BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 13 



Legs fuscous-whitish, tibije and tarsi blackish, ringed with 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, hindmargin bowed, waved; dark fuscous, mixed with 

 blackish; a raised tuft of blackish scales in middle of disc; a 

 ridge like tuft of similar scales towards base near inner mai'gin; 

 an obscure thick fuscous curved line from about \ of costa to ^ 

 of inner margin; a small pale yellow cuneiform spot on costa at 

 about |, from which proceeds a dentate double fine black lin^ 

 curved outwards and ending on inner margin at |^; the ground 

 colour on costa beyond the yellow spot much darker, the anterior 

 portion of the double black line not reaching costa, but deflected 

 downwards and continued as a black interrupted line just beneath 

 costa to near base, obscure towards base; veins towards hind- 

 margin neatly outlined with black, each with a minute yellow 

 spot at hindmarginal extremity : cilia dark reddish-fuscous. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin rounded, crenulate ; dark fuscous, 

 becoming lighter on median third; an erect (seemingly expansible) 

 tuft of scales in middle of disc; three well defined wavy black lines 

 from middle of inner margin, two upper terminating in tuft of 

 scales, lower one curved outwards and continued to costa at about 

 ^; cilia as in forewings, hairs on inner margin whitish. 



This is the second species recorded from Australia. Meyrick 

 was unacquainted with the male and consequently could not give 

 the characters in full; the additional generic characters will there- 

 fore read : — Antennal ciliations of the male 1-^, palpi porrected, 

 about 5, second joint loosely haired, terminal joint distinct, some- 

 what clavifoi'm, and slightly recurved. The forewings appear to 

 have three tufts of scales, one at about J from base in middle, a 

 larger one in middle of disc, and a ridge-like patch towards base 

 near inner margin. The long palpi give the species a most 

 curious and distinct appearance. It is not like Ilydriomena 

 hrugata, Gn., at first sight. 



Sale, Victoria. The single specimen is in the collection of Mr. 

 G. Lyell, Junr., of Gisborne, Victoria. 



