832 REVISIOJ^ OF AUSTRALIAN LKPIDOPTERA, 



40. Hydr. symphona, n.sp. 



(J. 32-34 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs fuscous, 

 irroraced with ochreous-wbitish ; palpi 1|. Antennae grey, serru. 

 late, ciliations §. Forewings triangular, hindmargin faintly- 

 waved, i"ounded, oblique ; rather light fuscous, thinly irrorated 

 with pale whitish-ochreous, posteriorly more strongly ; numei'ous 

 obscure waved darker transverse lines ; two faint cloudy whitish 

 slightly curved lines towards base ; median band more or less 

 irrorated with whitish towards middle, especially round dark 

 fuscous discal dot, limited by waved cloudy whitish lines, anterior 

 from beyond ^ of costa to beyond ^ of inner margin, slightly 

 concave, posterior from ^ of costa to ^ of inner margin, somewhat 

 convex near costa, median third bent outwards to form a short 

 broad unequally bidentate projection ; a fainter whitish line close 

 beyond posterior margin ; subterminal cloudy, waved, whitish ; a 

 dark fuscous hindmarginal line : cilia pale fuscous, with faintly 

 indicated whitish bars. Hindwings with hindmargin waved, 

 rounded ; pale whitish-fuscous ; sometimes a darker discal dot ; 

 hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



^. Head, thoi'ax, &c., irrorated with white ; palpi 2j. Fore- 

 wings with apex somewhat produced ; fuscous, irrorated or partly 

 suffused with light yellowish-ochreous ; basal area in-orated with 

 white, bounded by a cloudy slightly curved whitish line ; median 

 band as in ^, but median whitish irroration more defined and 

 limited by two fine dark fuscous lines, discal dot much larger, 

 transverse, blackish, marginal white lines broader, not or very 

 slightly waved, edged internally with dark fuscous ; subterminal 

 broader than in (J, suftusedly edged anteriorly with dark fuscous ; 

 hindmarginal line and cilia as in ^, but cilia more distinctly barred. 

 Hindwings with apex considerably more produced, projecting 

 much beyond anal angle of forewings ; very pale whitish-fuscous, 

 towards hindmargin rather darker, with faint cloudy whitish 

 subterminal line ; sometimes a darker discal dot ; hindmarginal 

 line and cilia as in forewings. 



Mount Kosciusko (5800 feet), New South Wales, in January ; 

 common amongst some scrub in a damp place. 



