488 REVISION (IF AfSTRALIAX LKPIDOPTERA-l.IPAKIDAE^ 



uelireous. Legs tuscous. Forewiug-s elongate-oval, costa latlicr strongly arched, 

 apex rounded, termen nearly straight, strongly oblique; dark- tuscous; a white 

 terminal faseia, commencing in a point beneath apex and gradually increasing in 

 breadth to tornus, its anterior edge wavy, its terminal edge broadly suffused with 

 pale-fuscous ; cilia pale-fuscous. Hindwiugs with termen only slightly rounded; 

 3 and 4 separate; fuscous, a broad, white, terminal band, sometimes produced 

 along eosta, narrowing to a point at tornus, in ? less pronounced or lu'arly tibsu- 

 lete; cilia white, on tornus and dorsum fuscous, in $ sometimes wholly tusi-uus. 

 Underside similar. 



Q. : Toowoomba; X.S.W. : Sydney; Mc. : Melbourne. 



38. El'PROCTIS XlPllOBOLA. 



Euproctis niphobcila Turn., Trans. Roy. Soe. S. Aust., xxvi., 1902, p. 179. 



The ? expands up to 51 mm. Hindwings with 3 and 4 approximated or 

 stalked. The white terminal fascia of hindwiugs is not only interrupted in 5 by 

 the veins, but in both sexes is narrower than in niarcjinalls and linibalis. 



N.Q. : TownsviUe; (^. : Brisbane, Toowoomba, Chinchilla. 



In the South Australian iluseum is a small c? (32 mm. ) hibellcd "S. Aus- 

 tralia Guest Coll.'' with the whitish terminal s|)ots obsolclc. I Ihjnk it is an 

 aberration of this species. 



(tcii. 7. H K i; A (• r i. \. 

 JleracuUt. Moore, i'vw. Zool. Sue, 1S()5, ]). 894; limps., Moths ind., i.. \i. 408 . 



Characters of Euproctis but pali)i long. ere?t, reaching vertex. Type. II. 

 disci ritta Moore, from India. 



39. HeHACCLA LBONIXA. 



Jleraculd iedtinia. Turn., Trans. Roy. Soe. S. Aust., xxvii.. 1903. p. 17. 



N.y. : . The type of this species formerly in the (jiiecnshind .Musctmi 



lias disappeared. Tlicrc is a specimen in the British Museum irom Xew (niiuca. 



Gen. 8. U u i! a. 



Dani, iloore, Lep. Atk., 1879, ji. 5U ; lliii|is.. Moths iud.. i., |i. 407. 



Palpi moderate, ascending, sometimes reaching vertex; second joint long, 

 densely rough-haired antej-iorly; terminal joint \ery short. Thorax and abdomen 

 without crests. Posterior tibiae with two pail's of spurs. Forewings without areole, 

 6 from below upper angle or short-stalked, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 arising before 10, 

 11 anastomosing, connected, or at least closely approximated to 12. Hindwings 

 with ti and 7 separate, connate or stalked, 8 connected with cell slightly before 

 middle . 



This natural genus uuist be sepanitiMJ rnnn Iniiiiis Mooi<'. uliich has 11 well 

 separated from 12. Du-sijchiruides B.-Bak. ilifl'ers ijuly in ihr inuiuh",] hiiiduiiiL:, 

 and is not I think tenable as a distinct genus. T y p e, l>. hIIki .Mooie, from 

 India. The genus is Papuan, extending into India and Australia. 



1. Termen of hindwings angled 2. 



Termen of hindwings rounded 3. 



2 Forewings white )iiartiiiiepiiiirl,itii. 



Forewings ochreous-grey or/irins. 



3. Hindwings fuscous [»atti. 



Hindwings whiti,=h prioiiodesiiia. 



