92 NEW AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



hardly I'ounded; dark fuscous, with silvery-white markings, well 

 defined; a short somewhat wedge-shaped spot, from base below 

 middle; a moderate thick outwai'dly oblique fascia from about ^ 

 to middle of wing, thence continued obliquely to apex of wing, 

 sometimes broken at | by a line of groundcolour; a dull moderate 

 elongate spot just below costa in middle; a moderate streak along 

 inner margin from base to middle, sometimes obsolete towards 

 base : cilia fuscous, with a greyish basal line. Hindwings grey- 

 whitish, spotted with fuscous, becoming lighter towards base; cilia 

 as in forewings. 



Brighton, Victoria; two specimens in January, somewhat worn: 

 I have seen specimens from Sale, Victoria; taken in December by 

 Mr. G. Lyell. 



Distinct and easily recognised. 



Capua melichroa, n.sp. 



^5. 18-22 mm. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax pale yellow. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish, yellowish beneath. Anterior and middle 

 legs yellowish, tarsi fuscous, coxte shining whitish; posterior legs 

 pale greyish. Forewings moderate, broad, dilated posteriorly, 

 costa rather strongly arched, especially towards base, apex obtuse, 

 hindmargin hardly oblique; pale yellow, finely strigulated with 

 darker yellow; a minute purplish dot at base of inner margin; a 

 second at ^ of inner margin; a very irregular oblique purplish 

 fascia, from before middle of costa to inner margin just before 

 anal angle, more pronounced on margins, and somewhat flattened 

 on inner margin; a similar fascia from costa at ^ to below middle 

 of hindmargin, more or less edged with darker purplish on upper 

 half; a very fine indistinct purplish hind marginal line, more con- 

 spicuous at apex : cilia pale yellow, with a greyish pencil of hairs 

 at anal angle. Hindwings pale yellowish-ochreous; cilia yellowish. 



Mackay, Queensland; in December; ten specimens beaten from 

 Lo nicer a sp. 



Capua oxvgona, n sp. 



^9. 18 mm. Head, thorax, and palpi pale ochreous, palpi 

 inf uscated laterally. Abdomen whitish. Antennae fuscous, some 



