288 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN TORTRICINA, 



43. ScOLiOPLECTA Meyr. 

 Scolioj)lecta Meyr., Proc. Linn. See. N. S. Wales, 



1881, 646 ... ... ... ... ... type comptana. 



Antennae in ^ moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 second joint with rough projecting scales above and beneath, 

 terminal joint short. Thorax with small crest. Forewings with 

 tufts of scales on surface; 3 from angle, 7 separate, to termen. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 nearly parallel, 6 from angle, 

 7 remote, rising from upper margin of cell considerably before 

 angle. 



An endemic genus, related to Peronea. 



281 >S. comptana Walk. 



(Sciaj)hila comptana Walk., Cat. xxviii., 353; Scolioplecta 

 comptana Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1881, 646.) 



(J^. 14-20 mm. Varies considerably; the white bands of fore- 

 wings are sometimes wholly suffused with rather dark fuscous. 

 Readily distinguished from the following species by the smaller 

 size, dark head, somewhat less oblique termen of forewings, and 

 differently coloured hindwings. 



Q. : Stradbroke Island(Turner) — N.S.W. : Murrurundi, Syd- 

 ney, Blackheath(3600 feet)— Vic: Sale(Miss M. Wise)— Tasm.: 

 Campbelltown, George's Bay — S. Aust.: Mount Lofty; from 

 September to April. 



282. .S'. molyhdantha, n.sp. 



(J. 22-24 mm. Head white. Palpi white, more or less 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations |. Thorax 

 white, shoulders and crest suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, segments more or less suffused with whitish towards 

 base, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 rounded, rather oblique; white, with more or less marked grey or 

 brownish transverse strife; markings grey more or less suffused 

 with brown, and variably sprinkled or marked with black,. 



