ASPIDUCHA. By Dr. K. Grunberg. 
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Cr. subnotata Wkr. $ smaller than Cr. pinnalis $ (33 c), the discal spot in the forewing very obsolete, subnotata. 
the black spot between the veins 1 and 2 absent. $ dark brown with a white head and some white on the 
thorax. Wings very diaphanous, basal part of forewing whitish, crossed by 2 brown undidate lines, between 
which there are 3 brown longitudinal streaks; the prediscal and postdiscal white dentate lines approaching each 
other at the proximal margin and here enclosing a large black spot. The black discal spot encloses a fine, white 
transverse streak; the submarginal row of dark brown spots clistally bordered by a fine, white dentate line. 
Hindwing with a whitish transverse band and a white marking at the anal angle. Melbourne. 
Cr. macroptila Trnr. head and palpi white. Antennae and body yellowish-brown, thorax intermixed macroptila 
with white, abdomen with a whitish under surface, the anal tuft long, tripartite. Forewing of a brown ground¬ 
colour, at the base a white spot and a blackish, trilateral one being sharply defined; middle of the wing thinly 
scaled, diaphanous, discal spot white, on both sides bordered with black; a fine, white, postdiscal undulate 
line and a row of dark brown submarginal spots distally margined with white. Marginal scales dark brown. 
Hindwing of brownish-yellow, costal and distal margins dark brown, marginal scales white. $ not described. 
Queensland. 
Cr. dianipha Trnr. (33 e). head, palpi and thorax white. Antennae brown. Abdomen dark brown, dianipha. 
apex and under surface white. Legs whitish with dark brown bands. Wings dark brown, forewing with a white 
discal spot on both sides bordered with black, a fine, white, prediscal, somewhat undulate transverse line, and 
a distinct, dentately defined, white postdiscal band beginning narrow at the costal margin and then growing 
broader, enclosing a dark brown arcuate line. Hindwing with a narrow, whitish discal band in the continuation 
of the band of the forewing. On the under surface this discal band is likewise distinct, in both wings equally 
broad, but less distinct, like the discal spot; a sub marginal row of rather indistinct, white spots which are above 
only in the forewing very faintly noticeable behind the apex. not described. Queensland. 
Cr. acedesta Trnr. Head white, palpi and antennae dark brown. Thorax in the dark brown, in the acedesta. 
$ white. Abdomen dark brown, in the $ with a white anal tuft. Legs dark brown and white. Forewing dark 
greyish-brown, discal spot brown, on both sides bordered with black, with a small, white pupil; a prediscal 
white undulate line, a white postdiscal line rectangularly broken before the proximal margin, enclosing in the 
angle a blackish spot strewn with some brown scales; submarginal line undulate, white, proximally bordered 
with dark brown. Marginal scales grey and white. Hindwing in the dark brown, in the $ grey with a white 
antemedian transverse line being rectilinear in the <$, twice interrupted in the §. Australia. 
39. Genus; Asj»i<luc]ia Trnr. 
Smaller, densely haired species with broad, rounded wings whereby they differ from Entometa. Palpi 
long, porrect, projecting far beyond the frons, and densely haired. Antennae in the $ with long pinnae as far 
as the tips, in the $ with short pinnae. Vein 7 in the forewing rising close behind the cell-end from the footstalk 
of 6 and 7, the footstalk of 9 and 10 much shorter than the free ends. In the hindwing veins 3 and 4 rise 
separately, 8 for a short distance fused with 7, the narrow accessory cell with a secondary vein. 
The species remind us of the Indian Ar^rnfa-species, but they differ by the rounded forewings and, 
in case we apply the idea of a genus to A. pyrsocoma established as the type by Turner and the allied lateritia, 
also by the veins 4 and 5 in the hindwing, which are separate at the base. The range is apparently confined 
to Australia. 
A. pyrsocoma Trnr. Body and wings dark reddish, forewing intermixed with white hair-scales. An- pyrsocoma 
tennal pinnae whitish-yellow. Forewing with a dark brown discal spot, a narrow inner-marginal border some¬ 
times likewise dark brown. $ on the forewing with a dark brown, curved, postdiscal dentate line being indistinct 
in the <$, as well as a submarginal row of small dark brown spots. Hindwings uni-coloured. North Australia 
and Queensland. Size about that of lateritia (33 e). 
A. lateritia Griinb. (33 e) is closely allied with pyrsocoma and perhaps only an aberrative form. Body lateritia. 
and wings in the and $ dull brick-coloured red with a somewhat brownish tint, also the antennal pinnae 
of this colour. Forewing rather densely strewn with white hair-scales, the small, dark brown discal spot with 
a distinct, white pupil. In both sexes a distinct, dark brown prediscal and postdiscal dentate line, both appro¬ 
aching each other at the proximal margin; also the small dark brown sub marginal spots in the $ and $ distinct. 
Hindwing uni-coloured, like both wings beneath. Queensland. 
A. monotona Griinb. (33 c). Monotonously brownish-red, without any marking at all, only with a monotona. 
hardly noticeable, dark brown discal dot in the forewing, apex and border of the forewing darker, border between 
the veins slightly sinuate with greyish-yellow and dark brown marginal scales. Queensland: Brisbane. 
