lepidoptera heterocera. 1885 



LlTHOSIA AUREOCUPREA. 



Foem. Nigricante-cuprea, subtus ochracea ; caput ochraceum, 

 nigro fasciatum ; palpi vix ascendentes, apice nigri ; thorax 

 margine lato antico, guttis duabus lateralibus vittulisque dua- 

 bus connexis ochraceis ; abdomen apice ochraceo biguttatum ; 

 alee anticce vitta media abbreviata dilatata strigulaque anlica 

 ochraceis ; posticce lineola ochracea. 



Female. Blackish cupreous. Body beneath and legs bright 

 orange. Head bright orange, with a black band between the an- 

 tennae. Palpi short, hardly ascending, black towards the tips. 

 Antennae stout, orange beneath at the base. Fore tegulae of the 

 thorax orange ; an orange dot on each side at the base of the fore 

 wing ; two short orange stripes, which are united near the hind 

 border. Abdomen extending rather beyond the hind wings ; apical 

 tuft very small, orange on each side. Legs stout ; fore tibiae and 

 fore tarsi blackish cupreous above. Wings elongate. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with a bright orange middle stripe, which commences 

 near the base and is dilated towards its tip, which is near the inte- 

 rior border at a little beyond the middle of the length ; a short orange 

 streak in front of the exterior part of the stripe ; exterior border con- 

 vex, very oblique. Hind wings with a short orange line near the 

 interior border, which is broadly fringed. Length of the J)ody 

 5 lines ; of the wings 13 lines. 



This and the preceding species may form two new genera. 



Gilolo. In Mr. Saunders* collection. 



LlTHOSIA PRISTINA. 



Mas. Pallidissime ochracea ; palpi porrecti, brevissimi, gracil- 

 limi ; alee anticce vix acuta, fusco subconspersa?, apice subtus 

 fuscce ; posticce saturations. 



Male. Very pale ocbraceous. Palpi smooth, porrect, very 

 short and slender, not extending beyond the head. Antennae slender, 

 finely setulose. Abdomen extending very little beyond the hind 

 wings ; apical tuft very small. Legs rather slender. Wings narrow. 

 Fore wings hardly acute, thinly and very minutely brown-speckled ; 

 tips brown beneath ; exterior border convex, very oblique. Hind 

 wings brighter than the fore wings. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 1 1 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



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