190 LEPIDOPTERA OF EBOR SCRUB, N.S.W., ii., 



from Q.: Mt. Tambourine — N.S.W.: Bulli, Lawson — Vic: Bea- 

 consfield. 



Capua hedyma, n.sp. 

 ijSviios, sweet, pleasant. 



(J. 16-17 mm. Head pale ocbreous, sides brownish- tinged. 

 Palpi long (3|); brown, inner surface whitish. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous sharply annulated with dark fuscous; ciliations in (^ 1. 

 Thorax reddish-brown. Abdomen whitish. Legs whitish; ante- 

 rior pair, except coxae, fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa 

 strongly arched, apex rounded-rectangular, termen slightly 

 rounded, scarcely oblique; brown, with 8 or 9 broken transverse 

 lines partly reddish-broAvn, partly pale ocbreous; terminal area 

 rarely pale ocbreous; costal fold broad, extending to |, reddish- 

 brown, with 3 or 4 fuscous strigulae; a pale ocbreous spot on 

 midcosta, succeeded by two similar dots; a large semilunar yel- 

 lowish spot on dorsum from ^ to |, its anterior portion more or 

 less suffused, its posterior edge sharply defined by a fuscous line; 

 sometimes there are a few fuscous dots on the transverse lines; 

 a terminal series of obscure fuscous dots; cilia reddish-brown, 

 apices pale ocbreous. Hind wings and cilia whitish. 



A distinct and attractive species; eight examples, all of the 

 same sex. 



Capua polydesma, n.sp. 

 TToAuSccr/xos, many-chained. 



9. 18-22 mm. Head ochreous-brown. Palpi 3| ; ochreous- 

 brown, internal surface whitish. Antennae pale ochreous-brown 

 with some dark fuscous annulations. Thorax ochreous-brown. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey Legs whitish; anterior pair fuscous- 

 tinged. Forewings suboblong, costa strongly arched at base, 

 then straight, apex rectangular, termen sinuate beneath apex; 

 ochreous-brown, with numerous, fine, interrupted, fuscous-brown 

 transverse lines; central fascia more or less obsolete, indicated 

 by a fuscous shade on midcosta and on termen at |; a triangular 

 fuscous spot on | costa, sometimes entirely obsolete; cilia pale 

 ochreous-brown, with a fuscous basal line, on tornus grey. Hind- 

 wings with termen sinuate; grey-whitish; cilia whitish. 



Two 9 examples. 



