xanthocoma. 
erythrota. 
tricolor. 
rufiventris. 
leucopleura. 
coronias. 
cyanota. 
amethystina. 
empyrea. 
subdolosa. 
cupreus. 
apicalis. 
viridi- 
pulverulenta. 
dolens. 
10 POLLANISUS. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
H. xanthocoma Meyr. (— xanthosoma Kirby ) (lh). Head and collar reddish yellow, the first three 
abdominal segments and a spot on the seventh yellow, as well as a longitudinal streak on the lorewing and 
the hindv.ing with the exception of the distal margin. — Queensland. 
H erythrota Meyr. Body black; collar, palpi, the three first abdominal segments, as well as a spot 
on the last, red. A patch on the forewing and the hindwing with the exception of the distal margin like¬ 
wise red. — New South Wales. 
H. tricolor Walk. (1 h). Collar red; abdomen beneath and the first three segments also laterally white- 
yellow, the base of the first three and of the last segment of the same colour or pure white. Forewing before, 
in and below the cell with a glassy streak, hindwing glassy posteriorly, white at the base. — In New South 
Wales, South Australia and Tasmania, in November and December, especially frequent on the flowers of Angophora. 
H. rufiventris Walk. Abdomen orange-yellow, black at the base and tip. Wings blackish; 2. and 
3. radials of the hindwing stalked or from a point. — Albany and Geraldton in Western Australia, in November. 
4. Genus: l*olInnisiis Walk. 
Frons broad, rounded, not projecting. Palpi short. Antenna in the c f with long pectinations, which 
are somewhat clubbed, becoming shorter distally, the last 6—8 segments simple, thin; antenna of the ? 
weakly dentate, beneath impressed longitudinally, thickest at the middle. Veins of the forewing from the 
cell, 2. median remote from the angle of the cell; in the hindwing the costa mostly merged together with 
the cell behind the middle of the latter, discocellular sharply angled, 2. subcostal and 1. radial separated. 
3. radial absent or stalked with the 1. median. Abdomen in the ?? of most species thickly covered with 
a brush of yellow hairs at the end. — In form and habits very similar to the Palaearctic species of Procris. 
The earlier stages are not known more exactly than that Meyrick mentions the full-grown larva of one 
species (empyrea). Hithertho only found in Australia; perhaps representatives of this genus also occur in 
the higher open localities of New Guinea; these insects, which inhabit open country, may also be represented 
in the very insufficiently explored Island of Timor. 
P. leucopleura Meyr. (lh). A part of the frons, the palpi, the sides of the breast and abdomen 
white, as well as a part of the femora and tibiae. Forewing narrow, black-brown. Hindwing triangular, 
semitransparent in the middle. — Duaringa, in Queensland; Sydney. 
P. coronias Meyr. (lh). Body and upper surface of the forewing black-green. Hindwing grey-black, 
with thinner scaling in the middle. — From Queensland to Victoria, common, in November, December and March. 
P. cyanota Meyr. (lh). Collar and upperside of the abdomen shiny metallic green. Wings narrow, 
black, without gloss, forewing slightly greenish; hindwing semitransparent in the middle. — Queensland, 
New South Wales. 
P. amethystina Meyr. (lh). Larger than P. cyanota; body glossy blue-green, partly blackish; forewing 
irrorated with metallic green scales; hindwing semitransparent in the middle. — Perth, Western Australia, 
in November. Perhaps acharon Fabr. is identical with this species. 
P. empyrea Meyr. Similar to amethystina , but the scattered scales on head, thorax and forewing 
copper-coloured, as also the base of the abdomen. — Albany, Western Australia; one <? in coll. Meyrick. 
— Larva reddish brown, with white dorsal line. Coccon rather compact. 
P. subdolosa Walk. (lh). Upperside of the body shiny• cooper-red, middle of the frons and a spot 
behind the eyes green. Wings narrow, blackish, not glossy, forewing slightly olive-green, hindwing semi¬ 
transparent in the middle. — East and West Australia, from Gape York to Victoria, frequent. 
P. cupreus Walk. (li). Upperside of the body and forewing shiny copper-colour, sometimes changing 
into green. — Western and South Australia; common in the neighbourhood of Geraldton, Perth and York 
in Western Australia. Perhaps a western form of P. viridipulverulenta. 
P. apicalis Walk. (= sequens Walk., novaehollandiae Wallengr). Upperside of the body and forewing 
shiny green-blue. Hindwing semitransparent in the middle. — Queensland and New South Wales, common. 
P. viridupulverulenta Gum-. (li). Very similar to the preceding species, but larger, the forewing 
broader and the hindwing not semitransparent in the middle. Rather variable in size and colouring; many 
specimens are golden green, others blue. — From Queensland to Tasmania, the commonest species. 
P. dolens Walk. Similar to P. coronias Meyr. Antenna of the cf 1 with short pectinations. Wings narrow, 
upperside of the body and forewing dark green, only slightly glossy. 3. radial of the hindwing present, stalked 
with the 1. median or arising from the cell close to it. Anal claspers of the cfi pointed, with long process at 
the base. — Tasmania, South Australia and Victoria, according to Meyrick rather common, in December. 
