812 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



12. ASTHENA, Hb. 



Face quite smooth. Antennse in $ ciliated. Palpi short, very- 

 slender, porrected, loosely scaled. Posterior tibice with all spurs 

 present. Forewings with areole double. Hindwings with veins 

 6 and 7 stalked. 



Besides those species given here, there are one or two in 

 Europe, and one apparently peculiar to New Zealand. 



1. Wings greenish 2. 



Wings not greenish 6. 



2. Face ferruginous-orange 3. 



Face fuscous or ochreous-brown 4. 



3. Hindwings with hi ndmargin angulated 20. urarclia. 



Hindwings with hindmargin evenly rounded... 26. oceanias. 



4. Forewings with basal third of cilia grey 25. ewphylla. 



Forewings with basal third of cilia not grey... 5. 



5. Head green on crown 21. tlwlassias. 



Head fuscous on crown (or rarely white) 22. imlchraria. 



6. Groundcolour of wings yellowish-orange 27. anthodes. 



Groundcolour of wings not orange 7. 



7. Hindwings with hindmargin evenly rounded... 23. xylocyma. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin somewhat bent, 



sinuate inwards beneath 24. scoliota. 



20. Asth. urarclia, n.sp. 



(J. 26 mm. Head greenish-yellowish, face ferruginous-orange, 

 antennal hllet white, margined with ferruginous posteriorly. 

 Palpi whitish. Antennai white, ciliations \. Thorax very pale 

 yellowish-green. Abdomen white, base pale greenish, apex with 

 a spot of whitish-ferruginous. Legs fuscous, posterior pair white. 

 Forewings triangular, hindmargin bowed, oblique ; pale green, 

 with numerous faint waved green-whitish lines ; costal edge pale 

 yellowish-ochreous ; a dark green discal dot : cilia silvery-whitish, 

 basal half pale yellowish. Hindwings with hindmargin almost 



