BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 855 



shortly rough-scaled above, tarsi |. Forewings with costa 

 posteriorly moderately arched, hindmargin hardly rounded, rather 

 oblique ; clear ochreous-whitish ; first line indicated by a minute 

 black dot near inner margin at J ; a small blackish discal dot, 

 much before median line ; lines faint, slender, very pale greyish- 

 ochreous, somewhat irregular ; median from | of costa to beyond 

 middle of inner margin, sinuate above inner margin ; second 

 from I of costa to f of inner margin, slightly sinuate above 

 middle and above inner margin, faintly dotted with grey on veins 

 and with a black dot near inner margin ; subterminal and 

 submarginal parallel ; a hindmarginal series of black dots : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. Hind wings with hindmargin rounded ; veins 6 

 and 7 stalked ; colour, second line, and posterior markings as in 

 forewings ; median line hardly traceable, sinuate inwards above 

 middle, marked with a moderately large black discal dot. 



Mount Kosciusko (3800 feet). New South Wales ; one specimen 

 in January ; Walker's specimen is said to be from Tasmania. 

 Walker described this species under the name of A. compensata, 

 having forgotten that a few pages before he had described a quite 

 different North American species of the same genus under the 

 same name ; I have, therefore, re-named the present species. 



21. Ac. axiotis, n. sp. 



(J9. 23-25 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, face blackish. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish, above and at apex blackish. Aiitennae whitish, 

 in (J dentate, ciliations 2^. Thorax ochreous-whitish. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with black or fuscous. Legs grey, 

 posterior pair white, posterior tibia? in ^ dilated, somewhat 

 rough-scaled above, with long dense pencil of hairs from base 

 lying on inner side, without spurs, in 9 all spurs present, posterior 

 tarsi in ^ |. Forewings with costa posteriorly gently arched, 

 hindmargin slightly rounded, rather oblique ; ochreous-whitish, 

 minutely sprinkled with black or fuscous ; lines faint, pale 

 ochreous-greyish ; first from ^ of costa to ^ of inner margin, rather 

 strongly curved ; a black discal dot much before median ; median 



