176 DESCEIPTIONS OF ATJSTRALIAK MICEO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



anteniiEe, there can be no doubt of its being a true Arotrophora, 

 with, more traceable relationship to A. arcuatalis, Walk., than to 

 any other species. 



One specimen beaten from Banhsia serrata near Sydney in 

 October ; I have also seen two others from the same locality. 



Arotr. hemerana, n. sp. 



^ . 7'-!^' . Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 

 grey ; palpi two and a half times as long as head, externally 

 ochreous-tinged and speckled with dark grey. Legs whitish, 

 anterior and middle tarsi and tibiae grey with whitish rings. Foro- 

 wings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa strongly arched, apex 

 obtusely pointed, hindmargin very slightly sinuate, rather strongly 

 oblique ; light grey, finely strewn with whitish scales, with fine 

 irregular dark grey transverse strigulse, and a few scattered 

 blackish scales ; some very inconspicuous, sometimes almost 

 obsolete, markings composed of brownish-ochreous scales mixed 

 with blackish, forming some small irregular spots in disc about 

 one-third, a narrow fascia from middle of costa to two-thirds of 

 inner margin, interrupted on disc and very ill-defined on lower 

 half, some speckles near costa tewards apex, and an elongate 

 tolerably well-defined straight slender streak very near and 

 parrallel to hindmargin from near apex to anal angle ; a tolerably 

 conspicuous black dot in disc at three-fifths ; a row of very ill- 

 defined blackish dots on hindmargin, mixed with ochreous ; cilia 

 grey- whitish, with a sharply defined dark grey line near base, and 

 two other very cloudy grey lines. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia 

 grey- whitish, with two very faintly darker lines 



Allied to A. confusana, Walk., but considerably larger than it 

 or the narrower-winged^, lividana, Meyr., and^. atimana, Meyr. ; 

 in form of wing it nearly resembles A. confmana, but may be 

 known by its very uniform grey colouring, without distinct dark 

 transverse markings, or reddish-ochreous suffusion. 



