288 KEVISION OF AUSTHALIAX TOHTKICI.VA, 



line on upper part of teimen, preceded by more strongly marked 

 whitish irroration, esj^ecially behind ocellus. Hindwings grey; 

 cilia pale grey, with darker subbasal shade. 

 H-A.: Petersburg; in October, two specimens. 



424. L. jitychoriv Meyr. 



{Laspeyresid ptychora Meyr., Jonrn. Bomb. Xat. Hist. Soc. 

 xviii. 147). 



(J^. 12- 15 mm. Furewings with termcii slightly sinuate, 

 hardly oblique; dark fuscous, finely irrorated with ochreous- 

 whitish except towards costa posteriorly; costa with nine pairs 

 of whitish strigula?, last six giving z'ise to short- oblique leaden- 

 metallic streaks, seventh running to termen beneath apex; ocellus 

 margined laterally by leaden-metallic streaks, and containing 

 three elongate black dots. Hindwings grey; in ^ a very slender 

 submedian hair-pencil from base, followed by a few dark grey 

 scales, dorsal area rather broadly strewn with blackish-grey scales, 

 dorsal edge and cilia recurved upwards to form a pocket. 



Q.: Brisbane (Turner); in March and April, two specimens, 

 Also occurs in India and Ceylon. This and the preceding species 

 belong to a group of closely allied and superficially extremely 

 similar species, which can, however, easily be determined in the ^ 

 sex by the secondary sexual characters of the hindwings and 

 posterior tibi;e; these must be carefully noted, as it is not unlikely 

 that others of the Indian species may be found in Australia; the 

 larvjB of two feed in stems of Crotalaria, and may be introduced 

 with it, if cultivated. 



425. L. Umiaaila Low. 



(Laspey7-esia loviacula Low., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1899, 95.) 



Q. : Cairns (Dodd)— N.S.W. : Broken Hill (Lower)— S. A. : 

 Wirrabara ; in October and March . 



426. L. antitheta, n.sp. 

 (J 9. 11-12 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous. 

 Palpi fuscous sprinkled with whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 



