474 DESCKTPirONS OF AirSTRAiiTAX MICEO-LEPIDOPTEEA, 



Two specimens taken at Murrurundi, New South Wales, in 

 November. 



40. Hel. el(jeodes, n. sp. 



Media, alis ant. griseis, margine costali ochrea, litura transversa 

 dorsi media, altera anguli analis, tertia marginis postici, punetisque 

 disci tribus purpureis ; post, griseis. 



$ . 25 mm. Head oclireous-yellow, face and crown paler. 

 Palpi whitish-yellowish, second joint with a suffused grey sub- 

 apical ring, becoming whitish towards base, terminal joint 

 anteriorly grey. Antennse dark grey. Thorax rather light grey, 

 anterior margin suffusedly ochreous-yellow. Abdomen ochreous- 

 whitish. Anterior and middle tarsi and tibiae dark grey, apex of 

 all joints and an indistinct median ring of tibiae whitish ; posterior 

 tibiae whitish, tarsi grey with whitish rings at apex of joints ; 

 femora beneath white. Forewings moderate, costa moderately 

 and evenly arched, apex obtusely rectangular, hindmargin some- 

 what sinuate, rather oblique : rather light grey ; costal edge 

 ochreous-yellow ; a purple dot in disc before middle, a second in 

 disc beyond middle, and a third on fold obliquely beyond first ; 

 a small ill-defined purplish spot on inner margin at i ; a narrow 

 oblique cloudy purple streak from middle of inner margin, 

 extending to second discal dot, and touching third dot with 

 anterior margin, attenuated to extremity ; a few scattered purple 

 scales beyond this ; an irregular dark purple line from a little 

 before hindmargin in middle to anal angle, strongest beneath ; 

 hindmargin narrowly suffused with dark fuscous-purple from 

 apex to below middle : cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, with a dark 

 purple-fuscous spot at apex, and suffused with dark purple at 

 base on upper half of hindmargin. Hind wings pale dull greyish- 

 ochreous, posteriorly suffused with dark grey ; cilia grey, with a 

 darker spot above apex. 



A very distinct species, separated from all others by the yellow 

 costa contrasted with the grey ground colour of the forewings. 



