^), 3 and 4 stalked, 5 parallel, not approximated to 4 at base, 



519 



Gen. Apura, nov. {airovpos, distant, unlike). 



Palpi moderate, porrect; second joint generally smooth- 

 scaled, but with rough projecting scales above and beneath 

 towards apex; terminal joint rather long, stout, smooth- 

 scaled. Thorax without crest. Forewings with tufts of 

 raised scales; 2 from §, 3 and 4 short-stalked from angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. Hindwings with cell short (about 



■6 and 7 stalked. 



An anomalous genus. The termination of 7 of fore- 

 wings in costa is very unusual, and the structure of the 

 hindwings is also peculiar. In general appearance the fol- 

 lowing species resembles a Laspeyresia, but there is no trace 

 <of a submedian pecten. 



Apura xanthosoma, n. sp. (tarfWoj/xos, yellow-bodied). 



9, 20 mm. Head and thorax brownish-grey. Palpi 2; 

 grey. Antennae grey. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Legs fuscous; 

 tarsi annulated with whitish ; posterior pair, except tarsi, 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings scarcely dilated, costa moderately 

 arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly sinuate, not 

 ■oblique; some tufts of raised scales in disc, especially large 

 towards base; fuscous mixed with whitish and suffused with 

 ochreous-brown especially in median area ; basal patch 

 fuscous, well denned by a slightly sinuous line from \ costa 

 to f- dorsum : beyond this is a broad suffused whitish trans- 

 verse line, and beyond this again a broad median ochreous- 

 brown area, bounded b}- a fine sinuous fuscous line from f 

 costa to ^ dorsum; terminal area strigulated with fuscous 

 and containing a broad ochreous-brown line edged with 

 fuscous from -i costa to termen above tornus; cilia fuscous, 

 with minute white points and bronzy-purple reflections. 

 Hindwings and cilia grev : dorsal cilia and hairs ochreous- 

 tinged. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland: Kuranda, near Cairns, in 

 December; one sjDecimen received from F. P. Dodd. 



Gen. Trachyptila. nov. {rpayyTTTiXos. rough-winged). 



Antennae in male ciliated. Palpi rather long : second 

 joint subascending, smooth beneath, thickened with scales 

 on upper-surface before apex; terminal joint moderate, 

 curved downward. Thorax not crested. Forewings with 

 tufts of raised scales: 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen. Hind- 

 wings with 3 from well before angle remote from 4, 4 and 5 

 closely approximated at base: 6 and 7 stalked. 



