BY E. MEYKICK, B.A. 637 



dorsal half with numerous spots of roughened scales ; white, costa 

 and inner margin strongly strigulated with blackish, alternate 

 spots larger, last four costal spots broader and close together ; a 

 dark grey blotch, mixed with ochreous and transversely strigulated 

 with black, extending along inner margin from base to two-thirds, 

 and reaching two-thirds across wing, rather ill-defined, rounded 

 posteriorly ; a slender ferruginous transverse streak from costa 

 at one-fourth, reaching half across wing, blackish on costa ; a 

 small grey irregularly triangular spot on disc at two-thirds ; a 

 rather broad grey streak, coarsely mixed with black, from costa 

 at three-fourths to anal angle, posteriorly rather undefined, 

 anterior edge closely preceded by a slender irregular grey line ; 

 some small irregular black streaks on hindmargin, connected 

 together by a slender ferruginous streak close to hindmargin, 

 extending to above apex; cilia grey, mixed with dark grey, 

 towards anal angle whitish. Hind wings smoky brownish-ochreous; 

 cilia pale ochreous, with a dark ochreous-grey line near base, 

 extremities dark fuscous round apex. 



Superficially somewhat similar to Helictophanes tricolorana, but 

 differing by the ferruginous marks on forewings, and the smoky 

 brownish-ochreous hindwings, besides other details. 



Generally taken at rest on the trunks of Eucalyptus ; tolerably 

 common on the sandy coast near Sydney, in thin scrub, and occurs 

 also at Waratah on the Hunter River, in October, December, and 

 January. 



2. Helictophanes, n. g. 



Thorax with a moderate erect crest. Antennae in male 

 moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint 

 roughly haired beneath and at apex above, terminal joint exposed. 

 Posterior tibire fringed with hairs above. Forewings moderately 

 broad, costa slightly arched, in male simple, hindmargin rounded 

 or slightly sinuate. Hindwings rounded-elongate, broader than 

 forewings. Porewings with veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to 



