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Coesyra delicia, ii. sp. (delicius, charming). 



:" , 12 mm. Head dark-fuscous ; face ochreous-yellow. 

 Palpi ochreous-yellow : base of second joint dark-fuscous, 

 extreme apex of terminal joint dark-fuscous on external sur- 

 face. Antennae fuscous. Thorax bright-yellow. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Legs dark-fuscous ; tarsi and posterior tibiae 

 annulated with whitish. Forewings dilated posteriorly, costa 

 rather strongly arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; bright-yellow ; a broad fuscous-brown terminal 

 band without purplish tinge ; bounded by a slightly inwardly- 

 curved, wavy, dark-fuscous edge from costa at -n to dorsum 

 at H- ; cilia ochreous-yellow, at anal angle fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia dark-grey. 



J] ah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine (1,800 feet); 

 one specimen, taken in November in dense tropical forest. 



Coesyra timalphes, n. sp. i n/xaX^r;?, precious). 



o* , 1G mm. Head yellow. Palpi dark-fuscous; second 

 joint yellowish at base ; terminal joint yellowish. Antennae 

 dark-fuscous. Thorax yellow : posterior third and apex of 

 patagia dark-fuscous. Abdomen dark-fuscous. Legs clark- 

 fuscous : posterior pair pale-ochreous. Forewings elongate, not 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, termen 

 straight, oblique; vellow ; a dark-fuscous streak along costa 

 from base to § ; a rather broad dark-fuscous streak along 

 basal third of dorsum ; a purple-fuscous terminal band,, 

 bounded by an inwardly-convex line from costa at f to before 

 tornus ; the middle third of this band is light reddish-purple : 

 cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous. 



An elegantly-marked species, in Meyrick's tabulation fall- 

 ing with ('. catoptima, Meyr., from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the yellow anterior portion of thorax. 



Iltth. — Victoria: Gisborne ; one specimen, in December. 

 Type in coll. Lyell. 



Coesyra epiplasta, n. sp. ( e7ri7r Aao-ros, feigned, false). 

 d" , 9 : 14-16 mm. Head pale-yellow. Palpi pale-yellow, 

 outer surface with some fuscous irroration, especially towards 

 base. Antennae fuscous ; ciliations in male 2-J. Thorax 

 fuscous. Abdomen fuscous ; tuft pale-ochreous. Legs fus- 

 cous ; posterior pair ochreous- whitish. Forewings bright- 

 yellow ; a moderate fuscous basal fascia ; a large terminal 

 band, bounded by a tolerably straight or inwardly-curved 

 line, reddish-violet with fuscous irroration, sometimes con- 

 taining a central yellow spot ; cilia reddish-violet, apical half 

 grey, with general sparse fuscous irroration. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



