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Xenomusa metallica, Luc. 

 S, 34 mm.; 9> 40-45 mm. Head brownish or grey; 

 two whitish spots or a white line on lower edge of face. 

 Palpi in male \, in female |; whitish or whitish-ochreous, 

 apex blackish. Antennae grey; in male simple, minutely 

 ciliated. Thorax brownish or grey. Abdomen brownish or 

 grey with sparsely scattered blackish scales. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish; tibiae and tarsi annulated with dark fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate-triangular, narrower in male, costa bisinuate, 

 more strongly so in male, apex uncinate, produced, termen 

 bowed, oblique; 10 short-stalked (1 male and 7 females); 

 brownish or grey usually with sparsely scattered blackish 

 scales; usually a whitish-ochreous spot on base of costa; a 

 fuscous or brownish line from J costa very obliquely ' out- 

 wards, sharply angled beneath costa, thence very obliquely 

 inwards to dorsum near base ; a similar line, posteriorly edged 

 with whitish, from beneath costa before apex, nearly straight, 

 to dorsum before middle; usually a minute, blackish, median, 

 discal dot beneath costa; apex fuscous preceded by whitish; 

 a short oblique line or fuscous shade from apex to beneath 

 second line; cilia fuscous. Hindwings with termen very 

 slightly rounded, tornus prominent; colour and cilia as fore- 

 wings ; a straight transverse brownish or fuscous line at \ ; 

 a white, median, discal dot. 



Northern Queensland: Kuranda, in April ; one male. 

 Queensland : Montville, near Nambour, in March ; Brisbane, 

 in January and March; seven females. 



Xenomusa rubra, Luc. 



9, 50 mm. Head pale reddish; face reddish-orange. 

 Palpi 1 ; reddish-orange. Antennae reddish-orange ; in female 

 shortly bipectinate (1|), apical ^ simple. Thorax pale reddish. 

 Abdomen ochreous. Legs pale ochreous. Forewings tri- 

 angular, costa gently bisinuate, apex produced, slightly 

 uncinate, termen sinuate, oblique ; 10 from cell ; reddish- 

 orange without markings; cilia reddish-orange. Hindwings 

 with termen slightly rounded, tornus rather prominent; as 

 forewings. 



My description is taken from Dr. Lucas' type, which is 

 in my possession, and still, I believe, remains unique. 



Queensland : Brisbane. 



Gen. DiRCE, Prout. 

 Oenone, Meyr., praeocc. 

 This genus must be transferred to the Boarmiadae, for 

 descaling shows that vein 5 of the hindwings is absent. Pre- 

 vious authors have been deceived by the presence of a 



