798 REVISION OP AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



as in forewings, but outer edge of median band more blackish on 

 lower half. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in September, November, and 

 June, common on the fence of the Botanical Gardens, but 

 hitherto unobserved elsewhere. 



5. r/iriss. denotatus, Walk. 



(Scotosia denotata J Walk. 1361 ; Phibalapteryx parvulata, ib. 

 172] ; Phrixogomcs denotatus, Meyi'., Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1887, 

 53 ; 1 Uujyithecia testulata, Gn. X, 352.) 



(J9. 15-19 mm. Palpi in ^ 2, in $ 2|, dark fuscous. Antennae 

 in ^ stout, naked. Forewings with costa in ^ moderately arched, 

 with a small glandular dilation beyond middle, beneath which is a 

 naked transversely striated longitudinal mark between veins 10 

 and 12, these veins being somewhat distorted, costa in ^ gently 

 arched, hindmargin bowed ; rather dark fuscous or grey, with 

 numerous verv obscure waved darker transverse lines, more or less 

 marked with black on veins ; a few white scales indicating paler 

 lines ; sometimes one or two irregular whitish-ochreous fasciae 

 towards base, or basal area suifused with light reddish-ochreous ; 

 posterior edge of median band from before § of costa to f of 

 inner margin, more or less marked with black, obtusely angulated 

 in middle, with a marked sinuation above angle, rendered conspi- 

 cuous by a white crescentic mark following it, sometimes followed 

 by a whitish-ochreous or pale reddish-ochreous patch : cilia pale 

 fuscous, base spotted with darker. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 unevenly rounded, crenulate, sinuate above middle ; fuscous, with 

 waved darker lines ; posterior edge of median band marked with 

 blackish, angulated in middle ; cilia as in forewings. 



Glen lunes (3500 feet), Newcastle, Sydney, Bathurst, and 

 Cooma, New South Wales ; Deloraine, Tasmania ; Mount Lofty 

 and Port Lincoln, South Australia ; in August and from November 

 to February, generally common. Also occurs commonly in New 

 Zealand. I cannot think Guenee's testulata really referable here, 

 but his description is insufficient for determination. 



