BY E. MEYRICK. 1155 



line ; a small trans verse -oval fuscous pale-centred spot above 

 middle of disc ; a faint paler or ochreous-whitish line from towards 

 costa at J to f of inner margin, sinuate outwards in middle of 

 disc, margined anteriorly by a series of black triangular dots and 

 posteriorly by a pale ferruginous shade ; a faint fuscous shade 

 beyond this ; a hindmarginal series of blackish dots : cilia light 

 grey or greyish-ochreous, sometimes with a fuscous interrupted line. 

 Hindwings with hindmargin rounded ; in (J on undersurface with 

 a large subcostal tuft of greyish-ochreous hairs mixed with dark 

 fuscous at J, a smaller similar subcostal tuft in middle, and a ridge 

 of pale greyish-ochreous hairs in disc beneath these; grey, 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; sometimes a faint pale curved median 

 line, preceded by cloudy suffused blackish dots ; hindmarginal dots 

 and cilia as in fore wings. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Tasmania ; Mount Lofty, South 

 Australia ; Perth, West Australia ; from August to October and 

 in March, common. 



17. Nearch. aridaria, Walk. 



(Tephrina aridaria, Walk. Siippl. 1662.) 



(J9. 25-28 mm. Head whitish-grey, becoming ochreous-whitish 

 on forehead, face blackish. Palpi 2, blackish, towards base white. 

 Antennae grey-whitish. Thorax and abdomen pale grey or whitish- 

 grey, with a few blackish scales. Legs grey, femora and posterior 

 tibiae grey-whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous, middle and posterior 

 femora partly rough-haired beneath. Forewings triangular, hind- 

 margin bowed, waved; light ochreous-grey, with scattered dark 

 grey scales ; costal edge more or less distinctly pale ochreous ; a 

 slightly curved blackish line from \ of costa to I of inner margin, in 

 ^ reduced to four dots ; a transverse-oval sometimes obscurely 

 pale-centred blackish spot in disc above middle, in ^ much paler or 

 obsolete ; a blackish irregular line from before f of costa to f of 

 inner margin, upper | moderately curved outwards and sinuate 

 above middle, in 9 reduced to a series of black dots connected by 

 an obscure grey line ; in $ this is closely followed except towards 



