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The Queensland Naturalist 
July, 1929 
Franzenia irrorata, n.sp. (Plate III., fig, 1.) 
Pace and palpi yellow; apical joint of labial palpi 
with a brown spot exteriorly. A blackish brown trans- 
verse band below the antennae. Vertex blackish with a 
narrow greyish white transverse band a little above the 
antennae. Antennae blackish with narrow pale joinings : 
basal joint, stout and yellowish; second joint, yellowish 
below, brown above. Prothorax narrowing toward front 
margin, brownish black with a rather broad pale longitu- 
dinal median band, which is almost disappearing toward 
the hind margin; at each side of the median band a longi- 
tudinal streak, reaching from the transverse furrow to 
the hind margin. Meso and metathorax brownish black 
with a few indistinct pale spots; mesothorax with strong 
black bristles on its front part. Abdomen blackish and 
Franzenia irrorrata. 
Tibia and tarsus of intermediate legs. 
with pale pleurae; each segment 'with a narrow yellowish 
hind margin, and with a small yellow median spot at front 
margin; this spot is divided by a fine black streak. Legs 
whitish with black bands, spots and streaks, and with 
long black and white bristles. 
Venations of wings whitish with numerous short or 
longer black streaks. Forewings with many brownish 
black spots; in the subcostal area five or six dark streaks, 
placed in front of five or six dark streaks on R. All the 
veins with long white or black hairs. The male with a 
“pelote” at base of bind wing. 
