studies of Australian Lepidoj^tera. 6 J' 



nigrum), which has been introduced from Europe to America, New 

 Zealand and Australia. 



Trochilium coracodes, n. sp, 



cT 2 28-30 mm. Head black; sides of face white. Palpi 3, 

 upturned, second joint rough-scaled, terminal joint i, smooth; black,, 

 in second joint mixed with white scales anteriorly. Antennae black; 

 basal joint, with an anterior white spot; in <^ slightly serrate with 

 tufts of cilia, cilia |. Thorax, abdomen and tuft black, with bluish 

 reflections, abdomen with a few whitish scales. Forewings spathulate; 

 black with lustrous bluish scales in disc; a narrow hyaline streak in 

 cell, and another beneath cell towards base; cilia blackish. Hind- 

 wings with termen gently rounded; 3 and 5 connate; hyaline; all 

 veins, a spot on end of cell, and a narrow marginal line on termen 

 and dorsum, black; cilia blackish. Underside similar. 



Q., Toowoomba, in February; two specimens taken together by 

 Mr. W. B. Barnard, who has kindly given me the type. 



Gen. Melittia. 

 Melittia, Hb., Verz., p. 128. 

 Type, M. ^ombylifoi^mis, Cram., from India. 



Melittta amboinensis. 

 Melittia amboinensis, Feld., Sitz. Akad. Wiess. Wien, 1861,- 



p. 28. 

 Melittia amboinensis, var. doddi, Le Cerf, Obert. Et. Lep._ 

 Comp. xii. i., PI. 373, f. 3119-3120 (1916), ibid, xiv., 

 p. 1916. 

 Melittia thaumasia, Turn., P.R.S.Q., 1917, p. 81. 

 N.Q., Claudie River, Cairns. Also from the Archipelago and' 

 India. 



Melittia chalybescens. 



Melittia chalybescens, Misk., P.R.S., Q., 1892, p. 59. 

 N.Q., 



Melittia pkoserpina. 



Melittia proserpina, Hmps., Nov. Zool., 1919, p. 92. 

 N.Q., Claudie River, Cairns. 



Gen. Paranthrene. 

 Paranthrene, Hb., Verz., p. 128. 

 Type, P. tabaniformis, Rott., from Europe. 



Paranthrene oberthuri. 



Phlogothauma oberthuri, Le Cerf, Oberth. Et. Lep. Comp.. 



xii. i. PI. 376, f. 3141-3142 (1916), ibid. xiv. p. 251. 

 Bciapteron terribile, Turn., P.R.S., Q., 1917, p. 81. 

 N.A., Port Darwin, Melville Island. 



*Balataea homolona, Swin., Cat. Oxf. Miis., p. 36, belongs to the genus Mi«cera 

 (Olyphipterygidae). 



