1202 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



70. Arrli. lasiocamparia, Gn. 



[Arhodia lasiocamjMria, Gn. IX. 186 ; A. retractaria, Walk. 

 282 ; Nigasa suhpurpurea, ib. 287 ; Arhodia semirosea, ib., 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. I. (3 s.), 267.) 



(59. 50-62 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish-ochreous, in ^ 

 more whitish. Palpi whitish. Antennae whitish, pectinations 

 light ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, in ^ more ochreous 

 on back. Legs light ochreous, posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish, 

 tarsi slightly rosy-tinged. Forewings triangular, in 9 more 

 elongate, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique, slightly sinuate near 

 apex ; pale brownish-ochreous, in 9 sprinkled with dark purple- 

 fuscous scales; a small cloudy fuscous spot on inner margin beyond 

 middle ; a sinuate series of dark purplish dots from \ of costa to | 

 of inner margin, in ^ indistinct or obsolete : cilia fuscous, at apex 

 and anal angle whitish-ochreous. Hindwings with hindmargin 

 rounded ; in $ dull reddish or purplish, in ^ ochreous-whitish, 

 more ochreous-tinged posteriorly and with fine scattered purplish 

 scales ; a slightly curved and sinuate cloudy purplish-fuscous line 

 at I ; sometimes a dark fuscous dot in disc before this ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, in ^ rosy-tinged. Forewings beneath with a 

 large deep purple-fuscous blotch in disc towards hindmargin. 



Sydney, New South Wales ; Melbourne and Warragul, Vic- 

 toria ; Mount Lofty, South Australia ; six specimens. 



13. Gastrophora, Gn. 



Face loosely haired. Tongue developed. Antennae in ^ strongly 

 bipectinated to apex. Palpi rather short, densely scaled, terminal 

 joint short, thick. Thorax stout, densely hairy beneath. Tarsi 

 not spinulose. Forewings with veins 6 out of 9, 10 connected 

 with 9 by bar. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 stalked. 



Probably a development of Monoctenia. 



71. Gastr. henricaria, Gn. 



{Gastrop)hora henricaria, Gn. IX, 187, pi. xxi, 4). 

 ,J. 65 mm. Head white, face grey-whitish, forehead with a 

 thick black transverse line. Palpi white, upper longitudinal half 



