BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 11 



in middle, arched towards apex, apex rounded, hindmai-gin 

 obliquel}^ rounded; leaden-fuscous, markings dull yellow; a small 

 basal patch, outer edge ol:)lique, continued as a fine costal line 

 throughout; a moderate triangular patch on costa beyond middle, 

 beneath which is a moderate roundish spot : cilia leaden-fuscous. 

 Hindwings light yellow; a broad fuscous hindmarginal band, 

 becoming constricted at anal angle; cilia pale yellow. 



Broken Hill, IST.S. Wales; two specimens (at light) in Septem- 

 ber. 



The insect under notice is doubtfully referable to Scoliacma. 



SOROCOSTIA MONOZONA, n.sp. 



^. 17 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen ashy-grey- whitish, 

 antennas fuscous, (palpi broken). Legs fuscous, ringed with white. 

 Forewings elongate, moderate, dilated posteriorly ; ashy-grey- 

 whitish, costa irregularly edged with fuscous throughout; a well- 

 defined short thick black outwardly oblique streak from costa at |^ 

 to middle of disc, ending on second tuft of scales; a faint similar 

 line from middle of costa, extremity lost in general ground- 

 colour; a third similar line from before apex, hardly perceptible; 

 veins towards hindmargin irregularly irrorated with blackish : 

 cilia ashy-grey-whitish. Hindwings fuscous-grey, becoming 

 darker round apex ; cilia pale grey, slightly infuscated round 

 apex. 



Blackwood, South Australia; two specimens in November. 



Mr. Mej^rick, to whom this and the following species were sub- 

 mitted, returned them as unknown to him. 



SOROCOSTIA PLATYGONA, n.Sp. 



5. 20 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, palpi, and legs white, 

 palpi 2, terminal joint very short, legs dusted with blackish. 

 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, hindmargin 

 bowed, oblique; white; tufts white, anteriorly slightly infuscated; 

 an obscure fuscous dot on costa near base, a second more distinct 

 on costa at i from which proceeds an outwards-curved twice 



