which I have identified at macidata, Luc, in 

 structure of male antennae, neuration (10 and 11 stalked, 

 free; 6 males and 4 females), and markings, but they are 

 larger (52-58 mm.) and much greener in coloration. 



Abraxas sporocrossa, n. sp. 



cnropoKpoa-cros, with spotted border. 



J , 9 J 46-50 mm. Head yellow with three fuscous dots 

 on crown and sometimes another on face. Palpi fuscous, 

 towards base yellowish. Antennae fuscous; ciliations in male 

 |. Thorax fuscous; middle of patagia and two posterior 

 dots yellow. Abdomen fuscous on dorsum; bases of segments 

 broadly yellow, each yellow bar containing a pair of lateral 

 spots; ventral surface yellow with paired fuscous spots. Legs 

 fuscous-grey; coxae and posterior femora partly yellowish. 

 Porewings triangular, costa strongly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen bowed, oblique; blackish; a yellow dot beneath costa 

 near base, followed by a median whitish dot, which is some- 

 times connected with a subcostal dot at ^, these are more 

 or less yellow tinged ; a quadrangular white spot beneath 

 ^ costa; a triangular blotch on mid-dorsum, its apex acute 

 and reaching nearly to middle of disc; a white blotch beneath 

 I costa, irregular in outline, reaching below middle of disc, 

 convex posteriorly, concave and more or less wavy anteriorly, 

 followed by a minute subcostal dot; a white dot before tornus, 

 sometimes prolonged into disc; a subterminal series of six 

 or seven small quadrangular white spots, the two central 

 reduced to dots; cilia blackish. Hindwings with termen 

 gently rounded; white; a triangular basal blackish blotch 

 to ^; a blackish terminal band containing a series of quad- 

 rangular white dots; cilia blackish. Underside similar. 



Northern Queensland: Claudie River, in December; two 

 specimens taken by Mr. J. A. Kershaw. Type in National 

 Museum, Melbourne. 



Gen. Xylodryas, n. gen. 



ivXoBpva<s, a woodnymph. 



Frons flat. Tongue well developed. Palpi moderate, 

 porrect; basal and second joints shortly rough-scaled; 

 terminal joint short. Antennae in male simple, minutely 

 ciliated. Thorax with a small posterior crest; slightly hairy 

 beneath. Abdomen not crested. Femora smooth. Posterior 

 tibiae in male not dilated. Forewings broadly triangular, 

 costa strongly arched towards base, termen excavated between 

 veins 4 and 6; in male without fovea; 2 from |, 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked, 10 connected with 8, 9 beyond 7, 11 connected with 



