12 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



sinuate fine fuscous line to inner margin at ^; three minute black 

 dots on costa in middle; a well-defined broad outwardly oblique 

 fascia from f of costa to middle of disc, thence continued obliquely 

 inwards to just beyond middle of inner margin, outer edge more 

 or less strongly edged with black ; a thick irregular outwards- 

 curved pale fuscous irregularly waved line from just before apex 

 to just before anal angle; a few fuscous scales before hindmargin; 

 a blackish hindmarginal line : cilia whitish. Hindwings white, 

 slightly inf uscated on apical portion; cilia white, with an indistinct 

 grey line at base. 



Macka}^, Queensland; one specimen in December. It is an 

 easily recognised species by the >-shaped fascia. 



Anestia trissodbsma, n.sp. 



(^. 16 mm. Head, antennae, palpi, thorax, abdomen and legs 

 dark fuscous, more or less finely dusted with white, patagia 

 whitish. Fore wings elongate-triangular, strongly dilated, costa 

 gently arched posteriorly, hindmargin obliquely rounded; fuscous; 

 three moderately broad whitish transverse fascite; 1st from ^ of 

 costa to ^ of inner margin, becoming blotch-like on costa, narrowed 

 on lower |; 2nd from beyond middle of costa to middle of inner 

 margin, outer edge marked by an irregularly dentate or waved 

 line; 3rd narrowed from just before apex to anal angle, with a 

 slight indentation above and below middle, and becoming broader 

 at anal angle; space between 2nd and 3rd fasciae pale bluish, 

 excepting upper ^, which is fuscous : cilia fuscous, tijDs darker. 

 Hindwings clear orange, becoming slightly fuscous around apex; 

 cilia fuscous, along inner margin yellowish. 



Broken Hill, N.S. Wales; one specimen (at light) in June. 



GEOMETRINA. 



HYDIlIOMENID.a;. 

 Mesoptila anthracias, n.sp. 



^. 24 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark 

 fuscous, palpi five times breadth of eye. Antennal ciliations 1^. 



