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many spines; posterior tibiae hairy on dorsum. Nenration 

 normal. 



I follow Mr. Meyrick (Trans. N. Z'd. Inst., 1911, p. 90) 

 in adopting Ochsenheimer's name for this genus with diysacea, 

 Lin., as the type. 



aresca, Turn.: Ann. Q'land Mus., x., p. 60 (1911). 

 ohsoleta, Fab. assulta, Gn. 



Heliothis hyperchroa, n. sp. (vTrepxpoo?, highly coloured). 



d , 9 > 28-35 mm. Head and thorax crimson. Palpi 

 whitish -ochreous, sometimes almost wholly suffused with 

 crimson. Antennae pale grey, towards base crimson; cilia- 

 tions in male J. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, basal dorsal 

 crest crimson ; tuft with some crimson suffusion. Legs whitish- 

 ochreoas, mostly suffused with crimson. Forewings crimson, 

 with darker transverse crimson' lines more or less marked ; 

 orbicular obsolete or faintly indicated; reniform small, fuscous, 

 with paler centre; a subterminal series of whitish dots on 

 veins; cilia crimson. Hindwings ochreous-whitish ; a broad 

 terminal fuscous band, sometimes edged anteriorly and pos- 

 teriorly by crimson; cilia ochreous-whitish, bases sometimes 

 crimson. Underside whitish-ochreous with broad terminal 

 bands partly crimson, partly fuscous. 



Though this may be merely a local mountain form of 

 C. ohsoleta, it is a brilliant insect, quite distinct from C. 

 ruhrescens, Wlk., which is a dark Brisbane form of ohsoleta, 

 scarcely reddish. 



Bah. — Queensland: Stanthorpe; New South Wales: 

 Lawson (Blue Mountains); Tasmania. 



5. Gen. Astonycha, nov. (do-roia'xo?, clawless). 



Frons rounded, projecting. Eyes large, round, glabrous, 

 without cilia. Tongue strong. Palpi moderate (over 1), 

 slightly ascending; second joint long, rather shortly rough- 

 scaled ; terminal joint very short. Antennae in male simple, 

 minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen not crested. Anterior 

 tibiae without spines or claws; middle tibiae with two spines 

 on inner side shortly before apex ; posterior tibiae with two 

 spines on inner side before apex, and densely hairy. Neura- 

 tion normal. 



Allied to the Heliothis group, though without tibial claws. 

 The number of tibial spines may not be constant. 



Astonycha litarga, n. sp. (Xtrapyo?, nimble). 



d , 32 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Antennae pale grey; ciliations in male J. Legs 



