BY THOMAS P, LUCAS. 
1265 
lODIS ASSIMILIS, n.Sp. 
,^ 9 . 28-30 mm. — Head crimson, fillet ochreous-wliite, back of 
crown narrowly crimson. Palpi crimson, terminal joint short. 
Antennae ochi-eous, pectinated, simple towards apex. Thorax 
deep emerald green ; shoulders nan-owly crimson, hairy beneath. 
Abdomen green, a conspicuous dorsal ochreous line, apex and sides 
white. Legs ci'imson, ochreous beneath, hind pair white. Fore- 
wings with costa slightly arched ; hind margin in ^ scarcely 
rounded, oblique ; in 9 rounded ; rich deep emerald green ; costa 
narrowly ochreous, I’ich crimson at base ; a minute but distinct 
black-green discal spot ; lines absent ; cilia white. Hindwings 
as forewings, discal spot larger, dark green, cilia ochreous. 
Bi’isbane. January to June, 1888, 
Allied to I. vertumnaria, Gn., and /. externa, Walk. 
loms BicoLORA, n.sp. 
(J 9 . 33-35 mm. — Face and head deep green, fillet white, post- 
orbital rims white. Palpi white, upper surface dax’k grey, terminal 
joint elongate. Antennae white. Thorax green, densely hairy 
beneath. Abdomen green ; sides, posterior third of dorsum, and 
apex white. Anterior legs light red, coxae white ; middle legs 
ochreous, posterior legs white. Forewings with costa nearly 
straight, hind margin slightly rounded •, rich glaucous-green, with 
numerous short interrupted transverse whitish strigulae ; costa 
wliite, narroMung at base, and at | becoming an attenuated 
ochreous line : discal spot deep glaucous-green ; a faint, some- 
times scarcely perceptible, whitish line 3 costa to ^ inner margin 
and parallel with hind margin ; cilia whitish, dark green at base. 
Hindwings strongly rounded, obtusely bent on vein 4 ; discal 
spot faint glaucous-green ; colour, strigulation, and cilia as in 
forewings. 
Brisbane; rare. March to May, 1888. 
