BY E. MEYRICK. 575 



with a few black scales ; two straight partially black-edged trans- 

 verse streaks, first from subcostal at | to middle of subdorsal 

 streak, obscurely barred with dark grey above middle, second 

 from apex of subcostal to subdorsal before apex, suffused with 

 dark grey towards costa and on a bar above lower end ; a few 

 blackish scales on hindmargin : cilia ochreous-yellowish, basal 

 half orange, with cloudy dark grey bar above apex. Hindwings 

 grey, lighter towards base, faintly yellowish-tinged ; cilia pale 

 whitish-yellowish. 



Sydney, New South Wales; in February and' March, two 

 specimens. 



147. TJmd. obliquella, Walk. 



(Thudaca ohliquella, Walk. 825.) 



(J^. 16-18 mm. Differs from T. mimodora only as follows: 

 face in ^ without cavity ; palpi in both sexes orange, infuscated 

 except towards base, second joint cylindrical, exceeding base of 

 antennae, terminal joint | ; middle tarsi more whitish ; forewings 

 with first transverse streak without dark bar above middle, second 

 transverse streak without dark bar above lower end ; a blackish 

 line along hindmargin : hindwings lighter grey, suffused with pale 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Sydney and Newcastle, New South Wales ; in October, Decem- 

 ber, January, and March, common. Larva 16-legged, elongate, 

 rather tapering towards extremities ; head and second segment 

 oblong, second segment rather constricted behind ; with scattered 

 blackish hairs ; dull green, incisions yellow ; a dark fuscous-red 

 dorsal stripe, containing a much paler central line, marked with 

 white on incisions and wholly whitish anteriorly ; spiracular 

 whitish ; spots small, black, ringed with whitish ; head green, 

 crown reddish-tinged, spotted with black ; legs green, anal claspers 

 dark purplish-crimson : it feeds on Leptosjjermum (Myrtaceae), 

 hardly making any web, in September and October. Pupa naked, 

 standing erect on tail, which is truncate ; it exactly imitates a leaf 

 of Leptos})ermum ; green, with a dorsal ridge, and white lateral 

 lines, head produced into a sharp curved spine. 



