PHERASPIS; THEMERASTIS. By M. Gaede. 
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Ps. tripunctata sp. n. (84 f). Thorax and forewing light greenish-brown. Below the costal margin as tripunclata. 
far as 2 / 5 of the length of the wing and from there to the anal angle darker as far as the inner margin. Darker 
also a patch from below the apex obliquely proximad. At the costal margin 3 black spots, from the two exterior 
ones the double interior and median lines, the median line extra-angular at the costal margin, then both parallel 
to the distal margin. Between them 2 feebler lines. Intense black submarginal spots, marginal dots finer. 
Hindwing dark red-brown. Abdomen blackish, at the end yellowish-brown. $ 40 mm. Sumatra (Mt. Korintji, 
1600 m). Type in the British Museum. 
68. Genus: Pheraspls Trnr. 
Palpi short, thick. Antennae of q long, pectinated to the tips, in the $ shortly pectinated or plain. 
Thorax behind with a feeble tuft. In the forewing vein 5 a little above the centre of the cross-vein, 6 from 
the centre of the accessory cell. 7 + 8 + 9 (or 7 and 8 + 9) and 10 from its apex. In the hindwing veins 
3 + 4 stalked or both separated. Type: polioxutha Trnr. 
I. Antennae of $ shortly pectinated. 
Ph. polioxutha Trnr. (84 f). Thorax and forewing whitish-grey, lines dark brown. Interior line sharply polioxutha. 
dentate from % costal margin to y 3 inner margin. At the centre of the costal margin a spot, continued as a 
feeble line. A finely dentate line from % costal margin to % inner margin. Before the distal margin a row 
of spots. Hindwing brown, at the inner margin orange. 45—55 mm. Queensland. 
II. Antennae of $ plain. 
Ph. mesotypa Trnr. Forewing brownish-grey. In the submedian fold a fine black streak, continued to mesotypa. 
the apex by short streaks. Marginal line fine, grey, interrupted. Hindwing grey, at the inner margin orange. 
Abdomen orange. 48—50 mm. Queensland. 
Ph. spodea Trnr. Thorax and forewing whitish, feebly dusted with grey. Lines grey, faded. Interior spodca. 
line from y 3 costal margin to y 3 inner margin, below the costal margin with a distal point. Exterior line from 
3 / 5 costal margin, also excurved at the costal margin, to % inner margin. Submarginal line indistinct, in the 
middle thrice notched, outside edged with white. Hindwing grey, anal angle whitish. $ 50 mm. Brisbane. 
III. Antennae of shorter pectinated and tufted. 
Ph. symmetra Trnr. Thorax greyish-white, abdomen ochreous. Forewing grey, dusted with white, symmetra. 
the lines faded, dark brown. Interior line undulated, from y 3 costal margin to x / 3 inner margin, 2 oblique 
dentate lines from behind the centre of the costal margin to behind the centre of the inner margin. Sub- 
marginal line dentate, interrupted. Hindwing pale brownish ochreous, at the margin darker. — Similar to 
mesotypa, but discernible by the antennae. <$ 48 mm. North-West Australia. 
69. Genus: Themerastis Trnr. 
Palpi very short. Eyes behind with a hair-pencil. Antennae of 4 pectinated to the tips. Frons with 
a projection. Thorax behind with a small tuft. Forewing elongate. Vein 6 almost from the end of the 
accessory cell, 10 from the apex. Type: celaena Trnr. 
Th. celaena Trnr. Thorax and forewing dark greyish brown, the lines black. A finely excurved line celaena. 
from % costal margin to +> inner margin. Before it at the costal margin a small black ring and behind it in 
the centre of the wing an oval ring. A fine line from % costal margin angled to 3 / i inner margin. Traces of a 
pale submarginal line. Hindwing whitish, at the margin brownish. Abdomen greyish-brown. £ 45 mm. 
Melbourne. 
Th. amalopa Trnr. Thorax and forewing pale brown, marking black. Near the base dark, with 2 amalopa. 
or 3 lines obliquely distad. From 14 costal margin to 2 / 5 inner margin 2 fine parallel excurved lines, behind 
them indistinctly paler. At the cross-vein a spot. Exterior line double, fine, from % costal margin to near 
the anal angle which is black. Before and at the distal margin a row of black dots. Abdomen and hindwing 
greyish-brown. $ 46 mm. Queensland. 
Th. acrobela Trnr. Forewing divided by an oblique line from the centre of the costal margin to the acrobela. 
inner margin near the anal angle. Interior half rather dark brown, exterior half whitish-brown. At the centre 
of the inner margin a whitish-brown square spot. Below the apex 2 black longitudinal streaks, below' them 
submarginal dots. Hindwing whitish ochreous, at the margin darker, with a blackish-brown anal spot. $ 
50 mm. North Queensland. 
