BY THOMAS P. LUCAS. 147 



annulated with fuscous-drab in (J, scarcely perceptible in 9. 

 Thorax rich fuscous mottled with ochreous and fuscous-grey, 

 darker on sides than on dorsum. AVtdomen rich fuscous, basal 

 segment covered with fringe of black, three or four segments 

 fringed with fine whitish hairs. Legs with the femora pilose, 

 ochreous-fuscous, the tibiae laxly clothed, fuscous-black, the tarsi 

 fuscous-black tipped at each joint with ochreous-fuscous. Fore- 

 wings with costa nearly straight, hindmargin rounded, ochreous- 

 fuscous mottled with shades of fuscous and black, costa irrorated 

 more or less with ochreous lines and black, a rich black angular 

 curved line at base half across wing, a second from J costa to 

 vein 1 opposite to J inner margin, thrice dentate, space enclosed 

 betw^een this and basal line more or less filled with rich black, 

 dashed with fuscous and ochreous ; a third black sinuous denticu- 

 late circular line from 4 costa running for | parallel to hindmargin, 

 curving outward toward anal angle to vein 1, and again obliquely 

 turning to f inner margin; the space between this and the 2nd 

 line more ochreous in ^, a black triangle in the centre across vein 

 2, giving oflf an arm on either side quickly becoming inconspicuous, 

 an ill-defined reniform spot on basal or anterior arm ; a fourth 

 line from apex running obliquely for ^o of wing and then parallel 

 to hindmargin, sharply turning to anal angle, ochreous bordered 

 on either side with black, and in some specimens shot with blue, 

 the space between this and the third line in some specimens 

 mottled with black, a darker lunar patch filling the costal third, 

 and a short black line running along the centre, a blue shading, 

 in others a whitish shading on outer | of inner margin ; in the 9 

 the space beyond the fourth line, the hindmarginal \ and inner 

 marginal \ ochreous-fuscous, the remainder of the costal portion 

 of the wing almost covered with black : cilia fuscous-black. Hind- 

 wings black, with ochreous-fuscous towards base, an oval white 

 blotch in centre of wing, a narrow white band just before apex, 

 and another just before anal angle of hindmargin ; cilia black, 

 white or fuscous-grey. 



Geraldton (Messrs. Meek and Barnard). 



Allied to M. pannosa^ Moore. 



