BY E. MEYRICK. 819 



margin bowed, oblique; fuscous, irrorated with blackish; a blackish- 

 fuscous basal patch, its outer edge angulated in middle ; a blackish- 

 fuscous median band, including a lighter space on costal half 

 anterior edge running from ? of costa to middle of inner margin, 

 concave, waved, finely margined with white and then more broadly 

 with ferruginous, posterior edge running from | of costa to ^ of 

 inner margin, convex, subdentate, finely margined with white ; 

 an obscure whitish subterminal line, preceded by an indistinct 

 ochreous shade, and interrupted by a small blackish-fuscous spot 

 above middle. Hindwings grey, with a faint angulated whitish 

 line beyond middle. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; in August, two specimens. 



31. Scord. tristis, Butl. 



(Phytometra tristis, Butl, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1882, 90.) 

 (J. 22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs fuscous ; 

 palpi with i-ough projecting hairs. Antennse fuscous, obscurely 

 ringed with whitish. Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, 

 hindmargin bowed, oblique ; fuscous ; a faint paler line near base ; 

 a broad dark fuscous median band, obscurely margined with 

 whitish, more distinctly towards costa, anterior edge running from 

 ? of costa to before middle of inner margin, slightly concave, 

 posterior edge from beyond § of costa to t of inner margin, some- 

 what projecting broadly in middle, and sinuate inwards above 

 middle ; a short whitish mark on costa near apex : cilia pale 

 fuscous ; tips mixed with whitish. Hindwings fuscous-grey ; 

 cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Melbourne, Victoria ; two specimens. 



14 Hydriomena, Hb. 



Face with a short cone or loosely projecting scales. Antennae 

 in (J ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, rough-scaled. Posterior 

 tibiae with all spurs present. Forewings with areole double. 

 Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked. 



