BY E. MEYEICX, B.A. 465 



32. Zon. melanoma, n. sp. 



Media, humeris nigis, alis ant. dilute roseo-griseis, basi costjB, 

 punctis disci plerisque, serie punetorum postica angulata alteraque 

 marginis postici nigris ; post, griseis, basim versus albidis. 



? . 21 mm. Head white. Palpi pinkish- whitisb, basal half o£ 

 second joint blackish. Antennae dark grey. Thorax pinkish- 

 whitish, lateral margin o£ shoulders sharply blackish-fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Anterior and middle legs dark grey, 

 tarsal joints with whitish apical rings ; posterior legs whitish. 

 Torewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, hindmargin faintly sinuate, slightly oblique ; light 

 pinkish-grey, somewhat suffused with pinkish-white at base and 

 towards basal third of costa ; a small sharply-defined blackish- 

 fuscous spot at base of costa ; a blackish dot on costa at -3 , another 

 obliquely before it in disc, and a third midway between them ; 

 two very small blackish dots transversely placed in disc beyond 

 middle ; a transverse row of tolerably well-defined blackish dots 

 from costa somewhat beyond middle obliquely and irregularly 

 outwards to middle of disc at |- from base, thence bent and con- 

 tinued to inner margin before anal angle, lower part rather curved ; 

 a row of blackish dots along hindmargin and apical fourth of 

 costa: cilia light pinkish-grey, tips paler. Hindwings with hind- 

 margin distinctly sinuate ; grey, becoming whitish near base ; 

 cilia whitish, near base greyish-tinged. 



Entirely different in markings from the preceding species, and 

 reverting to the normal type, as of SeJiocauda; yet undoubtedly 

 referable to this genus by structure. It is interesting that the 

 sharply-defined black basal band of the second joint of the palpi, 

 and the black spot at base of costa, should be found to persist in 

 this case. 



I have described two specimens in the collection of Mr. Gr. 

 Masters, taken near Sydney. 



