BY K. MEYRICK. 197 



Tasm. : Launceston (Lyell), Hobart (Lea), Deloraine, George's 

 Bay — S. AusT. : Mount Gambier, Mount Lofty (Guest) — W. 

 AusT. : Bridgetown(Bracken), Waroona(Berthoud), Albany, from 

 September to June. 



106. C. montanana Meyr. 



[Capua montanana Meyr., Proc, Linn. See. N. S. Wales, 1881, 



451.) 



9. 13 mm. Smaller than ^ type, but otherwise similar. 



N.S.W.: Blackheath, Mount Victoria(3500 feet); in November 



and March. 



107. C. placodes Low. 



(Capua jylctcodes Low., Proc, Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1899, 93.) 



(^. 20-21 mm. Head whitish-ochreous or greyish-ochreous, tips 

 of scales whitish. Palpi fuscous, more or less suffused above 

 witl) ochreous-whitish. Antennae dentate, ciliations 1. Thorax 

 reddish-ochreous-brown mixed with whitish. Abdomen pale 

 whitish-ochreous, sometimes sprinkled with grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, cosSa slightly arched, 

 with fold almost reaching middle, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, oblique; pale ochreous, more or less tinged with light 

 red-brownish, sometimes partially sprinkled with grey; markings 

 ochreous-brown sometimes mixed with grey; costal fold strigu- 

 lated with blackish; basal patch .sometimes marked with black, 

 narrowest on dorsum, outer edge rather acutely angulated in 

 middle; a semioval spot on middle of dorsum; central fascia 

 moderate, oblique, with a strong angular prominence in middle 

 of posterior edge, marked with a longitudinal median black dash 

 which extends into this prominence and is there edged above 

 with white; costal blotch formed by three small costal spots con- 

 nected with an irregular longitudinal spot beneath tliem; an 

 elongate spot extending along lower | of termen : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, more or less barred on basal half with dark fuscous, on 

 costa whitish barred with dark fuscous. Hindwings grey or 

 light grey, obscurely darker-strigulated posteriorly; cilia whitish, 

 with grey subbasal shade. 



