BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 4G9 



hindmargin not sinuate ; grey, becoming whitish-grej towards 

 base ; cilia grey, at anal angle wliitish-grey, with an indistinct 

 darker line near base. 



A richly-coloured species, closely allied to H. inceptella, but 

 considerably darker, and rather broader- winged, with the anterior 

 fascia distinct, but the posterior line obliterated. 



One fine specimen taken at Sydney in September. 



35. Rel. inceptella, Walk, 



( Crypt olechia inceptella, Walk, Brit. Mus. Cat., 759.) 



Media, alis aut. argillaceis, purpureo-sparsis, margine costali 

 roseo, linea antica obliqua, altera postica flexuosa, macula costae 

 ante apicem, punctisque disci tribus purpureis ; post, albido- 

 griseis. 



^ $ . 20-25 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax pale 

 greyish-ochreous, second joint of palpi somewhat mixed with 

 carmine externally. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi deep fuscous-carmine, tarsal joints with obscure whitish 

 apical rings ; middle and posterior tibiae and tarsi ochreous- 

 whitish. Forewings moderate, oblong, costa moderately arched 

 towards base, posteriorly straight, apex obtusely rectangular, 

 hindmargin straight, not oblique ; ochreous-grey- whitish, thinly 

 and coarsely strewn with fuscous-purple scales ; extreme costal 

 edge bright crimson throughout ; a very small fuscous-purple 

 spot on inner margin close to base ; a narrow cloudy fuscous- 

 purple streak from costa before i very obliquely outwards, 

 attenuated posteriorly, not reaching beynd middle of wing, rarely 

 continued very suff usedly to middle of inner margin ; two obscure 

 fuscous-purple dots in disc at \, one above the other, the lower 

 often connected with inner margin before middle by a suffused 

 oblique purplish streak ; a dark purple-fuscous dot in disc be3^ond 

 middle, through which sometimes passes a very faint, generally 

 obsolete strongly curved purplish line from extremity of oblique 

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