646 DESCRPITIONS OF AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



One specimen in the thick forest-growth on the Bulli Pass 

 (2000 feet), New South Wales, in October ; a second, much worn 

 at Rosewood, Queensland, in September; and a third in Mr. Gr. 

 Masters' collection, from the Richmond River. 



5. ScOLIOPLECTA, 11. (J. 



Thorax with a small erect crest. Antennre in male moderately 

 ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint roughly haired 

 beneath and at apex above, terminal joint distinct. Posterior 

 tibia) loosely scaled above. Forewings moderately broad, costa 

 in male simple, slightly arched, hindmargin slightly oblique. 

 Hindwings rounded, broader than forewings. Porewings with 

 veins 7 and 8 separate, 7 running to hindmargin. Hindwings 

 with veins 3 and 4 from a point, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 remote 

 at origin, 7 rising from upper margin of cell considerably before 

 the angle. 



Apparently allied to the group of Penthina, but the neuration 

 of the hindwings is abnormal, and separates the genus from all 

 others of the family with which I am acquainted. The only 

 species is a handsome and distinct insect. 



1. Scql. comptana, Walk. 



fSciaphila comptana. Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. 353). 



<$ . 8". Head dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Palpi 

 whitish, mixed with dark fuscous beneath, second joint with three 

 obscure dark fuscous bands. Antenna) grey. Thorax dark 

 fuscous, mixed with white posteriorly. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 segments ochreous-tinged towards base. Legs ochreous-white, 

 all tarsi and tibise with sharply-defined black bands. Porewings 

 moderate, costa hardly arched, hindmargin slightly oblique, 

 hardly rounded ; deep ferruginous, coarsely mixed with black, 

 and with a few scattered leaden-metallic scales, with two sharply 

 defined white bands ; disc with numerous small tufts of raised 

 scales ; costa and inner margin shortly strigulated with blackish ; 



