646 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, IV., 



Q.: Brisbane, Toowoomba — Vic: Gisborne — Tasm.: Hobart — 

 S.A.: Mt. Lofty. 



10. EOIS COERCITA. 



9. Acidalia coercita Luc, Proc Roy. Soc Queensland, 1899, p. 140. 

 (J. 19-20 mm. Head fuscous, fillet whitish; face dark fuscous. 

 Palpi ochreous-fuscous. Antennae grey, towards base whitish; 

 ciliations 1. Thorax and abdomen pale gre}^ Legs grey; 

 posterior tibise broad and flattened; tarsi broadly ploughshare- 

 shaped, with a large pencil of expansile whitish hairs from inner 

 side of base. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly 

 arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, strongly 

 oblique; uniform pale grey; with three slender whitish-ochreous 

 transverse lines edged posteriorly with darker grey, sometimes 

 scarcely traceable; antemedian sinuate, from J costa to J dorsum; 

 median bowed slightly outwards in middle, from midcosta to § 

 dorsum; third somewhat dentate, from ^ costa to tornus; a grey 

 terminal line; cilia grey. Hind wings with termen strongly 

 sinuate; tornus thickened with scales beneath; colour and mark- 

 ings as forewings, but without basal line. 



9. 18-20 mm. Head reddish-fuscous, fillet whitish; face and 

 palpi reddish-fuscous. Antennae grey, towards base whitish. 

 Thorax and abdomen pale grey. Legs whitish; anterior and 

 middle pairs with some reddish suffusion. Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa moderately arched towards apex, apex round- 

 pointed, termen sinuate, oblique; grey-whitish faintly purplish- 

 tinged; costa dull purple-reddish; three well marked whitish- 

 ochreous transverse lines edged posteriorly with grey, correspond- 

 ing in form and situation to those of $; a purple-grey terminal 

 line; cilia reddish. Hindwings with termen evenly bowed; 

 colour and markings as forewings. 



The 9 is an elegant insect; though superficially so dissimilar 

 to the (J, I believe both sexes belong to the same species. 



Type in Coll. Lucas. 



N.Q.: Kuranda; in April (Dodd) — Q.: Brisbane; in October, 

 November, and April; in all, four specimens of each sex. 



