828 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



by a very fine curved whitish line, bent above middle ; space 

 between this and median band more reddish-ochreous, becominsr 

 blackish on inner margin ; median band wholly suffused with dark 

 fuscous, edges more blackish, limited anteriorly by a fine double 

 whitish line from ^ of costa to ? of inner margin, twice or tlirice 

 indented, posteriorly by a moderate white line from § of costa to 

 § of inner margin, slightly sinuate, forming a short rounded- 

 triangular projection above middle ; immediately beyond this is a 

 parallel band of two or three cloudy whitish lines ; subterminal 

 waved, whitish, indistinct, whiter and dentate towards costa, 

 preceded by a blackish shade except in middle ; a short pale 

 ochreous oblique streak from apex, above which is a whitish 

 suffusion, below it a blackish suffusion more or less extended 

 along hindmargin ; a black hindmarginal line interrupted by pale 

 ochreous dots : cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish, with faint 

 darker bars and median line. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded, waved ; deep ochi-eous-yellow or orange-yellow ; inner- 

 marginal third marked with numerous faint transverse fuscous 

 lines, sometimes almost wholly obsolete ; usually a short dark 

 fuscous mark from near anal angle, and a narrow dark fuscous 

 suffusion on lower part of hindmargin ; a dark fuscous hind- 

 marginal line ; cilia yellow-whitish, more ochreous-yellowish 

 towards base, with a cloudy dark grey median line becoming 

 obsolete towards apex. 



Mount Kosciusko (4300 feet) and Blackheath (3500 feet), New 

 South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; Deloraine, Tasmania ; from 

 December to February, six specimens. 



36. Hydr. conifasciata, Butl. 



(Chry solar entia conifasciata, Butl., Ann. Mag. N. H. 1882, 93.) 

 ^.31 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brown, sprinkled 

 with whitish-ochreous ; palpi 2. Antennae fuscous, filiform, 

 ciliatious ^. Forewings triangular, hindmargin bowed, slightly 

 waved, rather oblique ; ochveous-brown ; basal area with obscure 

 dark fuscous lines, limited by a distinct whitish line, obtusely bent 



