BY E. WEYRICK. 315 



erected but appressed to the abdomen, apparently without touch- 

 ing the surface on which the insect rests. 



32, V. xenadelpha, Meyr. 



(Vnnicela xeiiaJcIpliu, Meyr., Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 1888, 166.) 

 (J9. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and antennte white. Thorax 

 white, posterior half dark bronzy-fuscous. Legs white, base of 

 tarsal joints obliquely streaked with dark fuscous. Forewings 

 shining white, faintly yellowish-tinged ; a dark bronzy-fuscous 

 stx'eak occupying dorsal half of wing, its upper margin not 

 notched, cut in middle by a slender inwards-angulated white line 

 reaching dorsum, and with a veiy minute projection at |; a white 

 dorsal dot at \; a fine l)lack longitudinal line in disc towards 

 apex : cilia grey, with a black apical hook. Hindwings grey or 

 dark grey; cilia grey. 



Sydnej'-, New South Wales; hitherto only on the fence of the 

 Botanical G-ardens, where it is common from September to Decem- 

 ber; it will probably be found native in Queensland. It differs 

 constantly from the very similar New Zealand species by the 

 white dorsal dot of forewings at ^, the absence of the notch on 

 dorsal streak, the junction of the central indentation and dot 

 into an angulated line, and the minuteness of the projection at |. 



9. HlEROMANTIS, n.g. 



Characters of Stathmopoda, but basal joint of antennae dilated 

 and concave to form an eyecap. 



A simple offshoot of Statliiaopoda, with the same habits. 



33. H. e/phodophora, n.sp. 



(JQ. 8-10 mm. Head and thorax pale bronzj^-ochreous, face 

 whitish. Palpi whitish, apex of joints sometimes obscurely dark- 

 streaked. AntennjB whitish, more or less infuscated. Abdomen 

 gi^ey, sides brassy whitish. Legs whitish, spotted with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings light yellow-ochreous ; base of dorsum 

 fuscous ; a quadrate whitish tlorsal spot at \, margined b\- a 

 fuscous suffusion extending more or less broadly to costa; beyond 



