HY E. MKYRICK. 10^ 



202. B. hecataea, ii.sp. 



(3^9. 11-12 mm. Hea(.l, thorax, and abdomen rather dark 

 bronzy-fuscous. Palpi whitish, two rings of second joint, and 

 base and anterior edge of terminal joint fuscous. Autennai 

 whitish ringed with dark fuscous^ ciliations in ^ 3. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen 

 almost vertical, slightly rounded; dark bronzj'-fuscous; a straight 

 cloudy whitish fascia before \, hardly reaching costa; some 

 scattered golden-metallic scales towards costa before middle; a 

 transverse-oval whitish spot in disc beyond middle ; a cloudy 

 whitish dot on dorsum before tornus; a transverse whitish mark 

 towards termen in middle; a narrow suffused blackish terminal 

 fascia, marked with seven pale violet-golden-metallic dots: cilia 

 fuscous, with a darker median shade. Hindwings dark fuscous; 

 a longitudinally elongate whitish spot in middle of disc: a straight 

 whitish subtermiual line, becomino- obsolete towards marsfins; a 

 violet-metallic line before termen, obtusely angulated so as to 

 touch termen in middle: cilia fuscous, with darker subbasal shade, 

 l3elovv middle with an oblique whitish patch. 



St. Aignan I., New Guinea (Meek): two specimens. 



35. Choreutis Hb. 

 203. C. hjerkancheUa Thnb. 



[Choreutis hjerkandrella Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 1880, 215.) 



Duaringa, Brisbane, and Toowoomba, Queensland; Murrurundi, 

 Sydney, Blackheath, and Shoalhaven, New South Wales; Mel- 

 bourne and W^arragul, Victoria; Adelaide, South Australia; 

 from September to March, common. Widely distributed through 

 most of the globe. 



204. C. hoiiiotypa^^ n.sp. 



(^O. 9-12 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, with a 

 few white scales. Palpi dark fuscous mixed Nvith white. Antennre 

 white ringed with black. Abdomen dark bronzy-fuscous, seg- 

 mental margins whitish. Forewings rather elongate, posteriorly 



