BY A. JEFFERIS TORNER. 32o 



before reachinp^ dorsum: a similar line from | ccjsta bent inwards 

 in disc to bifurcation of preceding line; a broad, dark fuscous, 

 median shade, straight, its anterior edge well-defined, posterior 

 edge diffused; a dark fuscous, median, discal mark beneath costa 

 beyond this: a wliitish, irregular!}- dentate line, partly doubly 

 edged with dark fuscous, from J costa, bent inwards, ending on 

 f dorsum; a nearly straight, dark fuscous, subterminal line, 

 thickened beneath costa, edged posteriorly by a whitish line; a 

 dark fuscous, interrupted, terminal line; cilia fuscous obscui'elv 

 barred with whitish. Hindwings with termen rounded, slightly 

 crenulate; whitish; a dark fuscous, median, linear, discal mark; 

 dorsum suffused with dark fuscous, and terminal area with pale 

 fuscous; a whitish transverse line at §; a fuscous subterminal 

 line; cilia whitish, with obscure fuscous bars. Underside similar, 

 but forewings whitish, with obsolete markings. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



IS 8.W.: Manning River, in March; one specimen. 



23. Symmetroctena scotina, n.sp. 

 (FKOTewoi, dusky. 

 (J. 30 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous irrorated with 

 ochreous-whitish. Antenna? fuscous; pectinations in ^ 8, apical 

 i simple. Abdomen fuscous, apices of segments obscurely 

 whitish. Legs whitish irrorated with fuscous; tarsi fuscous 

 annulated with whitish. Forewings triangular, costa nearly 

 straight, apex round-pointed, termen bowed, oblique; pale fus- 

 cous with some dark fuscous irroration: lines dark fuscous; a 

 line from | costa bifurcating towards dorsum; a line from J costa 

 bent inwards to join first line near bifurcation; a median shade 

 from midcosta to r dorsum; a transverse discal mark beyond 

 middle: a douVjle sinuate, interrupted, postmedian line, divided 

 by a pale line; a subterminal line slightly waved, with a pro- 

 minent outward tooth above middle and several smaller teeth, 

 edged posteriorly by a pale line; a terminal series of dark fuscous 

 lunules; cilia ochreous-whitish obscurely barred with fuscous. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded, wavy; whitish; a dark fuscous, 

 median, discal mark; termen suffused with grey; dorsum with 



