BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 853 



Antenrife white, annulated with dark fuscous, in ^ dentate, 

 ciliations 4. Thorax and abdomen light reddish-ochreous, often 

 irrorated with dark grey. Legs white, more or less irrorated with 

 dark grey, posterior tibise in ^ dilated, rough-scaled above, with 

 long pencil of hairs fi'om base lying on inner side, without spurs, 

 in $ with all spurs present, posterior tarsi in ^ i. Forewings 

 with costa gently arched, hindmargin slightly rounded, oblique ; 

 pale reddish-ochreous, more or less sprinkled with black ; lines 

 grey or dark fuscous, variable in intensity, indistinct or strongly 

 marked ; first from J of costa to ^ of inner margin, denticulate, 

 bent near costa ; median from I of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 denticulate or cloudy, slightly curved on upper f , closely preceded 

 by a transverse dark fuscous discal dot ; second from f of costa to 

 before f of inner margin, denticulate, hardly curved, slightly 

 sinuate below costa and above inner margin ; subterminal cloudy,, 

 waved, sometimes suffused into second except towards costa ; sub- 

 marginal cloudy, tending to be interrupted into spots ; a hind- 

 marginal row of black dots : cilia pale reddish-ochreous, with 

 alternating basal and median series of obscure fuscous spots, on 

 terminal half sometimes greyish-tinged. Hindwings with hind- 

 margin rounded ; veins 6 and 7 separate or almost from a point ; 

 colour and markings as in forewings, but first line absent, median 

 straighter, rather sinuate inwards above middle, closely followed 

 by discal dot. 



Duaringa and Toowoomba, Queensland ; Glen Innes (3500 feet), 

 Bathurst, Sydney, and Blackheath (3500 feet). New South Wales ; 

 Melbourne, Victoria ; Launceston and George's Bay, Tasmania ; 

 Mount Lofty and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; Albany, West 

 Australia ; from September to April and in July, generally dis- 

 tributed and usually abundant. Also from Norfolk Island and 

 New Zealand. 



19. Ac. caesaria, Walk. 



(Acidalia ccesaria, Walk. 750 ; A. obturbata, ib. 755.) 

 ^5, 20-22 mm. Head reddish-ochreous, fillet white, face 

 blackish. Palpi blackish, towards base reddish-fuscous, beneath 



