:128 Jefferis Turner : 



Allied to /S. insularis, but differing in the great reduction or ob- 

 solescence of the distal spots in both wings, and with intermediate 

 spot wholly absent. 



N.Q., Cooktown, in December; Kuranda, near Cairns, in Janu- 

 ary; three specimens. 



Syntomis ochrospila, n.sp. 



(^ $ 25-30 mm. Head dark fuscous; face, back of crown, and 

 behind eyes yellow. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous; 

 in <? shortly bipectinate.(l) Thorax dark fuscous; tegulae and a 

 posterior spot yellow. Abdomen dark fuscous with 7 orange-yellow 

 rings in cT , 6 in $ ; tuft dark fuscous, with an orange-yellow spot 

 on dorsum, larger in $ . Legs dark fuscous. Forewings moderately 

 broad; dark fuscous; spots moderate, whitish-ochreous; basal spot 

 small; dorsal spot elongate, oblique, often with a small spot or dot 

 above it; spot in cell subtriangular; subapical spot elongate, rarely 

 with a dot above it at apex; supratornal spot moderate, equally 

 divided; cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous; basal spot 

 moderate or rather small; distal spot moderate, unequally divided, 

 the upper segment very small; cilia dark fuscous. 



Easily distinguished by the pale^-spotted wings, dark fuscous 

 patagia, and abdominal tuft, and pectinate S" antennae. 



N.Q., Ingham, in April and May; four specimens received from 

 Mr. G. N. Goldfinch. 



Eressa megalospilia, nom. no v. 



Eressa strep simeris, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. Suppl. i., p. 47, 

 pi. iii., fig. 13, nee. Meyr. 



This is the North Australian representative of the North Queens- 

 land strep simeris, Meyr. (xanthostacta, Hmps.). It is larger than that 

 species, the spots are much larger and more transparent, and the basal 

 spots of hindwings are largely developed. Meyrick's type was from 

 Bowen, and his description is of the small-spotted species. 



N.A., Darwin, Daly River. 



Eressa paukospila, n. sp, 



(^ 26-30 mm. Head blackish; face and an anterior spot on crown 

 ochreous. Palpi blackish. Antennae blackish; in ^ shortly bipecti- 

 nate. (]) Thorax blackish with a posterior orange spot. Abdomen 

 blackish, with six ochreous rings; first ring interrupted on both sides 

 on dorsum; tuft blackish, at apex ochreous. Legs blackish. Pore- 

 wings blackish, with five pale-ochreous, semi-translucent spots; first 

 between basal part of cell and dorsum; second in cell; third very 

 small beneath f costa; fourth and fifth small, separated by vein 4, 

 before middle of termen. Hindwings blackish; two ochreous spots; 

 first basal, moderate, bisected by a blackish line on cubital vein; 

 second minute, subapical. 



Nearest E. geographica. but with fewer and smaller spots on 

 -wings, and only one spot on thorax. 



