BY A. J. TURNER. 843 



dorsal completely confluent; intermediate spot developed equally 

 with apical and terminal. Hindwing with basal spot small; 

 discal very small, triangular, touching basal. 



Possibly a variety of the preceding. Type in Queensland 

 Museum. 



N.Q. : Bo wen. 



10. Syntomis orphn^a. 



Hydriisa orphncea, Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 1898, p. 98. 



Head black. Antennae black to apices; with some fine och- 

 reous irroration; in ^ shortly pectinate. Thorax black. Abdo- 

 men hairy, with pale ochreous rings and tuft; six or seven rings 

 in ^, the first being sometimes obsolete; six, including the first, 

 in 9. Forewings rather thinly scaled, without iridescence; 

 spots pale ochreous; intermediate spot absent or slightly developed 

 posteriorly ; supra-apical and supplementary spots sometimes 

 present. Hind wings with spots rather large, touching. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



Q. : Toowoomba, Dalby, Warwick, Stanthorpe — N.S.W. : 

 Tenterfield. 



11. Syntomis xanthura,"^ n.sp. 



(J. 39-42 mm. Head black, sometimes with a few ochreous 

 scales. Antenna whitish-ochreous at apices; in g very shortly 

 pectinate. Thorax with ochreous spots on patagia, and a pos- 

 terior spot. Abdomen loosely hairy; in ^ with seven ochreous 

 rings; tuft in ^ ochreous. Anterior femora ochreous in front; 

 anterior tibiee with an ochreous posterior tuft. Forewings with 

 pale ochreous spots; a well-developed supra-apical spot. Hind- 

 wings with discal spot triangular, touching or confluent with 

 basal. 



Distinguished from S. prosomcea by the whitish-ochreous 

 antennal apices, from S. magistri by the spotted thorax. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



Vic. : Brentwood, in March; two specimens taken by Mr. S. 

 P. Croom. 



* ^avdovpos, yellow-tailed. 



