856 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



from I of costa to middle of inner margin, cloudy, waved, hardly 

 sinuate ; second from I of costa to f of inner margin, dentate, 

 finely dotted with grey, slightly sinuate above middle and above 

 inner margin ; subterminal and submarginal cloudy, waved ; a 

 hindmarginal row of black dots : cilia ochreous-whitish, base 

 minutely sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; colour, second line, and posterior 

 markings as in forewings ; median very faint, sinuate inwards 

 above middle, marked with a moderate black discal dot. 



Extremely similar to A. recessata, but differing in the greater 

 length of the posterior tarsi of the ^, which are f of the tibiae, 

 and by the base of the cilia sprinkled with black. 



22. Ac. recessata, "Walk. 



[AcidaUa recessata, Walk., 777, (nee Meyr., Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond., 1886, 207, sp. mixt.) ;(?) A. siix>ataria, 

 ib. 779.] 

 (^9- 20-24 mm. Head greyish-ochreous, fillet white, face 

 blackish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, more or less blackish above, 

 sometimes wholly blackish. Antennae whitish, in J" serrate, cilia- 

 tions 2|. Thorax ochreous-whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 generally sprinkled with black. Legs grey, posterior pair white, 

 posterior tibiaj in ^ much dilated, rough-scaled above, with long 

 pencil of hairs from base lying on inner side, without spurs, in 9 

 with all spurs present, posterior tarsi in ^ J. Forewings with 

 costa posteriorly moderately arched, hindmargin slightly rounded, 

 rather oblique ; pale whitish-ochreous, sometimes slightly greyish- 

 tinged, more or less irrorated finely with black ; lines grey, well- 

 marked ; first from % of costa to \ of inner margin, carved, 

 sometimes very indistinct ; a black discal dot, much before median ; 

 median from beyond | of costa to middle of inner margin, straight, 

 dentate, often thick and cloudy ; second from g of costa to | of 

 inner margin, slender, dentate, slightly sinuate inwards above 

 middle and above inner margin ; subterminal rather cloudy, in- 

 terrupted to form a series of adjacent suboval spots ; submarginal 



