48 REVISION OF Al'STKALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, 



straight in basal half, thence strongly arched, apex round-pointed, 

 termen markedly oblique, scarcely rounded; dark fuscous, with 

 sparsely scattered whitish scales; a broad white suffused streak from 

 base above fold, containing a few black scales, narrowing to a point 

 before middle; between this and dorsum is a dark grey suffusion; 

 a short outwardly oblique blackish mark across centre of white 

 streak, beneath which is an inwardly oblique streak towards 

 dorsum; a fine oblique dark fuscous acutely dentate posterior 

 line, edged with whitish posteriorly, more or less well marked, 

 followed b}" a whitish suffusion which extends to apex. Hind- 

 wings with apex round-pointed, termen rounded; dark fuscous- 

 brown, toward base suffused with ochreous; cilia dark fuscous- 

 brown. 



Type in Oxford Museum. 



N.S.W.— Yic. Melbourne— Tas.—S. A. 



3. HVLEORA DILUCIDA. 



[Dilucidus, clear; in allusion to the hind wings.] 

 Hyleora dilucida, Feld., Reise Nov, pi. xcvi., fig. 5. 



(J 72-84 mm. Head dark fuscous; face and palpi brown. 

 Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous with a few 

 brown scales. Abdomen deep ochreous; tuft fuscous. Legs 

 fuscous-brown. Forewings elongate, costa straight in basal |^ 

 strongly arched towards apex, apex rounded, termen straight, 

 crenate, with strong projections on veins; dark fuscous, posterior 

 part of disc suffused with pale fuscous; scales mostly slender and 

 hair-like, with the exception of an elongate patch of large broad 

 grey and black scales along fold; an obscure acutely dentate 

 blackish transverse line from costa at \\ an acutely dentate oblique 

 blackish line from | costa to | dorsum; a subterminal series of 

 elongate grey marks between veins, edged posteriorly wdth blackish; 

 cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings with termen rounded, slightly 

 wavy, white, on inner margin ochreous-tinged; a very small fus- 

 cous suffusion at apex; cilia white, bases fuscous, opposite veins 

 mostly fuscous. 



Vic. Birchip,in April ((roudie) — 8. A. Adelaide, in May(Lower). 



