178 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA — HYPSIDAE. ANTHELIDAE, 



N.S. Wales: Mt. Kosciusko (5000ft.) in January; sis specimens taken in 

 the hotel, into which they had been doubtless attracted by light. 



26. Anthela cnecias,* n.sp. 



2. 84 mm. Head oehreous-whitish ; face whitish-ochreous. V&\pi about 1 ; 

 ■whitish-ochreous. Antennae oehreous-whitish ; pectinations in ? 1. fuscous. 

 Thorax and abdomen jiale-ochreous. Forewing's elongate-triangular, costa 

 straight to |, thence arched, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; pale- 

 ochreous; a broad whitish streak along costa nearly to apex, interrupted at 

 I ; a longitudinally elongate discal spot at -J, whitish outlined with fuscous; a 

 similar, but transversely elongate, somewhat reniform spot slightly beyond 

 middle; a slender whitisli line, slightly sinuate, from i' costa to beyond 

 middle of dorsum; cilia pale-ochreous. Hindwings with apex prominent, termen 

 slightly rounded; 11 present; pale-ochreous; a fuscous, pale-centred discal spot 

 at ^ ; cilia pale-ochreous. Underside similar, but witli two whitish, fuscous- 

 edged spots on hindwings. 



Nearly allied to A. oceUata, but much larger, differently coloured, and of 

 more simple pattern. The ? example, which 1 have described, is in the British 

 Museum, and is labelled "Ta-smania." It was described by Walker (Cat. Brit. 

 Mus., iv., p. 887) iis orellata var. y. 



27. Anthela ocellata. 



Parala oceUata Wlk., t'at. Hrit. Mus., iv., 1855, p. 887. — Ommaloptera 

 tetruphthalma, H.Scli., Ausser. Schmet., 1856, f. 506,507. — Darala ochnipteni Low., 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., xvi., 1892, p. 14. — Anthela si/mphotta Turn., Trans. 

 Ent. Soc, 1904, p. 480. — Colussa psammnchroa Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 

 1908, p. 112. — Anthela niyriatigma I'awcett, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1917, p. 248. 



c?. 40 — 46 mm. Head brown. Palpi IJ; brown. Antennae whitish; pectina- 

 tions 7, fuscous. Thorax brown with some fuscous admixture. Abdomen pale- 

 brown. Forewing's triangular, costa straight to near apex, apex round-pointed, 

 termen bowed, slightly (jblique; brown-whitish, centre of disc and base some- 

 times suffused with fuscous; dark-fuscous discal spots at i and middle, the 

 second .sometimes with some central whitish scales; sometimes a dark-fuscous 

 line, more or less internapted, from near base of costa obli(|uely outwards, then 

 rounded to J dorsum, nearly touching first discal spot; usually a fine fuscous 

 line, sometimes edged posteriorly with whitish, from \ costa obliquely outwards, 

 curved outwards beneath costa, and thence nearly straight to i, dorsum; shortly 

 posterior to this a dark-fuscous line, sometimes reduced to a series of dots on 

 veins; terminal edge rarely fuscous; cilia whitish-l)r(iwn. Hindwings v.ith ternKi. 

 slightly rounded; 6 and 7 stalked, 11 absent; rarely a postmedian, whitish, 

 transverse line; a subterminal series of minute fuscous dots; cilia whitish-brown. 

 Underside whitish-brown with subterminal series of fuscous dots, and two, 

 whitish-centred, discal spots on each wing. 



S. 54 — 67 mm. Antennal pectinations 11. Forewings more elongate; as 

 in c?, but markings less distinct; sometimes with a broad, whitish, costal streak; 

 discal spots often whitish in centre. Hindwings fuscous-whitisli. 



This species shows geographical variations, as well as a strong tendency 

 to individual variation. Brisbane examples may have all the markings, except 

 the discal spots, obsolete; the fuscous lines, when present, are usually slender. 



' xvrjxoi;, pale yellowish. 



