STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 123 
TANYETHIRA DUPLICILINEA. 
JEndotricha duplicilinea, Hmps., 111. Het. ix, p. 159, PI. 171, 
f. 2L ; Moths Ind. iv, p. 136. 
$ 9- 13-16 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, and abdomen 
pale ochreous-brown. Antennal ciliations in $ extremely long (8). 
Legs pale brownish-ochreous Forewings triangular, costa straight, 
gently arched shortly before apex, apex pointed, termen slightly 
bowed, oblique ; 4 and 5 closely approximated for some distance ; 
pale ochreous-brown; two oblique paler lines ; first from -§- costa to 
-§• dorsum limiting a rather darker basal area; second from f costa 
to f dorsum; a dark-fuscous discal dot beneath costa before middle; 
costa between lines with pale stimulations ; cilia ochreous-whitish 
with a dark basal line. Hindwings with termen nearly straight; 
like forewings but rather paler ; second line from f costa ; cilia 
without basal dark line. Underside similar but lines less distinct. 
N.A. Port Darwin, 1. N.Q. Cairns, 7 ; Kuranda, 10, 12 ; four 
specimens. Also from Ceylon. 
TANYETHIRA HEMIGNECA n.sp. 
[£/jllkv7]kos, half-yellowish.] 
9- 20-21 mm. Head and palpi fuscous. Antennae whitish- 
ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Abdomen 
dark-fuscous. Legs fuscous mixed with whitish-ochreous. Pore- 
wings triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex rounded, termeu 
bowed, oblique ; pale-fuscous ; a suffused darker basal patch ; 4< and 
5 stalked ; a dark-f ascous discal dot beneath costa before middle ; 
two suffused dark oblique lines from before apex to dorsum beyond 
middle ; cilia pale-fuscous with a whitish-ochreous basal line. Hind- 
wing with termen rounded; pale-ochreous ; two nearly approximated, 
interrupted, postmedian, fuscous lines ; followed by a fuscous 
suffusion, absent towards tornus ; a fuscous terminal line; cilia as 
forewings. Underside similar; hind wings with a dark-fuscous discal 
dot beneath costa before middle. 
Type in Coll. Turner. 
N.Q. Kuranda, iu July and October; two specimens received 
from Mr. P. P. Dodd. 
