332 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTKRA. vi., 



Forewings with 10 and 11 coincident, not anastomosing (2^, 

 69). 



N.Q.: Herberton. - Q.: Nambour, Brisbane, Mt. Tambourine, 

 Toowoomba. — N.S.W.: Newcastle, Sydney. — Vic: Melbourne. — 

 Tasm.: Ulverstone. — S.A.: Mt. Lofty. 



39. ECTROPIS DESUMPTA. 



Tephrosia de^nmpta Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus., xxi , p. 420. La- 

 rentiaferaria Wlk., oj:). cif., p. 1672. 



(J9. 24-29 mm. Head pale fuscous. Palpi 1 J; fuscous. An- 

 tennae pale fuscous: in ^ with two pairs of fine, minute teeth to 

 each segment, giving rise to tufts of hmg cilia (5). Thorax fus- 

 cous. Abdomen whitish irrorated with fuscous except on apices 

 of segments. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior pair fuscous annu- 

 lated with whitish; posterior tibiae in ^ not dilated. Forewings 

 triangular, costa straight to j, thence gently arched, apex 

 rounded, termen slightly bowed, oblique; 10 and 11 coincident, 

 not anastomosing {2^, 4^); whitish rather densely irrorated with 

 fuscous, lines fuscous; first line at J, outwardly curved, indis- 

 tinct; a minute, linear, discal mark at f; a sinuate, dentate, 

 median line more or less distinct; a similar, more distinct, some- 

 times blackish line from | costa to | dorsum; a whitish, dentate, 

 subterminal line edged anteriorly with fuscous; a terminal series 

 of fuscous dots; cilia whitish, more or less barred with fuscous. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded, crenulate; colour as forewings, 

 but with markings obsolete on costal half of disc, which is 

 whitish. Underside whitish, with obscure fuscous lines, and a 

 terminal band on forewing. 



Q.: Gayndah, Nambour, Brisbane; in March and April. — 

 N.S.W.: Sydney (according to Walker). 



40.ECTROPIS SABULOSA. 



Ectropis sabidosa Warr., Nov. Zool., 1897, p. 94. 



(^9. 32-50 mm. Head whitish-ochreous: face with a trans- 

 verse fuscous bar beneath antennae. Palpi dark fuscous, apex, 

 internal surface, and lower edge whitish-ochreous. Antennae 

 whitish-ochreous; in ^ with minute dentations bearing tufts of 

 long cilia, two to each segment. Thorax pale greyish-ochreous. 



