388 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, vi., 



simple, minutely ciliated. Thorax without crest, beneath 

 slightly hairy. Femora glabrous. Posterior tibiae of ^ dilated. 

 Forewings of ^ without fovea; 10 out of 7, 8, 9, 11 from cell, not 

 anastomosing. Hindwings normal. 

 Type, L. heroica. 



126. Lychnogkapha heroica, n.sp. 



(J. 50 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi reddish- 

 ochreous, towards apex fuscous. Antennse fuscous; in $ slightly 

 laminate towards apex, ciliations minute {\). Abdomen dark 

 fuscous; beneath reddish-ochreous. Legs fuscous; posterior pair, 

 except tarsi, pale reddish-ochreous. Forewings triangular, costa 

 gently arched, apex rounded, termen evenly bowed, slightly 

 oblique: blackish-fuscous; two, straight, whitish-fuscous fasciae; 

 first from \ costa to dorsum just before torn us, broad on costa, 

 gradually narrowing; second from | costa to termen just above 

 tornus, of nearly uniform breadth ; cilia blackish-fuscous, on 

 fasciae whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather long, termen scarcely 

 rounded; blackish-fuscous, a triangular, bright reddish-orange 

 blotch beneath costa before middle; a very irregular blotch of 

 the same colour from tornus, forming a broad terminal band, 

 which leaves tornus about middle and ends in disc beneath first 

 blotch; its edge is irregularly indented and, towards tornus, it 

 contains two blackish spots and some blackish strigulse; cilia 

 blackish-fuscous, on middle third of termen whitish-ochreous, on 

 dorsum fuscous-brown. Underside similar. 



Q.: Mt. Tambourine; in January. One example of this mag- 

 nificent species was taken by Mr. R. J. Tillyard, flying by day 

 in a deep gully beneath a waterfall. 



127. Lychnographa agaura, n.sp. 



ayav/oos, proud, stately. 

 9. 38-40 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae grey. Thorax grey, 

 posteriorly whitish-grey. Abdomen ochreous. Legs pale och- 

 reous; anterior pair grey. Forewings triangular, costa bisinuate, 

 being arched at ba.se, slightly concave in middle, and arched 

 again just before apex, apex rounded, termen bowed, scarcely 



