378 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, Vl. 



(len. 29. Lyelliana. 



LydJiana Turn., Proc. T.inn. See. N. S. Wales, 1916, p.252. 



Face smooth, or with an anterior tuft of hairs. Tongue well- 

 developed. Palpi rather long, porrect, shortly rough-haired; 

 terminal joint short, concealed. Antennae of ^ bipectinate, apex 

 simple. Thorax not crested, hairy beneath. Femora smooth or 

 slightly hairy ; posterior tibiae of $ not dilated. Forewings 

 oblong, base of costa very strongly arched; in $ with a well- 

 marked fovea; 10 long-stalked with 9, 11 from cell, free, or con- 

 nected with 12. Hindwings broader than forewings: neuration 

 normal. 



Type, L. jyhceochlora Turn. Allied, I think, to Metroc<impa. 



1. Forewings greenish 2. 



Forewings without greenish tinge . . ancyloma. 



2. Forewings with a pale-centred, discal spot phceochlora. 



Discal mark of forewings dot-like, not pale-centred dryophi/a. 



I 10. Lyelliana phceochlora. 



Lyelliana phceochlora Turn., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, 1916, 

 p.253. 



Forewings with 11 connected with 12 by a short bar(l(J), or 

 anastomosing with 12(1 9). 



N.S.W.: Ebor. 



111. Lyelliana dryophila, n.sp. 



8pvo(f)L\o<^, a tree-lover. 

 9 38 mm. Head and palpi green- whitish. Antennae grey. 

 Thorax pale greenish, with an anterior, dark fuscous bar. Ab- 

 domen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior pair 

 fuscous. Forewings oblong, costa very strongly arched near 

 base, thence nearly straight, apex obtuse, termen bowed, oblique; 

 11 separate ( 19) ; green-whitish; markings dark fuscous; a 

 blackish line from near base of costa half across wing; a thick 

 line from bend of costa transversely to fold; a double transverse 

 row of dots at J, and another from | costa, sinuate and then 

 bent outwards to dorsum before tornus; a discal dot preceding 

 second line; some faint, fuscous strigulse beyond second line, 

 containing an indistinct, whitish, dentate, subterminal line; a 



