NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE 
BARNARD COLLECTION. NO. 3. 
By A. Jefferis Turner, M.D., F.R.E.S. 
Family NOCTUIDAE. 
Sub-Family Erastriainae. 
Gen. Toana Wlk. 
Cat. Brit. Mus. XXXII, p. 500. Hmps. Cat. Lep. Phal. X, p. 204. 
Type T. semiochrealis Wlk. from Borneo. A small Indo-Malayan genus 
with one African species. 
Toana thioptera n.sp. 
ddiXoiTTepos, sulphur-winged. 
$ $ . 15-16 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi 3, second joint expanded 
with loose hairs at apex; orange-yellow. Antennae pale grey; in male dentate 
to four-fifths, dentations 1, slender. Thorax and abdomen pale yellow. Legs 
orange-yellow ; posterior pair paler. Forewings triangular, costa nearly straight, 
apex obtusely pointed, termen slightly rounded, slightly oblique ; pale yellow ; 
transverse lines and costal and terminal margins orange-yellow ; lines nearly 
straight, feebly dentate, first at one-third, second at two-thirds occasionally the 
terminal line contains a few blackish scales ; cilia pale yellow, apices pale grey. 
Ilindwings with termen rounded ; pale yellow ; cilia as forewings. 
Cape York in April and May ; eight specimens. 
Toana anomosema n.sp. 
avofjLoarjfjios, unusually marked. 
$ . 15-17 mm. Head white. Palpi 1 and a half, second joint expanded 
towards apex, terminal joint hidden ; pale brownish. Antennae grey, towards 
base white; ciliations in male 1. Thorax fuscous, anteriorly white. Abdomen 
whitish; tuft ochreous-tinged. Legs whitish; anterior pair grey. Forewings 
triangular, costa almost straight. Apex pointed, termen slightly rounded, 
oblique ; fuscous with white markings a broad subcostal streak from base to two- 
thirds ; a broad line before middle, curved sharply dorsad from subcostal streak 
to below middle of disc, thence turned upwards to touch the extremity of this 
streak before ending on costa near apex; enclosed between these streaks is a 
median fuscous dot; a submarginal line from costa near apex, at first slender, 
gradually becoming broader before it ends at tornus ; some dark fuscous terminal 
dots; cilia grey with dark points. Ilindwings with termen rounded grey cilia 
grey. 
North Queensland: Cape York and Cooktown in April; two specimens. 
