BY E. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 907 



hindmargin rounded, waved, rather oblique ; vein 6 from point 

 with 9, 11 anastomosing with 12 and then with 10; brownish, 

 very finely irrorated with whitish towards posterior half, and with 

 short scattered dark fuscous transverse strigulse; a blackish 

 narrow-oblong longitudinal blotch extending from base of costa to 

 first line below middle ; lines slender, black, well-defined, slightly 

 irregular ; first from before ^ of costa to I of inner margin, 

 straight ; a fine transverse linear blackish discal spot ; second line 

 from I of costa to | of inner margin, lower third forming a strong 

 angular indentation inwards to beneath middle of disc ; a series 

 of blackish-fuscous very irregular more or less confluent spots from 

 costa before apex to before anal angle, sinuate inwards so as to 

 touch second line above middle ; an interrupted black hind- 

 marginal line : cilia pale brownish, finely irrorated with whitish. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin strongly unevenly rounded, prominent 

 below middle, crenulate ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; fuscous-whitish ; 

 a transverse linear fuscous discal spot j a rather broad fuscous 

 hindmarginal band, containing one or two small darker spots 

 above middle, and some dai-k strigulae towards anal angle ; hind- 

 marginal line and cilia as in forewings. Forewings beneath 

 fuscous-whitish, with a dark fuscous discal spot, and a suffused 

 fuscous spot on costa towards apex. Hindwings beneath whitish, 

 sprinkled with fuscous, with a narrow ti-ansverse blackish discal 

 spot, and a large blackish transverse oval posterior blotch, almost 

 reaching margins. 



South Australia ; one specimen, without further record. 



86. Hyp. percomptaria, Gn. 



{Hypochroma percomptaria, Gn. ix, 280, pi. vi, 4.) 



(J. 44 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs white mixed 

 with black and brown, thorax with two parallel posterior trans- 

 verse blackish lines. Palpi black, towards base white beneath. 

 Antennae dark grey mixed with white. Abdomen with small 

 crests. Forewings broad, costa hardly ai'ched, hindmargin ob- 

 liquely rounded, waved ; 6 separate, 1 1 free ; white, slightly 



