1174 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



Abdomen dark grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints whitish, 

 femora and posterior tibiae irrorated with grey-whitish. Fore- 

 wings triangular, hind margin rounded ; dark grey, sprinkled with 

 black and a few whitish scales, more or less tinged and sometimes 

 sufFusedly mixed with deep purple-reddish ; two cloudy blackish 

 lines towards base ; first and second lines cloudy, blackish, 

 irregulai'ly dentate, slightly curved ; first from ? of costa to before 

 middle of inuer margin, preceded by a similar parallel line ; second 

 from I of costa to I of inner margin, sometimes partially whitish- 

 margined posteriorly, followed by a similar parallel line ; a narrow 

 transverse-oval blackish spot in disc above middle ; subterminal 

 indicated by cloudy darker margins, irregular, subdentate, 

 anterior rather broad and marked with blackish on veins, 

 posterior very indistinct ; a hindmarginal series of triangular 

 blackish spots connected by a fine line : cilia light fuscous, basal 

 half irrorated or suffused with purplish-red, sometimes obscurely 

 barred with darker. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded ; 

 fuscous-grey, darker towards hindmargin, hindmarginal line dark 

 fuscous ; cilia fuscous, towards tips whitish-fuscous. 



Maryborough, Queensland ; Sydney, New South Wales ; also 

 from Victoria ; in October and March, rather common. 



37. Dichr. compsotis, n.sp. 

 ^. 21 mm. Head and thorax blackish-fuscous mixed with 

 white. Palpi 2J, fuscous, base whitish beneath, upper edge 

 whitish. Antennae grey, pectinations 2 J. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 segmental margins ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous ringed 

 with whitish, femora and posterior tibite irrorated with whitish. 

 Forewings triangular, hindmargin rounded ; fuscous, irregularly 

 mixed with black and white ; veins partially streaked with brown- 

 ish-ochreous ; a cloudy blackish line near base ; a roundish dark 

 spot in disc towards base^ surrounded by a whitish suffusion ; first 

 line broad, white, blackish-margined, from J of costa to before 

 middle of inner margin, gently curved, sinuate inwards above inner 

 margin ; a small transverse-oval blackish spot in disc above 

 middle, placed on a dark bar joining first and second lines, and a 



