1126 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



11. Hect. iioserodes^ n.sp. 



$. 30-35 mm. Head and thorax fuscous or dark fuscous. 

 Antennae and abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate-oblong, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, 

 hindmargin very obliquely rounded continuously with inner 

 margin ; fuscous or whitish-fuscous ; numerous darker fuscous 

 dots, tending to be arranged in longitudinal and transverse series, 

 sometimes surrounded with fuscous-whitish rings ; sometimes a 

 straight very slender fuscous-whitish longitudinal streak from 

 base to |, suffusedly margined above with dark fuscous, sometimes 

 obsolete : cilia fuscous. Hindwings fuscous or whitish-fuscous. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; three specimens, in May. 



12. Hect. simulanSy Walk. 



(Fraus swmJans, Walk. Bomb. 1564 ; F. bilineata, ib. Suppl. 

 595). 



^. 22-25 mm. Head, antennae, thorax and abdomen deep 

 reddish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa faintly sinuate, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded continuously with inner margin ; deep reddish-ochreous 

 or ferruginous ; a slender somewhat irregular straight white longi- 

 tudinal streak in disc from J to about I, sometimes wholly absent ; 

 traces of fuscous dots posteriorly : cilia reddish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings rather dark fuscous ; cilia reddish-ochreous; more or less 

 mixed with dark fuscous. 



Q. 32-36 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. 

 Forewings much more elongate and hindmargin more oblique than 

 in X ; fuscous, veins indistinctly streaked with reddish-ochreous ; 

 costal edge whitish-ochreous from near base to near apex ; a 

 moderate straight silvery-white longitudinal streak in disc from 

 base, near hindmargin bent upwards to terminate in apex, on 

 posterior half margined beneath with light ochreous-reddish ; 

 beneath this a series of obscure silvery-whitish short longitudinal 

 streaks between veins before hindmargin, becoming larger down- 



