BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. 143 



outer J of wing, with a streak of fuscous along inner marginal 

 fold. 



Frankston, near Melbourne; one specimen at dusk on Casuarina 

 flowers, in April. 



Family ORTHOSID^. 



Orthosia columbaris, sp.nov. 



^^. 33-38 mm. Head, palpi, antennse, thorax and abdomen 

 creamy-grey. Forewings with costa rounded at base, thence 

 straight, hindinargin rounded, creamy-grey, costal fourth lighter 

 grey, space between this and hindmargin diflTused with orange-red, 

 a triangle of three black dots on costa near base and at equal 

 distances on costal side of median vein ; a circular line of four 

 black dots on costa at J, before median, and on median and sub- 

 median veins, an oblique line of four black dots from | costa to 

 submedian vein, a prominent rhomboidal discal spot between the 

 2nd and 3rd, a circular line of six or seven black dots on veins 

 from opposite costa at f to near hindmargin at f ; the orange-red 

 sufi*usiou forming an irregular boundary line across the wing at f 

 and there becoming darker red interspersed with black, beyond it 

 a very light cream-coloured band with terminal line of black dots, 

 and contrasting in colour with the cilia, which are dark red, 

 shading on either border to ochreous-red. Hindwings creamy- 

 white, shaded with smoky-grey towards hindmargin ; cilia white. 



Frankston, near Melbourne ; on Casuarina flowers at dusk, 

 March and April, 1886. 



Family POLYDESMID/E. 



Pantydia capistrata, sp.nov. 



(J9- 43-48 mm. Head drab-grey. Palpi dark grey. Antennae 

 drab-grey. Thorax blue or iron-grey, sparingly dusted with black, 

 and with a rich black velvety collar. Abdomen blue or iron-grey, 

 freely covered anteriorly with fringing drab-grey hairs. Forewings 

 with costa gently rounded, hindmargin rounded narrowly scalloped, 



