686 REVISION OP AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, III., 



fuscous and reddish-brown scales. Forewings triangular, costa 

 straight for f, then arched, apex rounded, termen bowed, 

 oblique; 11 anastomosing with 12; whitish with fuscous lines and 

 irroration, towards apex slightly greenish-tinged; antemedian 

 line undefined anteriorly, where it passes into fuscous irroration, 

 sharply defined posteriorly, from ~ costa obliquely outwards to 

 end of cell, thence bent inwardly and irregularly dentate to mid- 

 dorsum; postmedian line sharp and distinct, from -| costa obliquely 

 outwards, with a slight tooth above and a prominent acute tooth 

 below middle of disc, thence inwardly oblique and irregularly 

 waved to f dorsum; a faint dentate, whitish subterminal line; an 

 interrupted fuscous terminal line; cilia whitish with an inter- 

 rupted median fuscous line. Hindwings with termen rounded; 

 colour and markings as forewings, but antemedian line absent; 

 postmedian line with a single acute median tooth. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. : Kuranda, in July; one specimen received from Mr. 



F. P. Dodd. 



Gymnoscelis mesophcena,* n.sp. 



Q. 18-20 mm. Head whitish; face purple-reddish, lower edge 

 whitish. Palpi 1^; whitish barred with fuscous. Antennas 

 ochreous-whitish. Thorax greenish. Abdomen greenish; some 

 fuscous and reddish-brown irroration on basal segments. Legs 

 ochreous-whitish; anterior pair fuscous with whitish annulations. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex 

 rounded, termen bowed, oblique; 11 anastomosing with 12; green 

 mixed with whitish; a costal streak to antemedian line purple- 

 reddish mixed with whitish and dark fuscous; antemedian line 

 indistinct, dentate, interrupted below middle, from ^ costa to % 

 dorsum, dark fuscous preceded and followed by purple-reddish 

 suffusion; a dark fuscous discal dot immediately beyond this line, 

 and sometimes merged with it; postmedian line fuscous, from 

 |- costa to beyond ^ dorsum, dentate, with more, prominent 

 dentations between veins 3 and 4 and 6 and 7; area between 



* jj.eao<$>oivos, reddish in the middle. 



