BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. 
1267 
band round hind margin ; discal spot small, black ; a ferruginous 
liiae from | of inner margin, crenate, dentate to half-way across 
Aving, thence sharply deflected to i of hind margin, and continuous 
with marginal band ; space enclosed reddish-brown, suffused with 
light violet ; cilia ochreous. Hindwings as forewings ; discal 
spot small, black ; a narrow ferruginous band continuous round 
hind margin and along inner margin to i, slightly diffused on 
anal angle ; ferruginous band at f costa obliquely across to §, 
then rounded to ^ of hind margin, space contained reddish- 
brown, suffused with light violet ■ cilia reddish-brown, on inner 
margin very long, brownish-grey. 
Brisbane. November, 1887 ; March, 1888. 
Appears to come near to Z huprestaria, Gn. The conspicuous 
large red purplish blotches, which ai’e contiguous on the hind 
raai’gins of the Avings, readily distinguish this handsome moth. 
I have named this species in memory of my late wife, who 
discovered it in NoA’ember, 1887, and Avho for years Avas a most 
indefatigable collector of Australian Lepidoptera. 
loDis Eucalypti, n.sp. 
32-37 mm. — Face and head green, collar ochreous, dotted 
Avith ferruginous. Palpi ferruginous, terminal joint long. Antennae 
ferruginous, in ^ flnely pectinated, pectinations brownish-grey, in 
9 finely beaded Avith reddish-ochreous. Thorax rich pea-green, 
Ijosteriorly on dorsum an elongated ferruginous blotch with pink 
centre, hairy beneath. Abdomen green, a series of light fer- 
ruginous dots on dorsum, becoming a diffused blotch on fifth 
segment, ochreous posteriorly ; sides and undersurface Avhite. 
Anterior and middle legs Avhitish, coxie light ferruginous, postei’ior 
legs silky white. Eoi-ewings broad, costa arched, hindmargin 
rounded ; rich pea-green with numerous iuterriqited sinuous, 
finely pencilled oclireous-red transverse striguhe ; costa deeply 
ferruginous, finely irrorated with ochreous ; two sinuous inter- 
ruptedly dentate reddish-ochreous lines ; first from a ferruginous 
