1156 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



costa by a cloudy blackish-grey shade, posteriorly somewhat mixed 

 with ochreous, in 9 represented by an obscure ochreous line ; a 

 series of very indistinct cloudy grey subterminal spots ; a hind- 

 marginal series of black dots : cilia pale grey, with a faint inter- 

 rupted darker line. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded ; in (J. 

 on undersurface with a thin subcostal ridge of pale greyish-ochre- 

 ous hairs terminating beyond middle in a small tuft mixed with 

 dark fuscous ; colour, hindmarginal dots, and cilia as in forewings ; 

 a blackish-grey discal dot, in ^ sometimes obsolete; a cloudy 

 blackish-grey median line, slightly angulated in middle, sinuate 

 beneath, in ^ obscure or obsolete. 



Duaringa, Queensland ; Bathurst (2500 feet), New South 

 "Wales ; in November and March, common. 



18. Nearch. 2mra2)tila^ n.sp. 



^. 28 mm. Head fuscous-whitish, face dark ferruginous-fus- 

 cous. Palpi 2, fuscous. Antennae fuscous - whitish. Thorax 

 whitish -fuscous. Abdomen whitish-fuscous, with a few dark 

 fuscous scales, 4th segment with a small lateral pencil of hairs, and 

 a small horny ventral hook, 5th segment with a large tuft of 

 blackish hairs on each side, mixed v/ith pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Legs fuscous, posterior pair fuscous-whitish. Forewings triangular, 

 hindmargin bowed ; whitish-fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 faint traces of a pale ferruginous line from \ of costa to \ of inner 

 margin, preceded by three blackish dots on veins ; a transverse 

 linear dark fuscous mark in disc above middle ; traces of a pale 

 ferruginous irregular line, posteriorly marked with a series of 

 blackish dots, from I of costa to \ of inner margin, upper 3 rather 

 strongly curved outwards, sinuate inwards above middle and 

 towards inner margin ; a subterminal series of dark fuscous dots ; 

 a hindmarginal series of blackish dots : cilia whitish-fuscous 

 (imperfect). Hindwings with hindmargin rounded ; without tufts 

 beneath ; colour, subterminal and hindmarginal dots, and cilia 

 as in forewings ; a faint ferruginous median line, marked with 

 blackish dots, sinuate outwards in middle. 



Toowoomba, Queensland ; in December, one specimen. 



