4S)4 KF.VISIOX OF ArsTRAI.IAX I.KPIIXIPTEHA-LIPARinAE, 



Oils. Legs whitish-ocbreous anmilatcil witli lust-ous. Forewings triaugular, costa 

 straight to f. tlieuee strongly arched, apex roumlwl, tennen very slightly bowed, 

 slightly ol)li(]ue; pale ocbreous-brown : a blackish, obliquely transverse, sub-basal 

 line; a dentate, fuscous, transverse line from if costa to t dorsum, preceded by a 

 fine whitish line, and edged posteriorly by a narrow whitish suffusion; reniform 

 slenderly outlined in whitish, not always distinct; a blackish, finely dentate line 

 from I costa, bent inwards below middle, and then downwards to J dorsum; a 

 whitish subapical blotch, from whicli proceeds a slender, interrupted whitish line 

 to a whitish spot above tornus; an indistinct submarginal line, partly whitish, 

 partly fuscous; cilia pale ochreous-brown. Hindwings with ternien rounded: 

 ochreous-whitish slightly suffused with fuscous towards termen; cilia concolorous. 

 Underside of forewings pale ochreous-grey. costal area to 4, and a transverse line 

 at f suffusedly fuseous; hindwings wliitisli-ochreous, a fuscous line from 3 costa 

 towards but not reaching tornus. 



?. Apterous: clothed with dense haii's; antennae short, serrate. 



TV. A. : Perth: 3 d and 2 2 specimens received from TIr. L. -T. Xewnian. 



53. OeGVIA AUSTRALIS. 



Orgyta australis, Wlk.. List Lep. Brit. !Mus., iv., p. 787; Lacicla postica, Wlk., 

 op. cit., iv.. p. 803; Orgijia canifa.^cia, Wlk., up. eit., xxsii., p. 325; 

 Orgiiia ceiilaiiica, Nietner, Edinb. New Phil. Journ.. xv., 1864. p. 34; 

 Orgyia ludellinjii. Snel.. Tijd. v. Ent.. 1879. p. 104, PI. 8. f. 5. 



c?. 29-33 mm. Head, thorax, and antennae fuscous. Palpi IJ; ochreous- 

 wliitish with some fuscous suffusion. Al)domen fuscous, dorsal crests some- 

 what darker. Leg's ochreous-whitish; anterior and middle pairs annulated with 

 fuscous. Forewings triangular, costa moderately arched, more strongly towards 

 apex, apex round ])ointed. termen straight, oblique; pale-brown; sometimes indi- 

 cations of a sub-basal, transverse, fuscous line; a dentate, fuscous, transverse 

 line from i costa to | dorsum; a second line from f costa, at firet outwards, then 

 bent strongly inwai-ds. and again downwards to | dorsum; the included median 

 area is suffused with whitish, and contains a brownish i-eniform spot, partly out- 

 lined with fuscous; an obscure, whitish, subterminal line preceded by two or three 

 short, longitudinal, fuscous streaks in costal area and followed by s<ime fuscous 

 suffusion; a slender interrupted, submarginal. fuscous line; cilia brown. Hind- 

 winu's with termen gently rounded; fuscous; cilia fuscous. Underside fuscous. 



9. Apterous; covered with dense grey hairs; antennae short, serrate. 



This description refei-s to Bris!)ane example. Males from Port Darwin and 

 Cairns are rather smaller (22-28 una.), the markings less distinct, and the me- 

 dian band infusca^ed. obscuring oi- covering tlie whitish area. 



N.A.: Port Darwin; N.Q.: Cairns. Townsville; Q. : Brisbane: X.S.W.: 

 Sydney. Also from the Ai-chipelago. Formosa. Ceyhm. and India. 



Gen. 14. T R o I' (' A. 



Ir(ijiiic((. Turn.. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1904. ]i. 477. 



Palpi moderately long, porrect, with dense long hairs beueatii; terminal .jouil 

 short. Thorax with a posterior crest. Abdomen without crests but densely ;-ov- 

 ered with lonu' hair;. Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Forewings with 

 areole usuallv iiresent. 7. 8, 9 stalked from areole, connecting bar between 10 and 



