896 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



long. Antennse white, spotted with dark fuscous, pectinations 2|. 

 Thorax green, with a white posterior spot, hairy beneath. Abdo- 

 men white, more or less green on back. Legs white, anterior 

 tibiae and tarsi banded with dark fuscous, posterior tibiae with 

 groove containing pencil of hairs. Forewings with costa moder- 

 ately arched, hindmargin rounded, rather oblique ; veins 3 and 4 

 sepai'ate, 6 separate, 1 1 free ; bright green, rather thinly scaled ; 

 costa except at base white irrorated with dark fuscous ; lines 

 slender, white ; first from ^ of costa to I of inner margin, slightly 

 curved, rather irregular ; second from | of costa to f of inner 

 margin, slightly curved, tending to emit short linear teeth pos- 

 teriorly on veins, forming a small spot on costa and a larger 

 dilated spot towards inner mai'gin ; a subterminal series of 

 irregular white marks ; a hindmarginal series of white dots : cilia 

 white, basal half green with white apical and median dots, on 

 costa grey. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, with an obtuse 

 triangular projection on vein 4 ; veins 3 and 4 from a point or 

 short-stalked ; colour, second line, subterminal and hindmarginal 

 series, and cilia as in forewings ; basal half somewhat sti'igulated 

 with white, especially towards inner margin ; two semilunate 

 white submarginal marks at apex, enclosing some dark fuscous 

 or reddish scales on hindmargin ; an angulated white submarginal 

 mark on median projection ; costal cilia white. 



Q. 35 mm. Head fuscous on crown, face green, fillet and 

 lower part of face white. Palpi fuscous, beneath white, terminal 

 joint long. Antennae white. Thorax green, with a pale fuscous 

 posterior spot. Forewings formed as in ^ ; green ; costa pale 

 whitish-fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous ; first line fuscous- 

 whitish, narrow, straight, obscure, proceeding from an oblique 

 dark fuscous mark on costa at 5 to l^ of inner margin ; a triangular 

 projection from costal streak before middle ; second line slender, 

 white, anteriorly finely, margined with dark fuscous, from costa 

 at f to inner margin before |, irregularly sinviate, rectangularly 

 bent so as to touch hindmargin below middle ; space between 

 second line and hindmargin whitish-fuscous, irregularly spotted 

 with dark fuscous, including a green blotch towards costa ; a dark 



