BY E. MEYRICK. 829 



near costa ; space between this and median band blackish-fuscous 

 towards inner margin ; median band suffused with dark fuscous 

 except sometimes on a pale space towards costa in middle, broad 

 on costa and diminishing gradually almost to a point on inner 

 margin beyond middle, anterior edge limited by a nearly straight 

 band of two whitish lines, posterior edge by a straight band of 

 three or four whitish lines suffused together ; subterminal whitish, 

 reduced to a short dentate streak from costa, a small spot in middle, 

 and a short streak from anal angle ; a straight oblique whitish 

 streak from apex, beneath which the hindmarginal area is suffused 

 with dark fuscous : cilia fuscous, sprinkled with whitish, and 

 obscurely barred with darker. Hind wings with hindmargin 

 rounded, waved ; orange-yellow ; a short transverse dark fuscous 

 streak from inner raai'gin above anal angle ; a narrow rather 

 dark fuscous hindmarginal band from beneath apex to anal angle; 

 cilia whitish-fuscous. 



Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales ; Hobart, Tasmania ; 

 also from Victoria ; in February three specimens received from 

 Messrs. Ray nor and Bai'nard. 



37. Hydr. suhrectaria, Gn. 



(Coremia suhrectaria, Gn. X, 411 ; Cidaria resjjonsata, Walk. 

 1409 ; Melantliia casta, Butl., Cist. Ent. ii, 553.) 



(J9. 22-24 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous, mixed with 

 dark fuscous and whitisli ; palpi 2. Antennae whitish-fuscous, in 

 (J subdentate, ciliations ^. Forewings triangular, hindmargin 

 somewhat bowed, gently waved, rather oblique ; pale fuscous, 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, forming obscure transverse lines ; a 

 nearly straight whitish line about \, and one or two less distinct 

 before it ; median band slightly darker, with a whitish suffusion 

 towards costa in middle, containing a blackish discal dot, anterior 

 edge limited by a double nearly straight whitish line from l^ of 

 costa to I of inner margin, posterior edge by a stronger double 

 white line, nearly straight or twice faintly sinuate, from ^ of costa 

 to I of inner margin ; one or two of the included dark lines beyond 



