172 REVIMON OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA HYPSIDAE, ANTHELIDAE, 



tibiae and tarsi paler and oclireous-tinged. Forewings triangular, costa straight, 

 apex round-pointed, termen bowed, not, or only slightly, oblique; reddish, vary- 

 ing somewhat in tinge, occasionally with some fuscous irroratiou; antemedian 

 line usually marked only by fuscous dots on cubitus and anal veins, but some- 

 times more developed; a fuscous subcostal discal spot at I, rarely with whitish 

 centre; a series of fuscous dots on veins parallel to termen at i; cilia con- 

 colorous. Hindwings with termen rounded; 6 and 7 connate or short-stalked, 

 11 absent; reddish; discal spot and subterminal dots and cilia as forewing-s. 

 Underside similar but subterminal dots may be absent. 



Ab. 1. A small ? (29 mm.) from Birehip without reddish tinge, sub- 

 terminal dots absent in forewings, indistinct in hindwings, but with general 

 fuscous irroration. 



Ab. 2. A large reddish ? (42 mm.) from Ferntree Gnllv, with all markings 

 obsolete except discal spot on forewings. 



Walker's type is a faded ?, not a c? as he states. 



Qld. : Bundaberg, Eidsvold, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Killarney; N.S. Wales: 

 Sydney; Vic: Gippsland, Brentwood, Birehip, Ferntree Gully, Inverloch (on 

 coast midway between Western Port Bay and Wilson Promontory) ; S. Aust. : 

 Murray Bridge ; Tas. : . 



13. AnTHELA IIYPERYTHRA,* n.sp. 



c?. 34 — 36 mm. Head and thorax pale-reddish. Palpi 2A ; reddish-ochreous. 

 Antennae pale-reddish ; pectinations fuscous. Abdomen pale-reddish, dorsum of 

 three basal segments ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous; coxae and femora red- 

 dish. Forewings triangiilar, costa almost straight to near apex, apex round- 

 pointed, termen strongly bowed, slightly oblique; pale-reddish, with general 

 whitish irroration; a darker median discal dot; an indistinct antemedian line; 

 a dark line at J parallel to termen; cilia pale-reddish irrorated with whitish. 

 Hindwings with termen strongly rounded; G and 7 connate or short stalked, 

 11 absent or feebly developed; reddish with some whitish irroration, but darker 

 than forewings; cilia reddish. Underside reddish without markings. 



2. 42 mm. Much paler, with marking's obsolete. 



N. Aust.: Darwin, in November and December; 5 specimens received 

 from Mr. F. P. Dodd. 



14. Anthela achromata. 



Anthela achromata Turn., Trans. Ent. Soc 1904, p. 481. 



<}. 26 — 34 mm. Head whitish. Palpi 2; brownish. Antennae whitish; 

 pectinations fuscous. Thorax and abdomen whitish-gi'ey. Leg's whitish-ochreous 

 or pale-reddish, with whitish-oclireous haii-s. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly bowed, slightly oblique; whitish- 

 grey or pale-grey; costal edge towards base reddish; markings fuscous, usually 

 distinct, sometimes nearly obsolete; a wavy transverse line at i; a di.scal dot 

 beneatli niidcosta; a series of dots or short streaks on veins, sometimes united 

 into a crenulate line, at 3 ; cilia concolorous. Hindwings with termen rounded ; 

 6 and 7 connate or stalked, 11 present or absent; as forewings, but without first 

 line; discal dot and second line may be obsolete. Underside similar, but with 

 slight reddish suffusion; first line on forewings not developed. 



U7tepu9poi;, Bomewhat red. 



