BY E. MEYRICK. 871 



apical whitish lines, obscurely barred with darker. Hindwings 

 with hindmargin waved, more deeply in 9, rounded ; fuscous-grey, 

 sprinkled with darker, with faint darker lines, becoming more 

 distinct towards inner margin jx)steriorly ; hindmarginal line and 

 cilia as in forewings. 



Perth and Albany, West Australia ; in October and November, 

 five specimens. It has considerable superficial resemblance in 

 some instances to Hydr. severata, but is much more variable ; the 

 likeness is probably analogical only. 



85. Xanth. epicrossa, n.sp. 



(^9. 22-26 mm. Head and thorax fuscous sprinkled with 

 white, thorax with two dark fuscous transverse bands. Palpi 2^, 

 dark fuscous, base white. Antennse rather dark fuscous, stalk 

 sprinkled with white, pectinations in ^ rather long (a 5, b 6), 

 continued to apex. Abdomen fuscous, mixed with blackish- 

 fuscous and white. Legs dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish, 

 apex of joints white. Forewings triangular, in ^ more elongate, 

 hindmargin waved, rounded, oblique ; light brownish-ochreous, 

 with somewhat irregular well-marked dai-k fuscous lines ; a few 

 scattered white scales, especially towards costa ; a curved white 

 line rather near base ; median band limited by well-defined white 

 lines, anterior from I of costa to ^of inner margin, curved, slightly 

 dentate near costa, posterior from ^ of costa to § of inner margin, 

 somewhat projecting near costa, median third moderately sinuate 

 outwards ; between these are sometimes traces of an incomplete 

 whitish median line ; subterminal line formed by a series of white 

 spots, twice sinuate ; an interrupted blackish hindmarginal line : 

 cilia white, with a fuscous line, and sharply barred with rather 

 dark fuscous. Hindwings rather elongate, hindmargin waved, 

 rounded ; light fuscous, somewhat ochreous-tinged, with cloudy 

 suffused darker fuscous lines ; posterior margin of median band 

 somewhat marked with whitish, sinuate ; subterminal line some- 

 what whitish, twice sinuate ; hindmarginal line and cilia as in 

 forewings. 



