•60 Jefferis Turner : 



Oriental species in the Novitates Zool., 1919, p. 46, which contains 

 several species not known to me. It seems advisable, therefore, to 

 give a fresh synopsis of the known Australian species,* of which there 

 are now fifteen, all (except one introduced form) from Queensland 

 and North Australia, and to give a tabulation of the genera. 

 1. Antennae dilated towards apex and ending in a minute 



tuft of hairs 2 



Antennae not so formed 6 



12. Hindwings with 3 from angle of cell connate or stalked 



with 4, 5 3 



Hindwings with 3 separate from before angle 4 



3. Posterior tarsi with first joint fringed with scales above Lepidopoda 

 Posterior tarsi without fringe of scales above .... Trochilium 



4. Hindwings with 3 arising from as near or nearer 2 



than 5 Melittia 



Hindwings with 3 arising from nearer 5 than 2 . . . Paranthrene 



5. Hindwings with 3 and 5 stalked 6 



Hindwings with 3 arising remote from 5 Tinthia 



'6. ^ without tongue, and with dense tufts of hair on 



middle and posterior tibiae Lophocnema 



^ with tongue, and without tibial tufts Diapyra 



Gen. Lepidopoda. 



Lepidopoda, Hmps., J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, 1900, p. 43, 

 Type, L. heterogyna Hmps., from India. 



Lepidopoda xanthogyna. 

 Lepidopoda xanthogyna, Hmps., Nov. Zool., 1919, p. 54. 

 N.Q., Cairns. 



(^exi. Trochilium. 



Trochilium, Scop., Int. Nat. Hist., p. 414 (1777). 



JTrochilium chrysophanes. 

 8esia chrysophanes, Meyr., P.L.S., N.S.W., 1886, p. 689. 

 ^ Aegeria panyasis, Druce, A.M.N.H., (7), p. 201 (1899). 

 $ Aegeria caieta, Druce, ibid, p. 202. 

 The latter is the southern form; it differs only in the orange 

 markings of the $ being replaced by yellow; the j^ differs much 

 less. I cannot regard it as more than a local race. Mr. Dodd has bred 

 the species from Alphitonia excelsa. 



N.Q., Townsville, Bowen; Q., Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, Too- 

 ^oomba. 



Trochilium melanocerum. 



Conopia melanocera, Hmps., Nov. Zool., 1919, p. 71. 

 N.Q., Cairns, Innisfail. 



Trochilium ttpuliforme. 

 Sesia tipuliformis, Clerck, Icones, PI. 4, f. 1 (1759). 

 Tasmania; two specimens received from Mr. G. H. Hardy. This 

 is an introduced species feeding on the currant (especially Rihes 



