4 8 Jejferis Turner ■ 



squamosalis, Hmps., P.Z.S., 1895, p. 912, from N.Q., Towns^ 



ville. 

 agenor, Turn., P.R.S.Q., 1915, p. 31, from Western N.S.W., 



Brewarrina, Gunnedah, 

 leucosticta, Hmps., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9), iv., p. 318,, 

 (1919), from N.W.A., Sherlock River. 

 Styphlolepis raaua, Swin., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), vi. p. 313 

 (1900), from N.Q., Townsville; Q., Bundaberg, Brisbane; N.S.W., Lis- 

 more, does not belong to the genus. It is a true Ciri'hochrista. 



Styphlolepis peribarys, n. sp. 

 (^ 48 mm., ? 55 mm. Head and thorax reddish-brown, mixed 

 with white. Palpi and antennae reddish-brown. Abdomen white. 

 Legs white; anterior pair reddish-brown. Forewings triangular, costa 

 straight, arched towards apex, apex pointed, termen doubly sinuate, 

 oblique; white copiously irrorated with reddish-brown, which tends 

 to form transverse strigulae; two, slender, transverse, reddish-brown 

 lines; first from a| costa to J dorsum, beneath costa outwardly- 

 curved, thence straight; second similar from | costa to | dorsum; 

 cilia reddish-brown, with a whitish subapical line and apices pale- 

 fuscous. Hindwings with termen gently rounded, slightly wavy; 

 white; a reddish-brown terminal line not reaching tornus; cilia 

 white, bases tinged with reddish-brown. 



Veins 6 and 7 of forewings are connate, or closely approximated 

 at origin in both sexes. 



Q., Emerald, in May; two specimens received from Mr. W. B, 

 Barnard. 



Styphlolepis hy^permegas, n. sp. 



cT 46 mm., ? 66 mm. Head pale red. Palpi 3; fuscous brown; 

 lower edge white nearly to apex. Antennae grey; in <;f thickened,, 

 simple. Thorax ochreous-brown, with a central pale red spot. Abdo- 

 men brown; sides and under-surface whitish. Legs white; anterior 

 tarsi and inner surface of anterior femora and tibiae fuscous-brown, 

 Forewings triangular, costa, strongly arched, apex rounded, termen 

 sinuate towards apex and tornus, strongly bowed in middle, brown 

 inclining towards grey in costal area, with sparsely scattered, large, 

 dark- fuscous scales; a large subdorsal suffusion from near base, where 

 it is broadest, nearly to termen, whitish mostly suffused with pale-red 

 and containing also some dark-fuscous scales; a fuscous line from 

 I costa to i dorsum; a suffused discal fuscous mark beyond 

 middle; a second fuscous line from f costa, bent slightly outwards 

 beneath costa, thence nearly straight to g dorsum; cilia dark-fuscous 

 with a white spot in sinuation above tornus. Hindwings with termen 

 rounded; brownish-ochreous becoming paler towards base; a narrow- 

 grey terminal suffusion produced inwards on veins; a wavy curved 

 transverse line at about :f becoming obsolete towards dorsum; cilia 

 fuscous more or less mixed with white, wholly white on tornus and 

 dorsum. 



Q., Brisbane in October; two specimens received from Mr. R. 

 Illidge, bred from larvae. 



