868 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



darker, in 9 much darker through absence of white irroration, 

 anterior margin from I of costa to I of inner margin, rather curved, 

 posterior from | of costa to | of inner margin, somewhat projecting 

 beneath costa, with a short broad bidentate projection in middle ; 

 veins posteriorly sometimes ochreous-tinged ; an interrupted black 

 hindmarginal line : cilia grey mixed with white, with obscure 

 dark grey bai-s. Hindwings with hindmargin waved, rounded ; 

 whitish-grey, irrorated with dark grey, forming cloudy waved trans- 

 verse lines, in $ darker and more distinct, especially on median 

 band, and more or less sepai-ated by whitish scales on posterior 

 half ; posterior margin of median baud angulated in middle, 

 indented below it ; hindmai'ginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



Bathurst (2500 feet). New South Wales ; Melbourne, Victoria ; 

 Mount Lofty, South Australia; four specimens received from 

 Mrs. Stephenson and Mr. E. L. Guest. 



82. Xanth. repentinata, Walk. 



(Scotosia repentinata, AValk. 1356 ; *S'. incertata, ib. 1356 ; 

 Tephrosiahreviaria, ib. Suppl. 1591.) 



(J9. 25-32 mm. Head, palpi, antennpe, thorax, and abdomen 

 fuscous; a white spot behind eyes; palpi 1|; antennae with a 

 white spot on basal joint, pectinations in $ long (a 7, h 8), 

 continued to apex (?) ; thorax with two obscure darker transverse 

 bars. Forewings triangular, hindmargin waved, bowed, rather 

 oV)lique ; fuscous, slightly reddish-tinged, irrorated with darker, 

 with obscure cloudy irregular waved darker lines ; outer margin 

 of basal patch indicated by a strongly curved darker line, some- 

 times followed by a few white scales ; margins of median band 

 marked in $ by blackish-fuscous suffused fasciee, in 9 by blackish- 

 fuscous lines sometimes succeeded by some white scales, anterior 

 from before 5 of costa to % of inner margin, rather strongly angu- 

 lated above middle and indented below middle, posterior from | of 

 costa to f of inner margin, irregular, rather projecting beneath 

 costa, median third forming a moderate triangular almost acute 

 projection ; a rather large blackish-fuscous transverse median discal 



