BY E. MEYRICK. 833 



41. Hydr. cataphaea, n.sp. 



(^9- 25-26 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, irrorated with 

 pale ochreous. Palpi '2^, dark fuscous mixed with whitish. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, in ^ filiform, ciliations minute (^). 

 Abdomen dark grey, mixed with orange-ochreous, and sometimes 

 with whitish-ochreous. Legs dark grey, irrorated with whitish. 

 Forewings somewhat elongate-triangular, hindmargin somewhat 

 bowed, rather oblique ; fuscous, densely and sufFusedly irrorated 

 with light ochi'eous or fulvous, with obscure waved darker fuscous 

 transverse lines ; sometimes a very faint whitish line about \, 

 bent above middle ; median band sometimes sprinkled with 

 whitish towards costa in middle, sometimes marked with a trans- 

 verse darker fuscous discal spot (usually obsolete), limited by 

 waved dark fuscous lines succeeded by paler double lines, of which 

 the inner is sometimes obscurely whitish, anterior from ^ of costa 

 to ? of inner margin, concave, posterior from § of costa to ^ of 

 inner margin, somewhat curved near costa, median third forming 

 a short broad somewhat bidentate projection ; subterminal slender, 

 waved, paler, with some whitish scales : cilia fuscous, terminal 

 half obscurely barred with whitish, in 9 "with white, and base 

 suffused with ochreous. Hind wings with hindmargin rounded ; 

 light dull orange-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous, and with 

 numerous suffused obscure fuscous transverse lines, three towards 

 middle more distinct, posterior somewhat bent and sinuate ; 

 posterior third more or less wholly suffused with rather dark 

 fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Mount Kosciusko (5700 feet), New South Wales, in January ; 

 locally common. 



42. Hydr. lamprotis, n.sp. 



^9. 20-21 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen, and legs dark 

 fuscous, irrorated with whitish ; palpi 2J, Antennae grey. Fore- 

 wings triangular, hindmargin waved, bowed, rather oblique ; 

 fuscous, suffused with pale reddish-ochreous, and densely irrorated 

 with blackish, forming slightly waved transverse lines ; an indis- 

 tinct almost straight whitish line about 5 ; median band suffused 

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