1152 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



14. Dar. flavicapitata^ Gn. 



fTephrina flavicapitata, Gn. X. 98 ; T. capitata, Walk. 965 ; 

 Darantasia mundiferaria, ib. 1743.) 



(J9- 29-33 mm. Head pale yellowish, face dark fuscous. Palpi 

 2 J-3, dark fuscous, beneath yellowish-white towards base. Antennae 

 ochreous- whitish, obscurely spotted with fuscous. Thorax fuscous. 

 Abdomen light fuscous, basal segment with a deep ochreous apical 

 band. Legs fuscous. Forewings triangular, hindmargin bowed, 

 slightly waved ; fuscous, sprinkled with black, especially in ^, in 

 (J irrorated with light greyish-ochreous ; lines ochreous-whitish, 

 well-marked, thicker in c^ ; first almost straight from beyond ^ of 

 costa to 3 of inner margin, anteriorly margined with ferruginous in 

 disc ; a small transverse-oval blackish ring in disc above middle, 

 obscurely ferruginous-tinged ; second line from J of costa to J of 

 inner margin, upper f very slightly curved outwards, posteriorly 

 margined with ferruginous except towards costa ; an obscurely 

 indicated irregular sinuate and dentate pale subterminal line, 

 beyond which the hindmarginal area is sufFusedly irrorated with 

 ochreous-whitish ; a hindmarginal series of black dots : cilia 

 fuscous or whitish-fuscous, irrorated and sometimes obscurely 

 barred with ochreous-whitish. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded ; pale fuscous, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 an obscure sinuate pale line at |, in ^ almost obsolete ; hind- 

 marginal dots and cilia as in forewings. 



Blackheath (3500 feet), New South Wales; Mount Lofty, 

 South Australia ; in October, common. 



3. Nearcha, n.g. 



Face with projecting cone of scales. Tongue developed. 

 Antennae in ^ bipectinated almost or quite to apex. Palpi 

 moderate or long, porrected, with long rough projecting scales. 

 Thorax hairy beneath. Forewings with vein 10 anastomosing or 

 connected at a point with 9, 11 anastomosing strongly with 10 

 before 9. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked. 



