BY B. MEYRICK, B.A., F.E.S. 933 



yellow- whitish, base crimson. Thorax bright yellow -ochreous, 

 mixed with crimson posteriorly, with a central longitudinal narrow 

 yellow-whitish line. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, apex rosy-tinged. 

 Legs whitish-ochreous, partly rosy-tinged, anterior pair bright 

 crimson. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa strongly arched, 

 apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, oblique ; bright yellow- 

 ochreous, mixed with crimson-rosy ; a crimson dot in disc at | : 

 cilia ochreous-yellovvish, somewhat mixed with pale crimson. 

 Hindwings and cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. 



Albany, West Australia; one specimen in December, beaten 

 from Leptospei'mum on the granite hills. 



Heliocausta, Meyr. 



526. (35a.) Hel. rliodoxantha, n. sp. 



(J. 17 mm. Head whitish-yellowish mixed with light reddish. 

 Palpi yellow-whitish mixed with rosy, terminal joint with a 

 blackish median band. Antennae whitish, spotted with dark grey. 

 Thorax reddish, irregularly spotted with whitish-yellowish. 

 Abdomen grey, margins and apex yellowish. Legs whitish- 

 ochreous, femora white, anterior tibise and tarsi red, ringed with 

 pale yellowish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently 

 arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, rather oblique, 

 rounded beneath ; rosy-red, with a few scattered black scales ; 

 markings pale yellowish ; five or six very small spots near base, 

 tending to unite in oblique strigulse ; three very irregular some- 

 what curved transverse strig?e, tending to be interrupted into 

 spots in disc, first from \ of costa to near inner margin at 5, second 

 from 5 of costa to j of inner margin, third from 5 of costa to anal 

 angle ; two small spots in disc between first and second strigte, 

 and a series of small irregular spots between second and third ; 

 an angulated mark beneath costa near apex, and a submarginal 

 series o£ dots before hindmargin except towai'ds apex : cilia rosy- 

 red barred with whitish-yellowish, tips wholly yellow-whitish. 

 Hindwings bronzy-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, terminal half grey- 

 -whitish. 



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