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a rounded ant-erior crest. Abdomen with jflattened dorsal 

 crests on first and second segments. Posterior tibiae hairy. 

 Forewings with 10 approximated or connate with 8, 9 from 

 areole (rarely short-stalked), 6 usually from areole. Hind- 

 wings with 3 and 4 connate or stalked, 6 and 7 sometimes 

 short-stalked, 8 anastomosing with cell at J or ^.• 



In this genus I include Carta y Wlk., and CnreadeSy 

 B-Bak. ; though there is some range of variation, it seems 

 impossible to draw lines of distinction, and the whole forms 

 a natural group. 



elaina, Swin. idaf/ioscht , Turn, iinipi/ncfata , B-Bak. 



AlTETA PLINTHOPHORA, n. Sp. 



(7r\ivOo<f>opo<i, marked with brick-red). 



(S , 40 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-grey. Palpi 

 fuscous. Antennae fuscous; simple. Abdornen pale grey, 

 towards apex suffused with wliitish, tuft oclireous- whitish. 

 Legs reddish-brown ; tarsi fuscous. Forewings suboblong, 

 costa arched at base, thence doubly sinuate, apex acute, 

 termen strongly bowed, slightly oblique ; pale grey ; a tuft 

 of long scales on base of dorsum ; an oblique line from f 

 costa to tornus, beyond which disc is suffused with pale 

 ochreous, and contains some fuscous irroration ; cilia fuscous. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded towards apex, strongly 

 sinuate towards tornus ; pale red ; dorsal area pale fuscous ; 

 cilia white, on dorsum reddish and very long. 



9 , 42 mm. Forewings with costa scarcely sinuate, apex 

 not acute ; reddish-ochreous-grey finely irrorated with dark 

 fuscous ; two dark-fuscous discal dots before middle placed 

 longitudinally ; a subterminal row of dark-fuscous dots, nearly 

 straight, from shortly before apex to tornus; cilia towards 

 tornus white. Hindwings as in male, but termen not so 

 strongly sinuate, dorsum without long reddish cilia. 



Allied to plagioscia, Turn. 



Hah. — Northern Queensland : Kuranda, near Cairns, in 

 April and May; two specimens, received from Mr. F. P. 

 Dodd. 



7. Gen. Acachmena, Turn. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi short, obliquely porrect ; 

 second joint triangular, thickened witli rough scales, forming 

 a large anterior tuft; terminal joint short. Thorax with a 

 rough ridge-like posterior crest. Abdomen with dorsal crests 

 on first and second segments. Posterior tibiae smooth. 

 Forewings normal. Hindwings with 8 anastomosing with 

 cell to J. 



oenocro!<m. Turn. 



