BY E MKYKICK. 103 



AnteunaB dark fuscous, pectinations 2^. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 witl) live slender pale yellowish rings. Forewings elongate, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa nearly straight, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, irregularly 

 sprinkled with whitish, the irroration indicating a very undefined 

 discal spot beyond middle : cilia dark fuscous, tips of scales 

 fuscous-whitish. Hindwings blackish-fuscous, slightly purplish- 

 tinged; a moderate irregular whitish-ochreous antemedian fascia, 

 outer edge irregularly prominent above middle; cilia whitish- 

 yellowish, basal third dark fuscous. 



Duaringa, Queensland (Barnard); one specimen. Considerably 

 broader- winged than the preceding, with the yellow area of the 

 hindwings much reduced. 



167. M. mesochrysa Low. 

 (Afijchia ynesocJivysa Low., Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. 1903, 68.) 



(J. 17-1 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax da)k fuscous, very 

 finely whitish-sprinkled; palpi white beneath, with long rough 

 projecting hairs. Antennae dark fuscous, pectinations 6. Abdo- 

 men dark fuscous, with six narrow yellow rings. Forewings 

 elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, sufFusedly 

 mixed with very long ochreor.s-brown scales; a somewhat incurved 

 narrow streak of whitish irroration from dorsum be3''ond middle 

 to disc at |, reaching half across wing: cilia fuscous. Hind- 

 wings blackish; a moderate irregular orange-yellow median fascia, 

 broadest towards costa, not quite reaching dorsum, outer edge 

 angularly prominent above and below middle; cilia blackish 

 grey, basal line blackish, tips 5^ellow-whitish, towards tornus. 

 becoming wholly yellowish. 



Geraldton and Perth, West Australia, in October and 

 November; three specimens. Differs from all the other species 

 by the much longer antennal pectinations, and the long rough 

 hairs of palpi. 



