1142 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



1. Tax. endela^ n.sp. 



$. 22-28 mm. Head ochreous- whitish, face light ferruginous. 

 Palpi 2, light ferruginous, base ochreous-whitish. Antennae 

 whitish. Thorax, abdomen, and legs pale whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings triangular, hindmargin straight above, rounded 

 beneath; 12 free; whitish-ochreous, with some fine scattered 

 dark fuscous scales ; a dark fuscous dot in disc above middle ; a 

 nearly straight or faintly sinuate series of about seven blackish 

 dots from | of inner margin towards apex, only reaching | across 

 wing, sometimes edged posteriorly by a slender faint ochreous 

 streak ; a fine blackish interrupted hindmai-ginal line or series 

 of dots : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded; whitish-ochreous, generally with fine scattered dark 

 fuscous scales ; hindmarginal line and cilia as in forewings. 



Bathurst (2500 feet), New South Wales ; Melbourne, Vic- 

 toria ; in November and December, four specimens. A distinct 

 species, well characterised by the pale ferruginous face and palpi, 

 whitish-ochreous colouring, total absence of first line of forewings, 

 and straightness of second. 



2. Tax. stereospila^ n.sp. 



$<^. 21-24 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous, face rather dark 

 fuscous except lower margin. Palpi 2J-3, Avhitish-ochreous, 

 externally more or less brownish-tinged. Antennae ochreous- 

 whitish. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 sprinkled with blackish. Legs whitish-ochreous irrorated with 

 blackish, tarsal joints blackish towards base. Forewings triangular, 

 hindmargin on upper half in ^ almost straight, in 9 sinuate, 

 rounded beneath ; 1 2 free ; whitish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous 

 and black ; a small dark fuscous mark on costa at J, a dot on inner 

 margin at ^, and one or two dots in a straight line between them ; 

 a small transverse-oblong fuscous or blackish spot in disc above 

 middle, centred with paler scales ; a small dark fuscous mark on 

 costa at I ; a cloudy dark fuscous line from apex to inner margin 

 at I, sinuate inwards on upper half and again on lower half, on 

 lower J closely preceded by a ferruginous sometimes interrupted 



