BY E. MEYRICK. 525 



legs with apex of joints ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, in 

 5 narrowei', costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin 

 obliquely rounded ; 4 present, 7 and 8 sometimes stalked ; surface 

 Avith several tufts of raised scales towards inner margin ; in ^ 

 dark slate-colour, coarsely irrorated with black, forming irregular 

 spots in disc, with ochreous-white dots at base and anal angle, and 

 extreme costal edge ochi'eous-white from I to near apex, marked 

 with black spots ; in $ purplish-fuscous, irrorated with dark 

 fuscous, most strongly in disc, costa spotted with blackish-fuscous, 

 with two blackish-fuscous rather oblique fasciae from costa before 

 and beyond middle, becoming obsolete before inner margin, second 

 generally followed by a more or less distinct pale suffusion 

 extending to apex : cilia slaty-fuscous irrorated with blackish. 

 Hindwings rather dark fuscous, purplish-tinged ; cilia fuscous, 

 with cloudy dark fuscous basal line. 



Toowoomba (2000 feet) and Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle 

 and Sydney, New South Wales ; from September to February, 

 not uncommon. 



13. MiMOSCOPA, n.g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae 

 I, in (J filiform, shortly ciliated, basal joint with pecten. Labial 

 palpi moderate, porrected, second joint somewhat rough-scaled 

 towards apex beneath and with some scattered bristles, terminal 

 joint moderate, filiform, tolerably pointed. Maxillary palpi long, 

 filiform, folded. Posterior tibite clothed with rough hairs. Fore- 

 wings with vein 1 furcate, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. 

 Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia i ; transverse vein absent 

 between 4 and 5, forked parting-vein strongly defined, 5 and 6 

 somewhat approximated. 



Nearly related to Tinea, of which it is probably an offshoot ; 

 but the single species has a peculiar facies, nearly resembling the 

 genus Catoryctis in the Xyloryctidae ; whether the resemblance 

 has anything to do with mimicry, or is associated with a similar 

 habitat, there is at present no evidence to show. 



