852 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, II., 



iridescence; tuft in $ ochreous. Anterior tibise with an ochreous 

 posterior spot. Forewings with spots rather large, semi-hyaline, 

 tinged with reddish-ochreous; supplementary spot present, some- 

 times fairly large; sometimes supra-apical and intermediate dots. 

 Hindwings with spots separate. 



Type in Macleay Museum, Sydney. 



Var. a. Hind wing with basal spot obscured by blackish scales; 

 discal spot very small, its upper segment obsolete. I am disposed 

 to identify this with 7nacroplaca, but not being able to compare 

 the type, and having no examples from Sydney, cannot be certain. 



Var. b. Patagia with small orange spots. Abdomen with a 

 partially developed sixth ring. 



N.Q. : Cooktown, Towns ville — Q. : Rockhampton, Bundaberg 

 — N.S.W. : Sydney. 



30. Syntomis heptaspila,* n.sp, 



(J9. 34-37 mm. Head orange. Antennae black to apices. 

 Thorax with a posterior orange spot, usually also with a small 

 dot or a few orange scales on patagia. Abdomen in $ with 

 seven orange rings, the last two incompletely developed; in 9 

 with five rings; tuft in ^ orange. Anterior tibiae with an orange 

 posterior tuft. Forewings with pale ochreous spots and a few 

 ochreous scales at extreme base; supplementary spot always pre- 

 sent and well-developed; sometimes supra-apical and intermediate 

 dots; an orange dot or some orange scales at base. Hindwings 

 with spots separate or nearly touching; discal spot roundish. 



In the seven-spotted forewings this approached S. paraula, 

 which is a uniformly dingy-coloured species. Some examples of 

 *S'. pyrocoma resemble it rather nearly; unlike that species the 

 present one is very uniform in the pattern of the wings. 



Type in Coll. Turner. 



N.Q. : Cairns; Geraldton, in November; Townsville in June; 

 eight specimens. 



* cTTrao-TTiXoy, seven-spotted. 



