912 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



base of the hindwings broadly yellow, and a broad entire black 

 border ; forewings with an oval black discal spot. Abdomen 

 depressed, densely haired on sides, with bilid crests." 



The above description is translated from Guenee, who only 

 quotes Australia as a locality ; I have seen no specimen at all 

 agreeing with it, but it would appear to denote a handsome and 

 conspicuous species. 



91. Hyp. mtiscosaria, Gn. 



{Il'i/pochroma muscosaria, Gn. ix, 281, pi. vi, 3 ; H^. emiliaria, 

 Walk, (nee Gn.) 441 ; H. cstraria^ Feld. pi. cxxv, 7 ; H. squamata, 

 ib. pi. cxxvi, 14.) 



5. 40 mm. Head and thorax pale green, sprinkled with black. 

 Palpi fuscous, towards base whitish, basal joint with a black 

 apical dot, terminal joint moderate, rather slender. Antennae 

 ochreous-whitish, obscurely ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish, sprinkled with black, without defined crests. 

 Legs blackish-grey, ringed with ochreous-white, posterior pair 

 whitish. Forewings broad, costa slightly arched, hindmargin 

 crenate, rounded, rather oblique : 6 separate, 11 anastomosing 

 with 12 and then with 10 ; pale whitish-green, mixed with white 

 and irrorated with black ; some tufts of raised scales towards 

 base ; lines slender, dentate, black ; first from \ of costa to \ of 

 inner margin, rather curved, sometimes preceded by a bi-own 

 suffusion in disc ; a transverse linear fuscous discal spot ; second 

 line from f of costa to beyond middle of inner mai'gin, upper ^ 

 moderately curved outwards ; a pale dentate subterminal line, 

 posteriorly more or less margined with fuscous, space between 

 this and second line mixed with ferruginous and more densely 

 irrorated with black ; a hindmarginal series of black dots : cilia 

 pale greyish-ochreous, slightly irrorated with black, base paler, 

 tips white. Hindwings with hindmargin strongly crenate, rounded ; 

 6 and 7 separate ; colour and markings as in forewings, but first 

 line obsolete, basal third of wing suff'usedly mixed with ferrugin- 

 ous or fuscous ; some transverse tufts of raised scales about J, and 



